EPICS: the exoplanet imager for the E-ELT

Markus E. Kasper; Jean-Luc Beuzit; Christophe Verinaud; Natalia Yaitskova; Pierre Baudoz; Anthony Boccaletti; Raffaele G. Gratton; Norbert Hubin; Florian Kerber; Ronald Roelfsema; Hans Martin Schmid; Niranjan A. Thatte; K. Dohlen; M. Feldt; Lars Venema; S. Wolf

doi:10.1117/12.789047

11 July 2008 EPICS: the exoplanet imager for the E-ELT

Markus E. Kasper, Jean-Luc Beuzit, Christophe Verinaud, Natalia Yaitskova, Pierre Baudoz, Anthony Boccaletti, Raffaele G. Gratton, Norbert Hubin, Florian Kerber, Ronald Roelfsema, Hans Martin Schmid, Niranjan A. Thatte, K. Dohlen, M. Feldt, Lars Venema, S. Wolf

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Proceedings Volume 7015, Adaptive Optics Systems; 70151S (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789047
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

Presently, dedicated instrument developments at large telescopes (SPHERE for the VLT, GPI for Gemini) are about to discover and explore self-luminous giant planets by direct imaging and spectroscopy. The next generation of 30m-40m ground-based telescopes, the Extremely Large Telescopes (ELTs), have the potential to dramatically enlarge the discovery space towards older giant planets seen in reflected light and ultimately even a small number of rocky planets. EPICS is a proposed instrument for the European ELT, dedicated to the detection and characterization of expolanets by direct imaging and spectroscopy. ESO recently launched a phase-A study for EPICS with a large European consortium which - by simulations and demonstration experiments - will investigate state-of-the-art diffraction and speckle suppression techniques to deliver highest contrasts. The final result of the study in 2010 will be a conceptual design and a development plan for the instrument. Here we present first results from the phase-A study and discuss the main challenges and science capabilities of EPICS.

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Markus E. Kasper, Jean-Luc Beuzit, Christophe Verinaud, Natalia Yaitskova, Pierre Baudoz, Anthony Boccaletti, Raffaele G. Gratton, Norbert Hubin, Florian Kerber, Ronald Roelfsema, Hans Martin Schmid, Niranjan A. Thatte, K. Dohlen, M. Feldt, Lars Venema, and S. Wolf "EPICS: the exoplanet imager for the E-ELT", Proc. SPIE 7015, Adaptive Optics Systems, 70151S (11 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789047

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