Research
The Institute’s researchers are working on research projects revolving around 3 main themes:
Observation
- High-contrast imaging
- High-precision infrared velocimetry
- Exoplanets and stellar associations with young stars in them
- Brown dwarfs and exoplanets
- White dwarfs and exoplanets
Instrumentation
- JWST: searching for and describing exoplanets
- SPIRou: searching for planets around red dwarfs in the northern hemisphere
- NIRPS: searching for planets around red dwarfs in the southern hemisphere
- PESTO: searching for exoplanets and exomoons at the Mont-Mégantic Observatory
- GPI: exoplanet imaging
Theory
- Planet formation
- Planet evolution