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1. Publications in Refereed Journals

16. "The Earth as an extrasolar planet: The vegetation spectral signature today and during the last Quaternary climatic extrema
"
L. Arnold, F.-M. Bréon, S. Brewer 2009,  International Journal of Astrobiology, 8(2), p. 81-94 (pdf 1.7 Mb) - More electronic materials (animated GIFs)


15. "Earthshine observation of vegetation and implication for life detection on other planets  -  A review of 2001-2006 works"
L. Arnold 2008, Space Science Reviews, 135(1-4), mars 2008, p. 323-333  (DOI: 10.1007/s11214-007-9281-4) (pdf 377 kB), also a chapter in book "Strategies of Life Detection", Space Sciences Series of ISSI, Ed. O. Botta et al., Springer, 2008 (DOI:10.1007/978-0-387-77516-6_1)


14. "Biomarkers in disk-averaged near-UV to near-IR Earth spectra using Earthshine observations",
S. Hamdani, L. Arnold, C. Foellmi, J. Berthier, M. Billeres, D. Briot, P. François, P. Riaud, J. Schneider 2006,
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 460(2), p. 617-624  (pdf 353 kB)

13. "Transit Light-Curve Signatures of Artificial Objects",
L. Arnold
2005, Astrophysical Journal, 627 (July 1), p. 534-539 (pdf 182 kB)

12. "The detectability of extrasolar planet surroundings - I. Reflected-light photometry of unresolved rings",
L. Arnold, J. Schneider 2004, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 420(3), p. 1153-1162 (pdf 817 kB)

11. "Imaging capabilities of hypertelescopes with a pair of micro-lens arrays",
S. Gillet., P. Riaud, O. Lardière, J. Dejonghe, J. Schmitt, L. Arnold, A. Boccaletti, D. Horville, A. Labeyrie 2003, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 400(1), p. 393-396 (pdf 219 kB)

10. "Coronagraphic search for exo-planets with a hypertelescope: I. In the thermal IR",
P. Riaud, A. Boccaletti, S. Gillet, J. Schneider, A. Labeyrie, L. Arnold, J. Baudrand, O. Lardière, J. Dejonghe, V. Borkowski 2002, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 396(1), p. 345-352 (pdf 638 kB)

9. "A test for the search for life on extrasolar planets: Looking for the terrestrial vegetation signature in the Earthshine spectrum",
L. Arnold, S. Gillet, O. Lardière, P. Riaud, J. Schneider 2002, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 392(1), p. 231-237 (pdf 189 kB)

8. "Speckle Observations of Composite Spectrum Stars with PISCO in 1993-1998",
J.-L. Prieur,  L. Koechlin, N. Ginestet, J.-M. Carquillat, E. Aristidi, M. Scardia, L. Arnold, R. Avila, M.-C. Festou, S. Morel, J.-P. Pérez 2002, Astrophysical Journal Suppl. Series, 142(1), p. 95-104 (pdf 125 kB)

7. "Hypertelescopes for direct imaging and coronagraphy - Hypertélescope à imagerie directe et coronographie",
S. Gillet, A. Boccaletti, P. Riaud, L. Arnold, O. Lardière, A. Labeyrie 2000, Comptes rendus de l'Académie des sciences - Série IV - Physique-Astrophysique, 2(1), p. 27 (ps.gz 1.2 MB)

6. "First images on the sky from a hyper telescope",
E. Pedretti, A. Labeyrie, L. Arnold, N. Thureau, O. Lardière, A. Boccaletti, P. Riaud 2000, Astronomy and Astrophysics Suppl., 147(2), p. 285-290 (pdf 155 kB)  (ps.gz 386 kB)

5. "Influence functions of a thin shallow meniscus-shaped mirror",
L. Arnold 1997, Applied Optics, Optical Technology and Biomedical Optics, April issue, 36(10), p. 2019-2028 (pdf 483 kB)

