Thermal Infrared Imaging of Exoplanets

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Substellar Companions, Planets, Photometric, Polarimetric, And Spectroscopic Instrumentation, X- And Gamma-Ray Telescopes And Instrumentation, Atmospheres

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High-contrast imaging remains the only way to search for and study weakly-irradiated giant exoplanets. We review here in brief a new high-contrast imaging technique that operates in the 3-5 μm window and show the exquisite sensitivity that can be reached using this technique. The two key advantages of the L-band high-contrast imaging are the superior image quality and the 2-to 4-magnitude gain in sensitivity provided by the red color of giant planets. Most excitingly, this method can be applied to constrain the yet-unexplored giant planet population at radii between 3 and 30 AU.

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