Mazoyer Lab

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ERC Consolidator Grant · 2025

Exploiting Coherence in High-contrast Observations of ExoplanetS

The transit method currently dominates exoplanet discovery but is limited to short-period, transiting planets, offering only partial insights into habitable zone (HZ) planets. Direct imaging, particularly through coronagraphic imaging, presents the most promising approach for characterizing HZ exoplanets and their atmospheres. Future missions like NASA's Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) and ELT instruments, such as the Planetary Camera & Spectrograph (PCS), aim to overcome this challenge, targeting HZ planets around Sun-like and M-dwarf stars, respectively. However, coronagraphic imaging faces significant obstacles due to the extreme star-planet flux ratios. To limit the risks faced by…

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