ORBi: Barry R. K. - The Fourier-Kelvin Stellar Interferometer: Exploring Exoplanetary Systems with an Infrared Probe-class Mission

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	Document type :	Scientific congresses and symposiums : Paper published in a book
	Discipline(s) :	Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences : Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
	To cite this reference:	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/81461

Title :	The Fourier-Kelvin Stellar Interferometer: Exploring Exoplanetary Systems with an Infrared Probe-class Mission
Language :	English
Author, co-author :	Barry, R. K. [> > > >]
	Danchi, W. C. [> > > >]
	Lopez, B. [> > > >]
	Rinehart, S. A. [> > > >]
	Absil, Olivier [Université de Liège - ULg > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Astroph. extragalactique et observations spatiales (AEOS) >]
	Augereau, J-C [> > > >]*
	Beust, H. [> > > >]
	Bonfils, X. [> > > >]
	Bordé, P. [> > > >]
	Defrère, D. [> > > >]
	Kern, P. [> > > >]
	Léger, A. [> > > >]
	Monin, J. [> > > >]
	Mourard, D. [> > > >]
	Ollivier, M. [> > > >]
	Petrov, R. [> > > >]
	Vakili, F. [> > > >]
	FKSO, Consortium [> > > >]
Publication date :	1-Oct-2010
Main document title :	Pathways Towards Habitable Planets
Editor :	Coudé du Foresto, Vincent
	Gelino, Dawn
	Ribas, Ignasi
Publisher :	Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Collection and collection volume :	ASP Conf Series, volume 430
Pages :	403-404
Peer reviewed :	No
On invitation :	No
Audience :	International
ISBN :	978-1-58381-740-7
City :	San Fransisco
Country :	California
Event name :	Pathways Towards Habitable Planets
Event date :	du 14 au 18 septembre 2009
Event organizer :	Coudé du Foresto V. & Ribas I.
Event place (city) :	Barcelone
Event country :	Espagne
Abstract :	[en] We report results of a recent engineering study of an enhanced version of the Fourier-Kelvin Stellar Interferometer (FKSI) that includes 1-m diameter primary mirrors, a 20-m baseline, a sun shield with a ±45° Field-of-Regard (FoR), and 40K operating temperature. The enhanced FKSI is a two-element nulling interferometer operating in the mid-infrared (e.g. ˜ 5-15 μm) designed to measure exozodiacal debris disks around nearby stars with a sensitivity better than one solar system zodi (SSZ) and to characterize the atmospheres of a large sample of known exoplanets. The modifications to the original FKSI design also allows observations of the atmospheres of many super-Earths and a few Earth twins using a combination of spatial modulation and spectral analysis.
Target :	Researchers
Permalink :	http://hdl.handle.net/2268/81461
Other URL :	http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2010ASPC..430..403B

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