FARINATO, JACOPOJACOPOFARINATOBAFFA, CarloCarloBAFFABARUFFOLO, AndreaAndreaBARUFFOLOBERGOMI, MariaMariaBERGOMICARBONARO, LUCALUCACARBONAROCarlotti, AlexisAlexisCarlottiCENTRONE, MauroMauroCENTRONECodona, JohananJohananCodonaDIMA, MARCOMARCODIMAESPOSITO, SimoneSimoneESPOSITOFANTINEL, DanielaDanielaFANTINELFARISATO, GiancarloGiancarloFARISATOGaessler, WolfgangWolfgangGaesslerGIALLONGO, EmanueleEmanueleGIALLONGOGREGGIO, DAVIDEDAVIDEGREGGIOHinz, PhilipPhilipHinzLisi, FrancoFrancoLisiMAGRIN, DEMETRIODEMETRIOMAGRINMARAFATTO, LucaLucaMARAFATTOPEDICHINI, FernandoFernandoPEDICHINIPINNA, EnricoEnricoPINNAPUGLISI, Alfio TimothyAlfio TimothyPUGLISIRAGAZZONI, RobertoRobertoRAGAZZONISALASNICH, BernardoBernardoSALASNICHSTANGALINI, MARCOMARCOSTANGALINIVerinaud, ChristopheChristopheVerinaudVIOTTO, VALENTINAVALENTINAVIOTTO2020-03-262020-03-2620151473-5504http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/23589SHARK is a proposal aimed at investigating the technical feasibility and the scientific capabilities of high-contrast cameras to be implemented at the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT). SHARK foresees two separated channels: near-infrared (NIR) channel and visible, both providing imaging and coronagraphic modes. We describe here the SHARK instrument concept, with particular emphasis on the NIR channel at the level of a conceptual study, performed in the framework of the call for proposals for new LBT instruments. The search for giant extra-Solar planets is the main science case, as we will outline in the paper.STAMPAenArticle10.1017/S14735504140004942-s2.0-84929839823000354967400003https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/international-journal-of-astrobiology/article/nir-arm-of-shark-system-for-coronagraphy-with-highorder-adaptive-optics-from-r-to-k-bands/9532243EB25372ACF0156DD54F715568#2015IJAsB..14..365FFIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA