Direct detection of nearby habitable zone planets using slicer based integral field spectrographs and epics on the E-ELT

Early design studies for the future Exo-Planet Imaging Camera and Specrotgraph (EPICS) on the European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) show the ability to probe the region of super-Earths in the habitable zone of stars within 5pc (including Gilese 581d). However, these planets will be lost to us i...

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Main Authors: Salter, G, Thatte, N, Tecza, M, Clarke, F, Kasper, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2012