The Galactic Exoplanet Survey Telescope (GEST)

David P. Bennett; John Bally; I. Bond; Ed Cheng; Kem Cook; Drake Deming; P. Garnavich; Kim Griest; David Jewitt; Nick Kaiser; Tod R. Lauer; Jonathan Lunine; Gerard Luppino; John C. Mather; Dante Minniti; Stanton J. Peale; Sun Hong Rhie; Jason Rhodes; Jean Schneider; George Sonneborn; Robert Stevenson; Christopher Stubbs; Domenick Tenerelli; Neville Woolf; Phillip Yock

doi:10.1117/12.459816

24 February 2003 The Galactic Exoplanet Survey Telescope (GEST)

David P. Bennett, John Bally, I. Bond, Ed Cheng, Kem Cook, Drake Deming, P. Garnavich, Kim Griest, David Jewitt, Nick Kaiser, Tod R. Lauer, Jonathan Lunine, Gerard Luppino, John C. Mather, Dante Minniti, Stanton J. Peale, Sun Hong Rhie, Jason Rhodes, Jean Schneider, George Sonneborn, Robert Stevenson, Christopher Stubbs, Domenick Tenerelli, Neville Woolf, Phillip Yock

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Proceedings Volume 4854, Future EUV/UV and Visible Space Astrophysics Missions and Instrumentation; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459816
Event: Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, 2002, Waikoloa, Hawai'i, United States

Abstract

The Galactic Exoplanet Survey Telescope (GEST) will observe a 2 square degree field in the Galactic bulge to search for extra-solar planets using a gravitational lensing technique. This gravitational lensing technique is the only method employing currently available technology that can detect Earth-mass planets at high signal-to-noise, and can measure the abundance of terrestrial planets as a function of Galactic position. GEST's sensitivity extends down to the mass of Mars, and it can detect hundreds of terrestrial planets with semi-major axes ranging from 0.7 AU to infinity. GEST will be the first truly comprehensive survey of the Galaxy for planets like those in our own Solar System.

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David P. Bennett, John Bally, I. Bond, Ed Cheng, Kem Cook, Drake Deming, P. Garnavich, Kim Griest, David Jewitt, Nick Kaiser, Tod R. Lauer, Jonathan Lunine, Gerard Luppino, John C. Mather, Dante Minniti, Stanton J. Peale, Sun Hong Rhie, Jason Rhodes, Jean Schneider, George Sonneborn, Robert Stevenson, Christopher Stubbs, Domenick Tenerelli, Neville Woolf, and Phillip Yock "The Galactic Exoplanet Survey Telescope (GEST)", Proc. SPIE 4854, Future EUV/UV and Visible Space Astrophysics Missions and Instrumentation, (24 February 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459816

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