4. "A Lunar Optical Very Large Interferometer (LOVLI) with simplified optics",
L. Arnold, A. Labeyrie, D. Mourard 1996, Advances in Space Research, 18(11), p. 49-58 (pdf 790 kB)

3. "Uniform load and actuator influence functions of a thin or thick annular mirror: application to active mirror support optimization'',
L. Arnold 1996, Applied Optics, Optical Technology and Biomedical Optics, 35(7), p. 1095-1106, March issue (pdf 405 kB)

2. "Gamma Cassiopeiae revisited by spectrally resolved interferometry",
P. Stee, F.X. de Araujo, F. Vakili, D. Mourard, L. Arnold, D. Bonneau, F. Morand, I. Tallon-Bosc 1995, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 300, p. 219-236 (pdf 2.6 MB)

1. "Optimized axial support topologies for thin telescope mirrors",
L. Arnold 1995, Optical Engineering, 34(2), p. 567-574 (pdf 2.6 MB)




2. Publications in Conference Proceedings and other Journals

44. "A test for the detection of vegetation on extrasolar planets: detection of vegetation in Earthshine spectrum and its diurnal variation",
D. Briot, K. Agabi, E.  Aristidi, L. Arnold, P. Francois, P. Riaud, P. Rocher, J. Schneider 2007,  Highlights for Astronomy, CUP, Vol. 14, Issue 14, p. 711-712

43. "A Test for the Detection of Vegetation on Extrasolar Planets: Detection of Vegetation in Earthshine Spectrum",
D. Briot, E.  Aristidi, L. Arnold, P. Francois, P. Riaud, P. Rocher, J. Schneider 2006,  Astronomy in Antarctica, 26th meeting of the IAU, Special Session 7, 22-23 August, 2006,  Prague, Czech Republic, SPS7, #26 (pdf  94kb)

42.  "Near-UV to near-IR disk-averaged Earth's reflectance spectra",
S. Hamdani, L. Arnold, C. Foellmi, J. Berthier, D. Briot, P. François, P. Riaud, J. Schneider 2005, IAU Colloquium 200 (IAUC 200) 'Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science and Techniques', October 3-7, 2005, Nice, France, C. Aime and F. Vakili, Eds., Cambridge University Press (CUP), p. 83-88 (pdf 283 kB)

41. "Detectability of planetary rings around an extrasolar planet from reflected-light photometry",
L. Arnold, J. Schneider 2005, IAU Colloquium 200 (IAUC 200) 'Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science and Techniques', October 3-7, 2005, Nice, France, C. Aime and F. Vakili, Eds., Cambridge University Press (CUP), p. 105-110 (pdf  552 kB)

40. "A Planet Finder Instrument for the VLT",
J.L. Beuzit,  M. Feldt, D. Mouillet, C. Moutou, K. Dohlen, P. Puget, T. Fusco, P. Baudoz, A. Boccaletti, S. Udry, D. Ségransan, R. Gratton, M. Turatto, H.M. Schmid, R. Waters, D. Stam, P. Rabou, A.M. Lagrange, F. Ménard, J.C. Augereau, M. Langlois, F. Vakili, L. Arnold, T. Henning, D. Rouan, M. Kasper, N. Hubin 2005, IAU Colloquium 200 (IAUC 200) 'Direct Imaging of Exoplanets: Science and Techniques', October 3-7, 2005, Nice, France, C. Aime and F. Vakili, Eds., Cambridge University Press (CUP), p. 317-322

39. "OVLA: a concept for kilometric ground-based hypertelescopes”,
O. Lardière, J. Dejonghe, L. Arnold, A. Labeyrie 2005, Proc. JENAM 2005, Liège, Belgium, July 2005, p. 165 (pdf 386 kB)

