Publications (4)
TEDI: the TripleSpec Exoplanet Discovery Instrument
Jerry Edelstein, Matthew Ward Muterspaugh, David J. Erskine +9
The TEDI (TripleSpec - Exoplanet Discovery Instrument) will be the first instrument fielded specifically for finding low-mass stellar companions. The instrument is a near infra-red…
The Planet Formation Imager
John D. Monnier, Stefan Kraus, Michael J. Ireland +36
The Planet Formation Imager (PFI, www.planetformationimager.org) is a next-generation infrared interferometer array with the primary goal of imaging the active phases of planet for…
Architecture design study and technology roadmap for the Planet Formation Imager (PFI)
John D. Monnier, Michael J. Ireland, Stefan Kraus +15
The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) Project has formed a Technical Working Group (TWG) to explore possible facility architectures to meet the primary PFI science goal of imaging plan…
Quantifying Stellar Mass Loss with High Angular Resolution Imaging
Stephen Ridgway, Jason Aufdenberg, Michelle Creech-Eakman +7
Mass is constantly being recycled in the universe. One of the most powerful recycling paths is via stellar mass-loss. All stars exhibit mass loss with rates ranging from ~10(-14) t…