Directly Imaging Exoplanet Birth

太阳系外行星的研究已经进入了一个新的时代。径向速度和凌日技术表明，行星系统是极其多样和复杂的，其分类的秘密在行星系统演化的最早时期就被埋藏起来了。该项目将通过创新的算法直接对行星形成的这些最早阶段进行成像，这些算法充分利用了世界上最大的红外望远镜，利用了它们的全部衍射极限。由此产生的图像将与先进的合作建模和使用最新的澳大利亚光谱调查和仪器相结合，以揭开行星诞生的秘密。

Exoplanet research has now entered a new era. Radial velocity and transit techniques have shown that planetary systems are extremely varied and complex, with the secrets to their taxonomy buried at the earliest epochs of planetary system evolution. This project will directly image these earliest stages of planetary formation through innovative algorithms that make best use of the largest infrared telescopes in the world, utilising their full diffraction limit. Resulting images will be combined with advanced collaborative modelling and the use of the latest Australian spectroscopic surveys and instrumentation, in order to unravel the secrets of planetary birth.