STECKLUM , B.

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Context. The CoRoT mission, a pioneer in exoplanet searches from space, has completed its first 150 days of continuous observations of ~12000 stars in the galactic plane. An analysis of the raw data identifies the most promising candidates and triggers the ground-based follow-up. Aims. We report on the discovery of the transiting planet...

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Advances in Stellar Interferometry SPIE, eds. J. D. Monnier, M. Schöller and W. C. Danchi, SPIE 6268, p. 31 (2006)

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, 506, pp. 501-517 (2009)

Nature, 464, pp. 384-387 (2010)

MATISSE is foreseen as a mid-infrared spectro-interferometer combining the beams of up to four UTs/ATs of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) of the European Southern Observatory. The related science case study demonstrates the enormous capability of a new generation mid-infrared beam combiner. MATISSE will constitute an evolution of...