The ExoLife Finder (ELF) telescope is an under-development hybrid interferometric telescope being designed at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC) for the direct detection and imaging of exoplanets and potentially water-bearing exoplanets. Developed by a collaboration of scientists and engineers including the PLANETS Foundation, the ELF aims to analyze the surfaces and atmospheres of exoplanets for evidence of life, focusing on nearby star systems within 25 light years of Earth.[1] The telescope’s design features non-redundant circular arrays of 5-meter-scale mirrors and tensegrity-based mechanical support with an outer diameter of 35m. It uses multiple layers of advanced atmospheric wavefront sensing and control. It is a scalable optical concept, and could be built within a 10 year timeframe. A 3.5-meter precursor called the Small ELF (SELF) is currently being built in the Canary Islands. The ELF's first targets will include nearby stars cooler than the Sun.[2][3]
ELF incorporates several new technologies in order to study exoplanets that could be 100 million times fainter than the stars they orbit. This combination of technologies results in smoother and lighter optics compared to conventional telescope mirrors and greater control of optical diffraction and wavefront errors created by the atmosphere.[4] According to the team behind ELF, the telescope's imaging capabilities and detection methods, which include analyzing planetary energy signatures and spectroscopic chemical fingerprints, will advance our understanding of exoplanetary environments and the search for extraterrestrial life.[1][5]
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^Moretto, Gil; Kuhn, Jeff R.; Langlois, Maud; Tallon, Michel; Gedig, Mark; Norton, Andrew; Capsal, Jean-Fabien; Audigier, David; Thetpraphi, Kritsadi; Berdyugina, Svetlana V.; Halliday, David (2018-06-25). "The ExoLife Finder (ELF) Telescope: New Adaptive Optics and Hybrid Dynamic Live-Optical Surfaces Strategies". Imaging and Applied Optics 2018 (3D, AO, AIO, COSI, DH, IS, LACSEA, LS&C, MATH, PcAOP) (2018), Paper OTh2F.4. Optica Publishing Group: OTh2F.4. doi:10.1364/AOMS.2018.OTh2F.4. ISBN 978-1-943580-44-6.
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