Publications (4)
Discovery and spectroscopy of the young Jovian planet 51 Eri b with the Gemini Planet Imager
B. Macintosh, J. R. Graham, T. Barman +85
Directly detecting thermal emission from young extrasolar planets allows measurement of their atmospheric composition and luminosity, which is influenced by their formation mechani…
An M-dwarf star in the transition disk of Herbig HD 142527; Physical parameters and orbital elements
S. Lacour, B. Biller, A. Cheetham +29
HD 142527A is one of the most studied Herbig Ae/Be stars with a transitional disk, as it has the largest imaged gap in any protoplanetary disk: the gas is cleared from 30 to 90 AU.…
Final A&T Stages of the Gemini Planet Finder
M. Hartung, B. Macintosh, L. Poyneer +16
The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is currently in its final Acceptance & Testing stages. GPI is an XAO system based on a tweeter & woofer architecture (43 & 9 actuators respectively a…
Probing the Time Domain with High Spatial Resolution
J. P. Blakeslee, S. A. Rodney, J. M. Lotz +17
Two groundbreaking new facilities will commence operations early in the 2020s and thereafter define much of the broad landscape of US optical-infrared astronomy in the remaining de…