Exoplanet detection in starshade images

Hu, MY; Harness, A; Sun, H; Kasdin, NJ

Hu, MY (corresponding author), Princeton Univ, Dept Mech & Aerosp Engn, Princeton, NJ 08544 USA.

JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL TELESCOPES INSTRUMENTS AND SYSTEMS, 2021; 7 (2):

Abstract

A starshade suppresses starlight by a factor of 10(11) in the image plane of a telescope, which is crucial for directly imaging Earth-like exoplanets.......

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