WAET: low-cost ground based telescopes for accelerated exoplanet direct imaging
Benjamin Monreal, Dominic Oddo, Christian Rodriguez

TL;DR
WAET introduces a novel, low-cost ground-based telescope design with an asymmetric aperture, significantly enhancing exoplanet imaging capabilities and offering scalable options for future large telescopes.
Contribution
The paper proposes the WAET design, a cost-effective asymmetric telescope layout that improves exoplanet imaging reach and scalability for future large telescopes.
Findings
hWAET can be built for $150M in the 2020s
100x2 WAET design offers enhanced exoplanet imaging
Scalable >300m versions are feasible with further R&D
Abstract
The Wide Aperture Exoplanet Telescope (WAET) is a new ground-based optical telescope layout with an extremely asymmetric aperture, which results in new exoplanet imaging reach at very low cost. We suggest that hWAET, a 100x2 telescope, can be built for $150M in the 2020s, and >300m versions merit further R&D.
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Taxonomy
TopicsAstronomy and Astrophysical Research · Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing · Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
