Advanced Instrumentation for Adaptively Corrected telescopes: Detection of Faint Stellar Companions and High Resolution Spectroscopy

9731176 HART该项目将在三个领域开发适用于寻找太阳系外行星的技术。将开发一种在1至5微米光谱范围内运行的日冕成像仪，最初将与美国空军星火光学靶场(SOR)的3.5米望远镜一起使用，后来将与亚利桑那大学升级后的6.5米MMT望远镜一起使用。将研究一种用于MMT的高阶自适应反射镜的新概念。该项目还将修改一台梯形光谱仪，以提供~20万的分辨率，用于与SOR和MMT一起检查棕矮星和大质量太阳系外行星。

9731176 Hart This project will develop technology in three areas applicable to the search for extra-solar planets. A coronographic imager for operation in the 1 to 5 micrometer spectral range will be developed to be used initially with the 3.5 meter telescope of the USAF Starfire Optical Range (SOR), and later with the upgraded 6.5 meter MMT of the University of Arizona. A novel concept for a high-order adaptive mirror to be used with the MMT will be investigated. The project will also modify an echelle spectrograph to provide resolution of ~200,000 to be used with the SOR and the MMT to examine brown-dwarfs and massive extra-solar planets.