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Coronagraph Status • Current contrast limited to 10 -5 due to DM imperfections and lab seeing −New DM due from Xinetics • Kodak selected to provide large (1.8m), high precision (
IR Interferometer Goal Earth at 10 pc Time Planet? R=3/SNR=5 2.0 h Atmosphere? R=20/SNR=10 2.3d (CO 2 , H 2 O) Habitable? R=20/SNR=25 15d (O 3 , CH 4 ) • Interferometer with cooled two to four 3~4 m mirrors – 30 m boom for minimum resolution – 75-1000 m baseline using formation flying for maximum sample size • Key question is configuration – Trade between null depth, stability, physical length and resolution
Page 1 and 2: The Search for (Habitable) Planets
Page 3 and 4: Organic Chemistry Ubiquitous: Comet
Page 5 and 6: …and distant galaxies • Polycyc
Page 7 and 8: Earth’s Gases With And Without Li
Page 9 and 10: Star Formation & Protoplanetary Dis
Page 11 and 12: SIRTF Observations of Disks •NASA
Page 13 and 14: • Observations at 24, 70, 160 µm
Page 15 and 16: Transit Determines Planet’s Prope
Page 17 and 18: • Make astrometric census of plan
Page 19 and 20: Search for Planets Around Young Sta
Page 21 and 22: The Challenge of Angular Resolution
Page 23 and 24: TPF Science Requirements-I • Dete
Page 25 and 26: TPF Candidate Architectures • Vis
Page 27: Visible Light Planet Detection •
Page 31 and 32: Selection of Final Architecture Jun
Page 33: Collaboration on TPF/Darwin • Str

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