Denis Defrère

4.8k citations
89 papers · 1.3k indexed · h-index 21
Topics
Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (62 papers)Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (42 papers)Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (34 papers)

In The Last Decade

Denis Defrère

76 papers receiving 1.3k citations

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Denis Defrère
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  • Astronomy and Astrophysics 1.2k
  • Instrumentation 260
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 248
  • Spectroscopy 69
  • Aerospace Engineering 67
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An Unbiased Near-infrared Interferometric Survey for Hot Exozodiacal Dust
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Infrared Detection and Characterization of Debris Disks, Exozodiacal Dust, and Exoplanets: The FKSI Mission Concept
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The Fourier-Kelvin Stellar Interferometer: Exploring Exoplanetary Systems with an Infrared Probe-class Mission
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About Denis Defrère

Denis Defrère is a scholar working on Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, having authored 89 papers that have together received 1.3k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies (62 papers), Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies (42 papers) and Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing (34 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Instrumentation (260 citations), Astronomy and Astrophysics (1.2k citations) and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (248 citations). Denis Defrère has collaborated with scholars based in Belgium, United States and France. Frequent co-authors include Olivier Absil, J.‐C. Augereau, Philip M. Hinz, Andrew Skemer, Steve Ertel, V. Coudé du Foresto, E. Di Folco, P. Kervella, J. Milli and J. Sturmann. Their work appears in journals such as Nature, The Astrophysical Journal and Physics Today.

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