38. "Near-UV to near-IR disk-averaged Earth's spectra from Moon's Earthshine observations",
S. Hamdani, L. Arnold, C. Foellmi, J. Berthier, D. Briot, P. François, P. Riaud, J. Schneider 2005, 'SF2A: Scientific Highlights 2005', Starsbourg, France, 27 June - 1 July 2005, eds. F. Casoli et al., EDP-Sciences, Conference Series, p. 157 (pdf 72 kB)

37. "On artificial transits feasibility and SETI",
L. Arnold 2005, 'SF2A: Scientific Highlights 2005', Starsbourg, France, 27 June - 1 July 2005, eds. F. Casoli et al., EDP-Sciences, Conference Series, p. 207 (pdf 58 kB)

36. "Science case for an interferometer in the visible to characterize exoplanets and consolidate biosignatures",
J. Schneider, L. Arnold, O. Lardière, F. Vakili 2005, 39th ESLAB Symposium, 'Trends in Space Science and Cosmic Vision 2020' Proc., ESTEC-ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 19-21 April 2005, ESA SP-588, eds. F. Favata et al., p. 339 (pdf 167 kB )

35. "Basic and future concepts of interferometers, including the confusion effect",
P. Riaud, S. Cladé, O. Absil, L. Arnold,  'Science Case for Next Generation Optical/Infrared Interferometric Facilities (the post-VLTI era) ', 37th Liège Int. Astroph. Coll., Liège, Belgium, 23-26 August 2004, eds. J. Surdej et al. (pdf 1.235 MB)

34. "How would a ring around an extrasolar planet change the unresolved planet photometry ?",
L. Arnold,  J. Schneider 2004, 'SF2A: Scientific Highlights 2004', Paris, France, 14-18 June 2004, eds. F. Combes et al., EDP-Sciences, Conference Series, p. 61-62 (pdf 166 kB)

33. "The green vegetation as a biosignature on Earth and Earth-like planets", 
L. Arnold, F.-M. Bréon, S. Brewer, J. Guiot, S. Jacquemoud, J. Schneider 2004,  'Extrasolar Planets: Today and Tomorrow', XIXth IAP Colloquium, Paris, France, 30 June - 4 July 2003, eds. J.P. Beaulieu, A. Lecavelier des Etangs and Caroline Terquem, ASP Conference Series, ISBN: 1-58381-183-4, vol. CS 321, p. 217 (pdf 109 kB)

32. "G. A. Tikhov, and the beginnings of astrobiology",
D. Briot, J. Schneider, L. Arnold 2004 'Extrasolar Planets: Today and Tomorrow', XIXth IAP Colloquium, Paris, France, 30 June - 4 July 2003, eds. J.P. Beaulieu, A. Lecavelier des Etangs and Caroline Terquem, ASP Conference Series, ISBN: 1-58381-183-4, vol. CS 321, p. 219 (pdf 66 kB)

31. "New approaches for the search for binary planets and moons of extrasolar planets",
J. Schneider, L. Arnold, V. Borkowski 2003, 'SF2A: Scientific Highlights 2003', Bordeaux, France, 16-20 June 2003, eds. F. Combes, D. Barret, T. Contini and L. Pagani,  EDP-Sciences, Conference Series, p. 150-151 (ps 144 kB)

30. "The green vegetation as a biosignature on Earth and Earth-like planets: POLDER data and Earthshine observations",
L. Arnold, F.-M. Bréon, S. Brewer, J. Guiot, S. Jacquemoud, J. Schneider 2003, 'SF2A-2003: Scientific Highlights 2003', Bordeaux, France, 16-20 June 2003, eds. F. Combes, D. Barret, T. Contini and L. Pagani, EDP-Sciences, Conference Series, p. 133-136 (pdf  185 kB)

29. "The terrestrial vegetation observed in the Earthshine spectrum: A test for the detectability of vegetation on extrasolar planets",
D. Briot, J. Schneider, L. Arnold 2003, 'Towards Other Earths: DARWIN/TPF and the Search for Extrasolar Terrestrial Planets', 22-25 April 2003, Heidelberg, Germany, eds. M. Fridlund, T. Henning, compiled by H. Lacoste. ESA SP-539, Noordwijk, Netherlands: ESA Publications Division, ISBN 92-9092-849-2, p. 375-378
 
