High Angular Resolution and Extrasolar Planets: Beyond Basic Instrumental Performances
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I review the characteristics of planetary systems accessible to imaging. I show that, beyond the basic angular resolution and dynamics performances of an optical “architecture”, other performances such as photometric precision, spectral range or timing are necessary to access some physical characteristics of the planets.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002