Status of the Planet Formation Imager (PFI) concept

Michael J. Ireland; John D. Monnier; Stefan Kraus; Andrea Isella; Stefano Minardi; Romain Petrov; Theo ten Brummelaar; John Young; Gautam Vasisht; David Mozurkewich; Stephen Rinehart; Ernest A. Michael; Gerard van Belle; Julien Woillez

doi:10.1117/12.2233926

4 August 2016 Status of the Planet Formation Imager (PFI) concept

Michael J. Ireland, John D. Monnier, Stefan Kraus, Andrea Isella, Stefano Minardi, Romain Petrov, Theo ten Brummelaar, John Young, Gautam Vasisht, David Mozurkewich, Stephen Rinehart, Ernest A. Michael, Gerard van Belle, Julien Woillez

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Proceedings Volume 9907, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging V; 99071L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233926
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2016, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Abstract

The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) project aims to image the period of planet assembly directly, resolving structures as small as a giant planet's Hill sphere. These images will be required in order to determine the key mechanisms for planet formation at the time when processes of grain growth, protoplanet assembly, magnetic fields, disk/planet dynamical interactions and complex radiative transfer all interact - making some planetary systems habitable and others inhospitable. We will present the overall vision for the PFI concept, focusing on the key technologies and requirements that are needed to achieve the science goals. Based on these key requirements, we will define a cost envelope range for the design and highlight where the largest uncertainties lie at this conceptual stage.

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Michael J. Ireland, John D. Monnier, Stefan Kraus, Andrea Isella, Stefano Minardi, Romain Petrov, Theo ten Brummelaar, John Young, Gautam Vasisht, David Mozurkewich, Stephen Rinehart, Ernest A. Michael, Gerard van Belle, and Julien Woillez "Status of the Planet Formation Imager (PFI) concept", Proc. SPIE 9907, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging V, 99071L (4 August 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233926

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