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HEEPS is a high-contrast imaging (HCI) simulator, mostly geared towards studying the HCI performance of the ELT/METIS thermal infrared instrument.

Currently, the simulator includes four coronagraphs:

• Classical Vortex Coronagraph (CVC)
• Ring Apodized Vortex Coronagraph (RAVC)
• Apodizing phase plate (APP)
• Classical Lyot Coronagraph (CLC)

• Carlomagno et al. 2020, METIS high-contrast imaging: design and expected performance
• Bowens et al. 2021, Exoplanets with ELT-METIS: I. Estimating the direct imaging exoplanet yield around stars within 6.5 parsecs

You can use this tool to check all versions: check_versions.ipynb

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This Jupyter Notebook will walk you through a simple HEEPS simulation: demo.ipynb