28. "A test for the detectability of vegetation on extrasolar planets: Observing the terrestrial vegetation in the Earthshine spectrum",
D. Briot, J. Schneider, P. François, L. Arnold 2003, 2nd European Workshop on Exo/Astrobiology, 16-19 Sept. 2002, Graz, Austria, Ed. H. Sawaya-Lacoste , ESA SP-518, p. 505-506 (pdf 21 kB)

27. "High Angular Resolution in 2010-2020: A comparison between possible post-VLT/VLTI instruments",
L. Arnold, A.M. Lagrange, D. Mourard, P. Riaud, M. Ferrari, S. Gillet, P. Kern, L. Koechlin, A. Labeyrie, O. Lardière, F. Malbet, G. Perrin, G. Rousset, M. Tallon 2003, SPIE Proc. 'Interferometry for Optical Astronomy', Waikoloa, Hawaï, 22-28 August 2002, ed. W.A. Traub, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4838, p. 134-143 (pdf 215 kB)

26. "High Angular Resolution in 2010-2020: Possible post-VLT/VLTI instruments and R&D priorities",
L. Arnold, A.M. Lagrange, D. Mourard, P. Riaud, M. Ferrari, S. Gillet, P. Kern, L. Koechlin, A. Labeyrie, O. Lardière, F. Malbet, G. Perrin, G. Rousset, M. Tallon 2002, 'SF2A: Scientific Highlights 2002', Paris, France, 24-29 June 2002, eds. F. Combes and D. Barret,  EDP-Sciences, Conference Series, p. 155-158 (ps 233 kB)

25. "VIDA (VLTI imaging with a densified array): a densified pupil combiner proposed for snapshot imaging with the VLTI",
O. Lardière, A. Labeyrie, D. Mourard, P. Riaud, L. Arnold, J. Dejonghe, S. Gillet 2003, SPIE Proc. 'Interferometry for Optical Astronomy II', Waikoloa, Hawaï, 22-28 August 2002, ed. W.A. Traub, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4838, p. 1018-1027 (pdf 396 kB)

24. "A test for life on exoplanets: The terrestrial vegetation detection in the Earthshine spectrum",
L. Arnold, S. Gillet, O. Lardière, P. Riaud, J. Schneider 2002, 36th ESLAB Symposium 'Earth-like Planets and Moons' Proc., ESTEC-ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 3-8 June 2002, SP-514, p. 259-262 (pdf 463 kB)

23. "Ground demonstration of hypertelescopes",
Gillet S.,  Riaud P.,  Lardière O.,  Dejonghe J., Labeyrie A., Borkowski V., Arnold L. 2002, 36th ESLAB Symposium 'Earth-like Planets and Moons' Proc., ESTEC-ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 3-8 June 2002, SP-514, p. 263-266 (pdf 526 kB)

22. "Coronagraphy study for Hypertelescope",
Gillet S.,  Riaud P.,  Boccaletti A.,  Arnold L.,  Lardière O.,  Borkowski V., Labeyrie A. 2002, 36th ESLAB Symposium 'Earth-like Planets and Moons' Proc., ESTEC-ESA, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, 3-8 June 2002, SP-514, p. 267-271 (ps.gz 217 kB)  (pdf 651 kB)

21. "Détection de la végétation terrestre dans la lumière lunaire du Clair de Terre",
L. Arnold, S. Gillet, O. Lardière, P. Riaud, J. Schneider 2002, 'Colloque National d'Exobiologie' (GDR Exobiologie - G1877), 27-29 mai 2002, Paris, France, p. 50-51 (pdf 60 kB)

