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- Defrere, D., et al.
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Space-based infrared interferometry to study exoplanetary atmospheres
- 2018
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In: Experimental Astronomy. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0922-6435 .- 1572-9508. ; 46:3, s. 543-560
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The quest for other habitable worlds and the search for life among them are major goals of modern astronomy. One way to make progress towards these goals is to obtain high-quality spectra of a large number of exoplanets over a broad range of wavelengths. While concepts currently investigated in the United States are focused on visible/NIR wavelengths, where the planets are probed in reflected light, a compelling alternative to characterize planetary atmospheres is the mid-infrared waveband (5–20 μm). Indeed, mid-infrared observations provide key information on the presence of an atmosphere, the surface conditions (e.g., temperature, pressure, habitability), and the atmospheric composition in important species such as H2O, CO2, O3, CH4, and N2O. This information is essential to investigate the potential habitability of exoplanets and to make progress towards the search for life in the Universe. Obtaining high-quality mid-infrared spectra of exoplanets from the ground is however extremely challenging due to the overwhelming brightness and turbulence of the Earth’s atmosphere. In this paper, we present a concept of space-based mid-infrared interferometer that can tackle this observing challenge and discuss the main technological developments required to launch such a sophisticated instrument.
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- Vu, Viet Thuy, et al.
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Studying Csar Systems Using Irf-Csar
- 2012
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this paper, Impulse Response Function in Circular Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging (IRF-CSAR), which is a special version of Impulse Response Function in Ultrawideband-Ultrawidebeam Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging (IRF-USAR), is presented and shown to be valid for representing the CSAR image of a point-like scatterer. IRF-CSAR can therefore be used in studying different CSAR systems such as predicting the pattern of a point-like scatterer illuminated by a CSAR system, estimating resolution achieved by that system. Applying IRF-CSAR to define the image quality assessments for CSAR is also presented in the paper.
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