Future Technical Developments Concerning Nulling Interferometry at the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (Orsay)

摘要

Technical research in the field of nulling interferometry at the Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (IAS) is following two principal paths. The first path concerns technology studies for the Darwin project with the test bench NULLTIMATE, and the second one is the study of precursors to the Darwin project which appear compelling and necessary.