The Microlensing Planet finder: Completing the census of extrasolar Planets in the Milky Way

D. P. Bennett; I. Bond; E. Cheng; S. Friedman; P. Garnavich; B. Gaudi; R. Gilliland; A. Gould; M. Greenhouse; K. Griest; R. Kimble; J. Lunine; J. Mather; D. Minniti; M. Niedner; B. Paczynski; S. Peale; B. Rauscher; M. Rich; K. Sahu; D. Tenerelli; A. Udalski; N. Woolf; P. Yock

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The Microlensing Planet finder: Completing the census of extrasolar Planets in the Milky Way

D. P. Bennett, I. Bond, E. Cheng, S. Friedman, P. Garnavich, B. Gaudi, R. Gilliland, A. Gould, M. Greenhouse, K. Griest, R. Kimble, J. Lunine, J. Mather, D. Minniti, M. Niedner, B. Paczynski, S. Peale, B. Rauscher, M. Rich, K. SahuD. Tenerelli, A. Udalski, N. Woolf, P. Yock

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The Microlensing Planet Finder (MPF) is a proposed Discovery mission that will complete the first census of extrasolar planets with sensitivity to planets like those in our own solar system. MPF will employ a 1.1m aperture telescope, which images a 1.3 sq. deg. field-of-view in the near-IR, in order to detect extrasolar planets with the gravitational microlensing effect. MPF's sensitivity extends down to planets of 0.1 Earth masses, and MPF can detect Earth-like planets at all separations from 0.7AU to infinity. MPF's extrasolar planet census will provide critical information needed to understand the formation and frequency of extrasolar planetary systems similar to our own.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1453-1464
Number of pages	12
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5487
Issue number	PART 3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551305
Publication status	Published - 2004
Event	Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Space Telecopes - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Jun 2004 → 25 Jun 2004

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Extrasolar Planets
Gravitational Lensing
SPIE Proceedings

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Bennett, D. P., Bond, I., Cheng, E., Friedman, S., Garnavich, P., Gaudi, B., Gilliland, R., Gould, A., Greenhouse, M., Griest, K., Kimble, R., Lunine, J., Mather, J., Minniti, D., Niedner, M., Paczynski, B., Peale, S., Rauscher, B., Rich, M., ... Yock, P. (2004). The Microlensing Planet finder: Completing the census of extrasolar Planets in the Milky Way. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5487(PART 3), 1453-1464. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551305

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