Exo-Planet Detection Using an Apodized Square Aperture and Dark Speckle

这项工作是为了设计、建造、集成和测试一个相机系统，以便使用一个独特的方形光圈和野外暗斑来探测和表征太阳系外的行星系统。直接成像是极其困难的，因为分离来自母星的散射光和来自行星物体的微弱反射光需要很大的动态范围。该相机系统将与900多个元素的自适应光学系统一起用于位于夏威夷哈列克拉的美国空军先进光电系统望远镜的天文研究。***

AST-0123444Nisenson, PeterThis effort is to design, build, integrate and test a camera system to detect and characterize extra-solar planetary systems using a unique square aperture and dark speckle in the field. Direct imaging is extremely difficult because of the large dynamic range required to separate out the scattered light from the parent star and the weak reflected light from a planetary object. The camera system will be used with the 900+ element adaptive optics system at the US Air Force Advanced Electro-Optical System telescope at Haleakela Hawaii for astronomical research. ***