Super Earth Explorer: A Coronagraphic Off-Axis Space Telescope

A. Aylward; A. Boccaletti; A. Boccaletti; A. Léger; A. Wolszczan; B. McIntosh; B. Sato; C.-U. Keller; C.U. Keller; Ch. Sotin; D. Mawet; D. Mawet; D. Mawet; D. Rouan; D. Stam; D. Stam; D. Valencia; E. Ford; E. Palle; E. Rivera; E. Williams; G. Perrin; G. Tinetti; G. Tinetti; J. Fortney; J. Fortney; J. Hough; J. Kemp; J. Schneider; J. Trauger; J. Trauger; J. Y-K. Cho; J.-L. Beuzit; J.-Ph. Beauliau; M. Kuchner; M. Kuchner; M. Marley; M. Swain; O. Guyon; P. Baudoz; P. Baudoz; P. Baudoz; R. Doyon; R. Soummer; S. Ida; S. Seager; S. Udry; S. Udry; W. Benz; W. Traub

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Super Earth Explorer: A Coronagraphic Off-Axis Space Telescope

Authors: A. Aylward
A. Boccaletti
A. Boccaletti
A. Léger
A. Wolszczan
B. McIntosh
B. Sato
C.-U. Keller
C.U. Keller
Ch. Sotin
D. Mawet
D. Mawet
D. Mawet
D. Rouan
D. Stam
D. Stam
D. Valencia
E. Ford
E. Palle
E. Rivera
E. Williams
G. Perrin
G. Tinetti
G. Tinetti
J. Fortney
J. Fortney
J. Hough
J. Kemp
J. Schneider
J. Trauger
J. Trauger
J. Y-K. Cho
J.-L. Beuzit
J.-Ph. Beauliau
M. Kuchner
M. Kuchner
M. Marley
M. Swain
O. Guyon
P. Baudoz
P. Baudoz
P. Baudoz
R. Doyon
R. Soummer
S. Ida
S. Seager
S. Udry
S. Udry
W. Benz
W. Traub
Publication date: 25 November 2008
Publisher: 'Springer Science and Business Media LLC'
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Abstract

The Super-Earth Explorer is an Off-Axis Space Telescope (SEE-COAST) designed for high contrast imaging. Its scientific objective is to make the physico-chemical characterization of exoplanets possibly down to 2 Earth radii >. For that purpose it will analyze the spectral and polarimetric properties of the parent starlight reflected by the planets, in the wavelength range 400-1250 nmComment: Accepted in Experimental Astronom