Imaging habitable planets in optical/NIR with large ground-based telescopes: WFS/C challenges, opportunities and R&D activities

Olivier Guyon; Mark Chun; Damien Gratadour; Michael Fitzgerald; Nemanja Jovanovic; Julien Lozi; Jared Males; Frantz Martinache; Dimitri Mawet; Benjamin Mazin; Ananya Sahoo; Arnaud Sevin; Andy Skemer; Sebastien Vievard

Imaging habitable planets in optical/NIR with large ground-based telescopes: WFS/C challenges, opportunities and R&D activities

Olivier Guyon
, Mark Chun
, Damien Gratadour
, Michael Fitzgerald
, Nemanja Jovanovic
, Julien Lozi
, Jared Males
, Frantz Martinache
, Dimitri Mawet
, Benjamin Mazin
, Ananya Sahoo
, Arnaud Sevin
, Andy Skemer
, Sebastien Vievard

Optical Sciences

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Abstract

Large ground-based telescopes (ELT, TMT, GMT) will have the angular resolution and sensitivity to image and characterize (spectroscopy) rocky planets in the habitable zones of nearby stars. The nearest M-type stars are particularly attractive targets thanks to moderate reflected light contrast levels and a large number of potential targets. Wavefront control and residual starlight calibration are the most significant challenges to be addressed, requiring performance levels beyond what current on-sky AO systems deliver. Extreme-AO systems will need to deliver 1e5 raw contrast within a few diffractive limits from the optical axis to allow for direct imaging of habitable planets. Differential detection techniques relying on spectroscopy, polarization and/or coherence will then be employed to separate planet signal from speckle noise. We describe technical solutions to meet the ExAO demands for direct imaging of habitable planets with ELTs.

Original language	English (US)
State	Published - 2019
Event	6th International Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2019 - Quebec City, Canada Duration: Jun 9 2019 → Jun 14 2019

Conference

Conference	6th International Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2019
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Quebec City
Period	6/9/19 → 6/14/19

Keywords

Adaptive optics
Coronagraphy
Exoplanets
High contrast imaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Space and Planetary Science
Control and Systems Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Instrumentation

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Guyon, O., Chun, M., Gratadour, D., Fitzgerald, M., Jovanovic, N., Lozi, J., Males, J., Martinache, F., Mawet, D., Mazin, B., Sahoo, A., Sevin, A., Skemer, A., & Vievard, S. (2019). Imaging habitable planets in optical/NIR with large ground-based telescopes: WFS/C challenges, opportunities and R&D activities. Paper presented at 6th International Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2019, Quebec City, Canada.

Imaging habitable planets in optical/NIR with large ground-based telescopes: WFS/C challenges, opportunities and R&D activities. / Guyon, Olivier; Chun, Mark; Gratadour, Damien et al.
2019. Paper presented at 6th International Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2019, Quebec City, Canada.

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Guyon, O, Chun, M, Gratadour, D, Fitzgerald, M, Jovanovic, N, Lozi, J, Males, J, Martinache, F, Mawet, D, Mazin, B, Sahoo, A, Sevin, A, Skemer, A & Vievard, S 2019, 'Imaging habitable planets in optical/NIR with large ground-based telescopes: WFS/C challenges, opportunities and R&D activities', Paper presented at 6th International Conference on Adaptive Optics for Extremely Large Telescopes, AO4ELT 2019, Quebec City, Canada, 6/9/19 - 6/14/19.

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