The planet formation imager
- Creators
- Monnier, John D.
- Kraus, Stefan
- Ireland, Michael J.
- Baron, Fabien
- Bayo, Amelia
- Berger, Jean-Philippe
- Creech-Eakman, Michelle
- Dong, Ruobing
- Duchêne, Gaspard
- Espaillat, Catherine
- Haniff, Chris
- Hönig, Sebastian
- Isella, Andrea
- Juhasz, Attila
- Labadie, Lucas
- Lacour, Sylvestre
- Leifer, Stephanie
- Merand, Antoine
- Michael, Ernest
- Minardi, Stefano
- Mordasini, Christoph
- Mozurkewich, David
- Olofsson, Johan
- Paladini, Claudia
- Petrov, Romain
- Pott, Jörg-Uwe
- Ridgway, Stephen
- Rinehart, Stephen
- Stassun, Keivan
- Surdej, Jean
- Brummelaar, Theo Ten
- Turner, Neal
- Tuthill, Peter
- Vahala, Kerry
- van Belle, Gerard
- Vasisht, Gautam
- Wishnow, Ed
- Young, John
- Zhu, Zhaohuan
- Others:
- Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG) ; Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse] (CNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Observatoire des Sciences de l'Univers de Grenoble (OSUG ) ; Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])-Institut polytechnique de Grenoble - Grenoble Institute of Technology (Grenoble INP )-Institut national de recherche en sciences et technologies pour l'environnement et l'agriculture (IRSTEA)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Grenoble Alpes [2016-2019] (UGA [2016-2019])
- Observatoire de Paris ; Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)
- Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur (OCA) ; Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Description
The Planet Formation Imager (PFI, www.planetformationimager.org) is a next-generation infrared interferometer array with the primary goal of imaging the active phases of planet formation in nearby star forming regions. PFI will be sensitive to warm dust emission using mid-infrared capabilities made possible by precise fringe tracking in the near-infrared. An L/M band combiner will be especially sensitive to thermal emission from young exoplanets (and their disks) with a high spectral resolution mode to probe the kinematics of CO and H2O gas. In this paper, we give an overview of the main science goals of PFI, define a baseline PFI architecture that can achieve those goals, point at remaining technical challenges, and suggest activities today that will help make the Planet Formation Imager facility a reality.
Abstract
International audience
Additional details
- URL
- https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-03693515
- URN
- urn:oai:HAL:insu-03693515v1
- Origin repository
- UNICA