Publications (9)
Recent and Upcoming Upgrades for MIRC-X and MYSTIC on the CHARA Array
Noura Ibrahim, Mayra Gutierrez, John D. Monnier +17
MIRC-X and MYSTIC are six-telescope near-infrared beam (1.08-2.38 m) combiners at the CHARA Array on Mt Wilson CA, USA. Ever since the commissioning of MIRC-X (J and H bands) i…
Refining the Stellar Parameters of Ceti: a Pole-on Solar Analog
Maria Korolik, Rachael M. Roettenbacher, Debra A. Fischer +16
To accurately characterize the planets a star may be hosting, stellar parameters must first be well-determined. Ceti is a nearby solar analog and often a target for exoplanet…
EXPRES. III. Revealing the Stellar Activity Radial Velocity Signature of Eridani with Photometry and Interferometry
Rachael M. Roettenbacher, Samuel H. C. Cabot, Debra A. Fischer +20
The distortions of absorption line profiles caused by photospheric brightness variations on the surfaces of cool, main-sequence stars can mimic or overwhelm radial velocity (RV) sh…
Viscous Heating and Boundary Layer Accretion in the Disk of Outbursting Star FU Orionis
Aaron Labdon, Stefan Kraus, Claire L Davies +11
Context. FU Orionis is the archetypal FUor star, a subclass of young stellar object (YSO) that undergo rapid brightening events, often gaining 4-6 magnitudes on timescales of days.…
The MIRC-X 6-telescope imager: Key science drivers, instrument design and operation
Stefan Kraus, John D. Monnier, Narsireddy Anugu +7
MIRC-X is a new beam combination instrument at the CHARA array that enables 6-telescope interferometric imaging on object classes that until now have been out of reach for milliarc…
Multiplicity of northern bright O-type stars with optical long baseline interferometry
Cyprien Lanthermann, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Hugues Sana +16
The study of the multiplicity of massive stars gives hints on their formation processes and their evolutionary paths, which are still not fully understood. Large separation binarie…
Characterising the orbit and circumstellar environment of the high-mass binary MWC 166 A
Sebastian A. Zarrilli, Stefan Kraus, Alexander Kreplin +13
Context: Stellar evolution models are highly dependent on accurate mass estimates, especially for high-mass stars in the early stages of evolution. The most direct method for obtai…
The orbit and stellar masses of the archetype colliding-wind binary WR 140
Joshua D. Thomas, Noel D. Richardson, J. J. Eldridge +33
We present updated orbital elements for the Wolf-Rayet (WR) binary WR\,140 (HD\,193793; WC7pd + O5.5fc). The new orbital elements were derived using previously published measuremen…
Imaging the warped dusty disk wind environment of SU Aurigae with MIRC-X
Aaron Labdon, Stefan Kraus, Claire L. Davies +12
SU Aurigae is a widely studied T Tauri star and here we present original state-of-the-art interferometric observations with better uv and baseline coverage than previous studies. W…