[en] Looking to the future of exo-Earth imaging from the ground, core technology developments are required in visible Extreme Adaptive Optics (ExAO) to enable the observation of atmospheric features such as oxygen on rocky planets in visible light. UNDERGROUND (Ultra-fast AO techNology Determination for Exoplanet imageRs from the GROUND), a collaboration built in Feb. 2023 at the Optimal Exoplanet Imagers Lorentz Workshop, aims to (1) motivate oxygen detection in Proxima Centauri b and analogs as an informative science case for high-contrast imaging and direct spectroscopy, (2) overview the state of the field with respect to visible exoplanet imagers, and (3) set the instrumental requirements to achieve this goal and identify what key technologies require further development.
Research Center/Unit :
STAR - Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research - ULiège
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Fowler, J.; University of California, Santa Cruz
Haffert, Sebastiaan Y.; University of Arizona, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory
van Kooten, Maaike A. M.; Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Ctr. (Canada)
Landman, Rico; Leiden Observatory
Bidot, Alexis; Institute de Planetologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
Hours, Adrien; Institute de Planetologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
N'Diaye, Mamadou; Universite de Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
Absil, Olivier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Gebhard, Timothy D.; Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Germany)
Gutierrez, Yann; iLESIA, Observatoire de Paris, Univ. PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Univ., Univ. de Paris (France)
Guyon, Olivier; University of Arizona, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory
Herscovici-Schiller, Olivier; Office National d'Etudes et de Recherche Aerospatiale, France
Juanola-Parramon, Roser; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland
Kenworthy, Matthew; Leiden Observatory
Kleisioti, Elina; Leiden Observatory
König, Lorenzo ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Planetary & Stellar systems Imaging Laboratory ; Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Germany)
Krasteva, Mariya; European Space Research and Technology Centre
Laginja, Iva; Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique
Leboulleux, Lucie; Institute de Planetologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
Mazoyer, Johan; Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Germany)
Millar-Blanchaer, Maxwell A.; University of California, Santa Barbara
Mouillet, David; Institute de Planetologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
Por, Emiel; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
Pueyo, Laurent; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
Snik, Frans; Leiden Observatory
van Dam, Dirk; Leiden Observatory
van Gorkom, Kyle; University of Arizona, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory
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