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Title:
Darwin—an experimental astronomy mission to search for extrasolar planets
Authors:
Cockell, Charles S.; Herbst, Tom; Léger, Alain; Absil, O.; Beichman, Charles; Benz, Willy; Brack, Andre; Chazelas, Bruno; Chelli, Alain; Cottin, Hervé; Coudé Du Foresto, Vincent; Danchi, William; Defrère, Denis; den Herder, Jan-Willem; Eiroa, Carlos; Fridlund, Malcolm; Henning, Thomas; Johnston, Kenneth; Kaltenegger, Lisa; Labadie, Lucas; Lammer, Helmut; Launhardt, Ralf; Lawson, Peter; Lay, Oliver P.; Liseau, Rene'; Martin, Stefan R.; Mawet, Dimitri; Mourard, Denis; Moutou, Claire; Mugnier, Laurent; Paresce, Francesco; Quirrenbach, Andreas; Rabbia, Yves; Rottgering, Huub J. A.; Rouan, Daniel; Santos, Nuno; Selsis, Franck; Serabyn, Eugene; Westall, Frances; White, Glenn; Ollivier, Marc; Bordé, Pascale
Affiliation:
AA(Planetary and Space Sciences Research Institute, The Open University), AB(Max Planck Institute fur Astronomie), AC(IAS, bat 121, Université Paris-Sud), AD(Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de l’Observatoire de Grenoble), AE(Michelson Science Center, California Institute of Technology), AF(Physikalisches Institut, University of Berne), AG(Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire, CNPS), AH(IAS, bat 121, Université Paris-Sud), AI(Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (LAOG)), AJ(Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques Universités Paris 12, Paris 7, CNRS UMR 7583 91), AK(LESIA-PHASE-Observatoire de Paris), AL(Astrophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), AM(Institut d’Astrophysique et de Géophysique de Liège), AN(SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research), AO(Dpto Fisica Toerica C-XI, Facultad de Ciencas, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid), AP(Astrophysics Mission Division, European Space Agency, ESTEC), AQ(Max Planck Institute fur Astronomie), AR(United States Naval Observatory), AS(Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), AT(Max Planck Institute fur Astronomie), AU(Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences), AV(Max Planck Institute fur Astronomie), AW(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), AX(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), AY(Onsala Space Observatory, Chalmers University of Technology), AZ(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), BA(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), BB(Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur), BC(Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille (LAM), CNRS, Traverse du Siphon), BD(ONERA/DOTA), BE(IASF-Bologna, INAF), BF(ZAH, Landerssternwarte), BG(Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur, Dpt GEMINI UMR CNRS 6203), BH(Leiden Observatory, Leiden University), BI(LESIA-PHASE-Observatoire de Paris), BJ(Centro de Astrofisica, Universidade do Porto), BK(CRAL (CNRS UMR 5574), Université de Lyon, Ecole Supérieure de Lyon), BL(Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology), BM(Centre de Biophysique Moleculaire, CNPS), BN(Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University; Space Science and Technology Department, CCLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory), BO(IAS, bat 121, Université Paris-Sud), BP(IAS, bat 121, Université Paris-Sud)
Publication:
Experimental Astronomy, Volume 23, Issue 1, pp.435-461 (ExA Homepage)
Publication Date:
03/2009
Origin:
SPRINGER
Keywords:
Interferometer, Nulling interferometry, Direct imaging of exoplanets, Exoplanets, Habitable zone
DOI:
10.1007/s10686-008-9121-x
Bibliographic Code:
2009ExA....23..435C

Abstract

As a response to ESA call for mission concepts for its Cosmic Vision 2015-2025 plan, we propose a mission called Darwin. Its primary goal is the study of terrestrial extrasolar planets and the search for life on them. In this paper, we describe different characteristics of the instrument.
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