20. "Detecting the terrestrial vegetation while observing Earth as a single dot",
L. Arnold, S. Gillet, O. Lardière, P. Riaud, J. Schneider 2003, 'Astronomy with High Contrast Imaging : From Planetary Systems to Active Galactic Nuclei', Nice, 13-16 May 2002, EAS Publications Series, Aime C. and Soummer R., Eds., vol. 8, p. 17-24 (pdf 158 kB)

19. "The Hypertelescope and scientific drivers",
P. Riaud, S. Gillet, A. Labeyrie, A. Boccaletti, J. Schneider, D. Rouan, J. Baudrand, L. Arnold, V. Borkowski, O. Lardière 2001, 'From Optical to Millimetric Interferometry: Technological and Scientific Challenges', 36th Liège Int. Astroph. Coll., Liège, Belgium, 2-5 July 2001, eds. J. Surdej, J. P. Swings, D. Caro, and A. Detal., Liège, Belgium: Université de Liège, Institut d'Astrophysique et de Géophysique, p. 85-95 (ps.gz 1.2 MB)

18. "VLT, VLTI, CFHT ... what next ? High angular resolution instrumentation 2010-2020 long-term review",
L. Arnold 2001, 'SF2A: Scientific Highlights 2001', Lyon, France, 28 May - 1 June 2001, eds. F. Combes et al., EDP-Sciences, Conference Series, p. 597-600 (ps.gz 106 kB)

17. "Hypertelescopes: Prospects on Earth and in space",
A. Labeyrie, L. Arnold, S. Gillet, P. Riaud, J. Dejonghe, O. Lardière, V. Borkowski, H. Le Coroller, F. Maury 2001, 'SF2A-2001: Scientific Highlights 2001', Lyon, France, 28 May - 1 June 2001, eds. F. Combes et al,  EdP-Sciences, Conference Series, p. 505-512

16. "Hypertelescope architectures for direct imaging at high angular resolution",
A. Labeyrie, L. Arnold, P. Riaud, O. Lardière, V. Borkowski, S. Gillet, J. Dejonghe, H. Le Coroller 2002, ESO Conference and Proceedings N.58 'Beyond Conventional Adaptive Optics', Venice, 7-10 May 2001, E. Vernet, R. Ragazzoni, S. Esposito and N. Hubin, Eds., p. 473-477 (pdf 207 kB)

15. "Adaptive optics for ground-based hypertelescopes",
A. Labeyrie, V. Borkowski, F. Martinache, L. Arnold, J. Dejonghe, P. Riaud, O. Lardière, S. Gillet 2002,  ESO Conference and Proceedings N.58 'Beyond Conventional Adaptive Optics', Venice, 7-10 May 2001, E. Vernet, R. Ragazzoni, S. Esposito and N. Hubin, Eds., p. 109-111 (pdf 117 kB)

14. "Sites and adaptive phasing for 1-10km hypertelescopes",
O. Lardière, J. Dejonghe, P. Riaud, S. Gillet, L. Arnold, A. Labeyrie 2002, 'Astronomical Site Evaluation in the Visible and Radio Range', ASP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 266. Edited by J. Vernin, Z. Benkhaldoun, and C. Muñoz-Tuñón , p. 608 (pdf 466  kB)

13. "First light of the OVLA active mirror with its surface heating system",
O. Lardière, L. Arnold, J. Dejonghe 2000, SPIE Proc. on 'Optical Design, Materials, Fabrication, and Maintenance', Munich, Germany, 27-29 March 2000, P. Dierickx, Ed., Proc. SPIE Vol. 4003, p. 426-435 (ps.gz 1.48 MB)

