The PEGASE project: characterisation of "Pegasi planets" and Brown Dwarfs

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Dec 2004

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SF2A-2004: Semaine de l'Astrophysique Francaise, meeting held in Paris, France, June 14-18, 2004. Edited by F. Combes, D. Barret

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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I will present the PEGASE project proposed within the framework of the CNES call for idea on flights in formation. This ambitious project, gathering a dozen laboratories, proposes an interferometry mission in infrared I(1.5 to 6 µm) with spectroscopic capabilities. The bases of the interferometer will reach up to 500m, giving to PEGASE a resolution higher than the milli-arcsecond. The interferometric recombination includes a very simple mode, measurement of the visibility by excursion of the optical path difference and a mode in black fringe or nulling. The very high angular resolution of the instrument and high dynamical range with the nulling mode will allow to consider exciting scientific objectives: the characterization of Pegasids or hot Jupiters, the study of the internal structure and the atmospheres of brown dwarfs and the analysis of the internal areas of proto-planetary disks. I will first of all describe the basic configuration of the mission and will show that its simplicity ensures the feasibility of the project. I will explain then the relevance of such an instrument for the characterization of Pegasids. I will detail finally the various possible technical options to be attached to the initial version, in order to increase the effectiveness of the mission and to extend its scientific objectives.

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