@inproceedings{b5caf7cd4d584965be1606a6ca10b566,
title = "Kernel nulling: Fundamental limitations and technological pathways from ground and space",
abstract = "Direct detection of young giant planets can probe formation processes near the snow line, which is thought to be where giant planet formation is most likely. I will outline the scientific requirements for observational constraints on this process, and show that the minimum requirements from the ground can be achieved by a high contrast VLTI instrument (Hi-5/VIKiNG) operating within the 2-5 micron range, nulling starlight in a highly calibratable manner with a {"}Kernel Nuller{"}. Understanding these processes in more depth will eventually require an instrument more sensitive than is possible from the ground, requiring a cooled space mission. I will describe a pathway for such a mission.",
keywords = "Exoplanets, Long-baseline optical interferometry, Nulling interferometry",
author = "M. Ireland",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 SPIE.; Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019 ; Conference date: 09-12-2019 Through 12-12-2019",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1117/12.2540970",
language = "English",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Simon Ellis and Celine d'Orgeville",
booktitle = "Advances in Optical Astronomical Instrumentation 2019",
address = "United States",
}