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Planet Formation Imager (PFI): Science vision and key requirements
Kraus, S.; Monnier, J. D.; Ireland, M. J. et al.
2016In Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering
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Keywords :
Extrasolar Planets; High Angular Resolution Imaging; Interferometry; Planet Formation; Protoplanetary Disks; Image reconstruction; Planets; Site selection; Angular resolution; Extremely Large Telescopes; High angular resolutions; Migration mechanisms; System architectures; Technology choices
Abstract :
[en] The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) project aims to provide a strong scientific vision for ground-based optical astronomy beyond the upcoming generation of Extremely Large Telescopes. We make the case that a breakthrough in angular resolution imaging capabilities is required in order to unravel the processes involved in planet formation. PFI will be optimised to provide a complete census of the protoplanet population at all stellocentric radii and over the age range from 0.1 to ∼100 Myr. Within this age period, planetary systems undergo dramatic changes and the final architecture of planetary systems is determined. Our goal is to study the planetary birth on the natural spatial scale where the material is assembled, which is the "Hill Sphere" of the forming planet, and to characterise the protoplanetary cores by measuring their masses and physical properties. Our science working group has investigated the observational characteristics of these young protoplanets as well as the migration mechanisms that might alter the system architecture. We simulated the imprints that the planets leave in the disk and study how PFI could revolutionise areas ranging from exoplanet to extragalactic science. In this contribution we outline the key science drivers of PFI and discuss the requirements that will guide the technology choices, the site selection, and potential science/technology tradeoffs. © 2016 SPIE.
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Kraus, S.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Monnier, J. D.;  Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 500 Church St., Ann Arbor, United States
Ireland, M. J.;  Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Duchêne, G.;  University of California, Berkeley, United States, Institut de Planetologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble, Grenoble Universite Alpes/CNRS, Grenoble, France
Espaillat, C.;  Boston University, Boston, United States
Hönig, S.;  University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
Juhasz, A.;  Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Mordasini, C.;  University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Olofsson, J.;  Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia Valparaiso, Chile
Paladini, C.;  Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Stassun, K.;  Vanderbilt University, Nashville, United States
Turner, N.;  Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Vasisht, G.;  Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Harries, T. J.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Bate, M. R.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Gonzalez, J.-F.;  Univ Lyon, Univ Lyon1, Ens de Lyon, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon UMR5574, Saint-Genis-Laval, France
Matter, A.;  University of Nice-Sophia Antipolis, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, Nice, France
Zhu, Z.;  Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States
Panic, O.;  Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia Valparaiso, Chile
Regaly, Z.;  Konkoly Observatory, Research Center for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
Morbidelli, A.;  Univ Lyon, Univ Lyon1, Ens de Lyon, Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon UMR5574, Saint-Genis-Laval, France
Meru, F.;  Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia Valparaiso, Chile
Wolf, S.;  Institute for Theoretical Physics and Astrophysics, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Ilee, J.;  Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia Valparaiso, Chile
Berger, J.-P.;  European Southern Observatory, Karl Schwarschild Strasse, 2, Garching bei Munchen, Germany
Zhao, M.;  Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pennsylvania State UniversityPA, United States
Kral, Q.;  Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia Valparaiso, Chile
Morlok, A.;  Institut fur Planetologie Munster, Munster, Germany
Bonsor, A.;  Instituto de Fisica y Astronomia Valparaiso, Chile
Ciardi, D.;  NASA Exoplanet Science Institute, Pasadena, United States
Kane, S. R.;  San Francisco State University, San Francisco, United States
Kratter, K.;  University of Arizona, Arizona, United States
Laughlin, G.;  Yale University, New Haven, United States
Pepper, J.;  Lehigh University, Bethlehem, United States
Raymond, S.;  Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Labadie, L.;  University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Nelson, R. P.;  Queen Mary Univeristy of London, London, United Kingdom
Weigelt, G.;  Max Planck Institute for Radioastronomy, Bonn, Germany
Ten Brummelaar, T.;  Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States
Pierens, A.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Oudmaijer, R.;  University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Kley, W.;  University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
Pope, B.;  University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, United States
Jensen, E. L. N.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Bayo, A.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Smith, M.;  Kent University, Kent, United Kingdom
Boyajian, T.;  Yale University, United States
Quiroga-Nuñez, L. H.;  Sterrewacht Leiden, Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands
Millan-Gabet, R.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Chiavassa, A.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Gallenne, A.;  Joint Institute for VLBI ERIC (JIVE), Dwingeloo, Netherlands
Reynolds, M.;  European Southern Observatory, Santiago, Chile
De Wit, W.-J.;  Instituto de Astrosica de Canarias, La Laguna, Spain
Wittkowski, M.;  University of Santander, University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Millour, F.;  University of Texas, San Antonio, United States
Gandhi, P.;  Kyoto Sangyo University, Kyoto, Japan
Ramos Almeida, C.;  MPIA, Heidelberg, Germany
Alonso Herrero, A.;  University of Liege, Liege, Belgium
Packham, C.;  Observatoire de Paris, Paris, France
Kishimoto, M.;  National Optical Astronomy Observatory, Tucson, United States
Tristram, K. R. W.;  Sydney University, Sydney, Australia
Pott, J.-U.;  Lowell Observatory, Flagsta, United States
Surdej, Jean  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Département d'astrophys., géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Buscher, D.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Haniff, C.;  University of Colorado and NIST, Colorado, United States
Lacour, S.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Petrov, R.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Ridgway, S.;  Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planetologie, CNRS/Universite de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
Tuthill, P.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Van Belle, G.;  Lund Observatory, Sweden
Armitage, P.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Baruteau, C.;  Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
Benisty, M.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Bitsch, B.;  Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Mexico
Paardekooper, S.-J.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Pinte, C.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Masset, F.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
Rosotti, G.;  University of Exeter, School of Physics, Stocker Road, Exeter, United Kingdom
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Language :
English
Title :
Planet Formation Imager (PFI): Science vision and key requirements
Publication date :
2016
Journal title :
Proceedings of SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering
ISSN :
0277-786X
eISSN :
1996-756X
Publisher :
International Society for Optical Engineering, Bellingham, United States - Washington
Special issue title :
SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9907: Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging V
Peer reviewed :
Peer reviewed
Funders :
SPIE - International Society for Optics and Photonics [US-WA]
Commentary :
125196 9781510601932
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