Direct Detection of Extra-solar Planets Using High Contrast Imaging
James R. Graham
University of Toronto
Large astronomical telescopes coupled with new adaptive optics technologies
enable high contrast imaging. Current systems approach a dynamic range
of nearly a million to one on scales near the diffraction limit. In the
next decade a new generation of instruments will improve contrast by
another one to two orders of magnitude and provide images of extra-solar
planetary systems.
Date: | Tuesday, 8 March 2011 |
Time: | 16:00 |
Where: | McGill University |
| Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, R.E. Bell Conference Room (room 103) |
Contact: | Robert Rutledge |
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