Comptes Rendus

Special Issue

Optical techniques for direct imaging of exoplanets

Guest editor: Claude Aime

Table of contents

Editorial Board
p. IFC
Dossier
p. iii-iv
Foreword
p. 273-276
An introduction to stellar coronagraphy
p. 277-287
Band-limited masks for TPF coronagraph
p. 288-297
The Four Quadrant Phase Mask Coronagraph and its avatars
p. 298-311
Shaped pupil coronagraphy
p. 312-322
A theoretical look at coronagraph design and performance for direct imaging of exoplanets
p. 323-332
Expected performance of a self-coherent camera
p. 333-339
Calibration of residual speckle in a nulling coronagraph
p. 340-348
Speckle noise reduction techniques for high-dynamic range imaging
p. 349-354
The Lyot Project: status and results
p. 355-364
Adaptive optics for direct detection of extrasolar planets: the Gemini Planet Imager
p. 365-373
Detecting extra-solar planets with the Japanese 3.5 m SPICA space telescope
p. 374-384
The Achromatic Interfero Coronagraph
p. 385-395
The Fourier–Kelvin Stellar Interferometer (FKSI)—A practical infrared space interferometer on the path to the discovery and characterization of Earth-like planets around nearby stars
p. 396-407
Towards the spectroscopic analysis of Earthlike planets: the DARWIN/TPF project
p. 408-414
Ultra deep nulling interferometry using fractal interferometers
p. 415-425
Comparison of ELTs, interferometers and hypertelescopes for deep field imaging and coronagraphy
p. 426-437
Optical performance of the New Worlds Occulter
p. 438-447
Physics/Mathematical physics, theoretical physics
Herzfeld instability versus Mott transition in metal–ammonia solutions

Presented by: Jacques Vilain

Gennady N. Chuev; Pascal Quémerais
p. 449-455
Physique/Physique appliquée
Développement d'un nouveau capteur de gaz basé sur la détection à large bande micro-onde
[Development of a novel gas sensor based on microwave broadband detection]

Presented by: Jacques Villain

Julien Jouhannaud; Jérôme Rossignol; Didier Stuerga
p. 456-461
Physique/Physique appliquée
Efficacité des coupures de combustible dans la prévention des feux de forêts
[Fuelbreak efficiency for wildland fire prevention]
p. 462-468
Astrophysique/Système solaire
Formes d'astéroïdes et formation de satellites : rôle de la réaccumulation gravitationnelle
[Asteroid shapes and satellite formation: role of gravitational re-accumulation]
p. 469-480
Editorial Board
p. IBC