Astrophysical imaging with the Darwin IR interferometer

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2003-08-29

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0308538v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

10 pages, 8 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the conference "Toward Other Earths, Darwin/TPF and the search for extras

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The proposed infrared space interferometry mission Darwin has two main aims: (i) to detect and characterize exo-planets similar to the Earth, and (ii) to carry out astrophysical imaging in the wavelength range 6 - 20 micron at a sensitivity similar to JWST, but at an angular resolution up to 100 times higher. In this contribution we will first briefly discuss the imaging performance of the Darwin mission. We will then discuss how Darwin will contribute in a very significant way to our understanding of the formation and evolution of planets, stars, galaxies, and super-massive black-holes located at the centers of galaxies.

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