12. "VIMOS and NIRMOS multi-object spectrographs for the ESO VLT",
Le Fevre, Olivier; Saisse, Michel; Mancini, Dario; Vettolani, G. P.; Maccagni, Dario; Picat, Jean P.; Mellier, Yannick; Mazure, A.; Cuby, Jean Gabriel; Delabre, Bernard; Garilli, B.; Hill, L.; Prieto, Eric; Voet, C.; Arnold, Luc; Brau-Nogue, S.; Cascone, Enrico; Conconi, Paolo; Finger, Gert; Huster, G.; Laloge, A.; Lucuix, C.; Mattaini, E.; Schipani, Pietro; Waultier, G.; Zerbi, Filippo M.; Avila, Gerardo; Beletic, James W.; D'Odorico, Sandro; Moorwood, Alan F.; Monnet, Guy J.; Reyes Moreno, Javier 2000, Proc. SPIE Vol. 4008, p. 546-557, Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors, Masanori Iye; Alan F. Moorwood; Eds.

11. "A Multiple-Mirror-Telescope concept for a very compact 50-m Extremely Large Telescope",
L. Arnold 1999, Proc. of Bäckaskog Workshop on 'Extremely Large Telescope', T. Andersen et al eds., Sweden, 1-2 June 1999, p. 92-96 (ps.gz 145 kB)

10. "The OVLA 1.5-m primary as a segment for an Extremely Large Telescope?",
L. Arnold, O. Lardière, J. Dejonghe 1999, Proc. of Bäckaskog Workshop on Extremely Large Telescope, T. Andersen et al., Eds., Sweden,1-2 June 1999, p. 132-138 (ps.gz 192 kB)

9. "The Optical Very Large Array (OVLA) prototype telescope: status report and perspective for large mosaic mirrors [3352-105]'',
J. Dejonghe, L. Arnold, O. Lardière, J.P. Berger, C.Cazalé, S. Dutertre, D. Kohler, D. Vernet 1998, SPIE Proc. on 'Advanced Technology Optical/IR Telescopes VI', Kona, Hawaï , 23-25 March 1998, L. Stepp, Ed., 3352, p. 603-613

8. "VIRMOS: visible and infrared multiobject spectrographs for the VLT",
Le Fevre, O.; Vettolani, G. P.; Maccagni, Dario; Mancini, Dario; Picat, Jean P.; Mellier, Yannick; Mazure, A.; Saisse, Michel; Cuby, Jean Gabriel; Delabre, Bernard; Garilli, B.; Hill, L.; Prieto, E.; Arnold, Luc; Conconi, Paolo; Cascone, Enrico; Mattaini, E.; Voet, C. 1998, Proc. SPIE Vol. 3355, p. 8-19, Optical Astronomical Instrumentation, Sandro D'Odorico, Ed.

7. "Supernova 1997dp in NGC 969",
Arnold,  L.; Christen, D.; Armstrong, M.; Jha, S.; Challis, P.; Garnavich, P.; Kirshner, R. 1997, IAU Circ. 6768, 1, Green D. W. E., Ed. (html 4 kB)

6. "Résumé de thèse: petites déformations élastiquesdes plaques et des coques sphériques surbaissées: fonctions d'influence et application à l'optimisation de supports passifs ou actifs de miroirs minces de télescopes et aux miroirs adaptatifs'', 
L. Arnold 1996, J. des Astronomes Francais (JAF), Num.50 (février 1996), p. 60

5. "Optimized active supports for thin mirrors: the case of the Optical Very Large Array prototype telescope'',
L. Arnold 1996, CNRS-NSO International Workshop on 'Mirror Substrates Alternatives', Grasse, France, 9-11 October 1995, J.P. Rozelot, Ed., p. 187-197

4. "Optimized mirror supports, active primary mirrors and adaptive secondaries for the Optical Very Large Array'',
L. Arnold 1994, SPIE Proc. 'Advanced Technology Optical TelescopesV', Kona, Hawaï , 15-16 March 1994, L. Stepp, Ed., Proc. SPIE Vol. 2199, p. 485-492

