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Science with EPICS, the E-ELT planet finder

Gratton, Raffaele ; Kasper, Markus ; Vérinaud, Christophe ; Bonavita, Mariangela ; Schmid, Hans M.

In: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2010, vol. 6, no. S276, p. 343-348

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    Titre
    • Science with EPICS, the E-ELT planet finder
    Auteur
    • Gratton, Raffaele. INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy email: raffaele.gratton@oapd.inaf.it
    • Kasper, Markus. European Southern Observatory, Germany
    • Vérinaud, Christophe. Laboratoire de Astrophysique de Grenoble, France
    • Bonavita, Mariangela. INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova, Italy email: raffaele.gratton@oapd.inaf.it
    • Schmid, Hans M.. ETH Zurich, Switzerland
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2010, vol. 6, no. S276, p. 343-348. Cambridge University Press
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:299961
    Summary
    EPICS is the proposed planet finder for the European Extremely Large Telescope. EPICS is a high contrast imager based on a high performing extreme adaptive optics system, a diffraction suppression module, and two scientific instruments: an Integral Field Spectrograph (IFS) for the near infrared (0.95-1.65 μm), and a differential polarization imager (E-POL). Both these instruments should allow imaging and characterization of planets shining in reflected light, possibly down to Earth-size. A few high interesting science cases are presented