3. "Progress on the Optical Very Large Array'',
A. Labeyrie, D. Mourard, F. Morand, L. Arnold, B. Dejonghe, J. Dejonghe, C. Cazalé, G. Lemaître, D. Vernet, A. Blazit, J. Texereau, J.J. Kessis, J.P. Ra MBaut 1994, IAU Symposium 'Very High Angular Resolution Imaging', Sydney, January 1993, J.G. Robertson, W.J. Tango, Eds., p. 485-492

2. "Producing mirrors for the Optical Very Large Array'',
L. Arnold, B. Dejonghe, J. Dejonghe, A. Labeyrie 1992, ESO Conf. 'Progress in Telescope and Instrumentation Technologies', Garching-bei-München, Germany, 27-30 April 1992, M.H. Ulrich, Ed., p. 269-272

1. "Construction of the Optical Very Large Array'',
A. Labeyrie, C. Cazalé, S. Gong, F. Morand, D. Mourard, J.J. Kessis, J.P. Rambaut, F. Vakili, D. Vernet, L. Arnold 1992, ESO Conf. 'High-Resolution Imaging by Interferometry II', Garching-bei-München,Germany, 15-18 October 1991, J.M. Beckers, F. Merkle, Eds., p. 765-773



3.  Books

1. "Tenth Anniversary of 51 Peg-b: Status of and prospects for hot Jupiter studies'',
edited by L. Arnold, F. Bouchy, C. Moutou, 2006,  proceedings of the international colloquium held at Observatoire de Haute Provence, France, August 22-25, 2005 (full chapters)



4.  Invited Communications

4. " Earthshine observations of vegetation and implication for life detection on other planets",
L. Arnold 2006, invited talk at ISSI workshop "Strategies of Life Detection", 24-28 April, 2006, Bern, Switzerland

3. "A comparison between possible post-VLT/VLTI instruments at horizon 2020",
L. Arnold 2001, High-Angular-Resolution prospective working group, invited talk at OPTICON workshop on "Science with ELTs", 14-25 May 2001, Leiden, Netherlands (pdf 1.4 MB)

2. "Long baseline interferometry in space: the Lunar Optical Very Large Array (LOVLA) and the Lunar Optical Very Large Interferometer (LOVLI)'',
L. Arnold 1995, invited presentation at SWT-ESA working group meeting, 9 January 1995, Observatoire de Calern, France (unpublished)

1. "Un interféromètre simplifié sur la Lune: LOVLI (Lunar Optical Very Large Interferometer)'',
L. Arnold, A. Labeyrie 1994, invited presentation at the Journées du GDR "Milieu circumstellaire'', Bilan et Perspectives, 21-22 Septe MBer 1994, Meudon-Bellevue, France (unpublished)



5.  Publications for scientific public outreach

2. "Smaller and smaller... Toward the detection of Earth-like planets - Will we discover an Earth-mass planet in 2011?"
L. Arnold 2006, a post on Scitizen - Bringing science closer to society, 18 January 2006

1. "A la recherche d'une vie extra-terrestre intelligente'',
L. Arnold 2005, Procyon - Bulletin des Observateurs (ISSN 0297-1038), 130, p. 31-37  (pdf 219 kB)



6.  Reports and Unpublished Communications

3. "Detection of the terrestrial vegetation in the Earthshine as a test for the search for life on extrasolar planets" (EGS02-A-05082; PS7-1WE4A-005),
L. Arnold, S. Gillet, O. Lardière, P. Riaud, J. Schneider 2002, 24th April oral communication at XXVII European Geophysical Society General Asse MBly, Nice, France, 21-26 April 2002.

2. "Prospective pour l'instrumentation HRA post-VLTI  2010-2020: Instruments possibles et besoins en R&D",
L. Arnold 2001, Groupe de travail Prospective ASHRA, 30 mars 2001. (pdf 1.6 MB)

1. Collaboration with Aérospatiale Cannes-La Bocca, to answer ESA's Moffit Statement of Work, October 1994.


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