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most citedFirst light of the VLT planet finder SPHERE. III. New spectrophotometry and astrometry of the HR8799 exoplanetary system

184 citations · 319 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

SAXO+, the second-stage adaptive optics for SPHERE: NCPA compensation and dark-hole loop with a pyramid wavefront sensor

Johan Mazoyer, Charles Goulas, Raphaël Galicher +21

The SAXO+ upgrade of the VLT/SPHERE adaptive optics system introduces a second-stage near-infrared pyramid wavefront sensor to improve high-contrast imaging, making accurate calibr…

eess.SP2024

Blind and robust reconstruction of adaptive optics point spread functions for asteroid deconvolution and moon detection

Anthony Berdeu, Férréol Soulez, Kate Minker +4

Initially designed to detect and characterize exoplanets, extreme adaptive optics systems (AO) open a new window on the solar system by resolving its small bodies. Nonetheless, des…

eess.SY2024★ 1 cited

Upgrading SPHERE with the second stage AO system SAXO+: frequency-based data-driven controller for adaptive optics

Isaac Dinis, François Wildi, Damien Ségransan +22

This study introduces a novel frequency-based data-driven controller for adaptive optics, using power spectral density for optimization while ensuring stability criteria. It addres…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 1 cited

Upgrading SPHERE with the second stage AO system SAXO+: non-common path aberrations estimation and correction

Johan Mazoyer, Charles Goulas, Fabrice Vidal +16

SAXO+ is a planned enhancement of the existing SAXO, the VLT/ SPHERE adaptive optics system, deployed on ESO's Very Large Telescope. This upgrade is designed to significantly enhan…

astro-ph.IM2024★ 2 cited

Numerical simulations for the SAXO+ upgrade: Performance analysis of the adaptive optics system

Charles Goulas, Raphaël Galicher, Fabrice Vidal +16

SPHERE, operating at the VLT since 2014, is currently one of the high-contrast instruments with a higher performance. Its adaptive optics system, known as SAXO, will be upgraded to…

astro-ph.EP2023

The polarisation properties of the HD 181327 debris ring. Evidence for sub-micron particles from scattered light observations

Julien Milli, Elodie Choquet, Ryo Tazaki +26

Polarisation is a powerful remote-sensing tool to study the nature of particles scattering the starlight. It is widely used to characterise interplanetary dust particles in the Sol…

astro-ph.IM2023

SAXO+ upgrade : second stage AO system end-to-end numerical simulations

Charles Goulas, Fabrice Vidal, Raphaël Galicher +14

SAXO+ is a proposed upgrade to SAXO, the AO system of the SPHERE instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope. It will improve the capabilities of the instrument for the detection an…

astro-ph.IM2022

Upgrading the high contrast imaging facility SPHERE: science drivers and instrument choices

A. Boccaletti, G. Chauvin, F. Wildi +71

SPHERE+ is a proposed upgrade of the SPHERE instrument at the VLT, which is intended to boost the current performances of detection and characterization for exoplanets and disks. S…

astro-ph.EP2022★ 17 cited

First observation of a quadruple asteroid -- Detection of a third moon around (130) Elektra with SPHERE/IFS

Anthony Berdeu, Maud Langlois, Frédéric Vachier

Aims. We aim to increase the contrast limits to detect new satellites orbiting known asteroids. We use cutting-edge data reduction techniques and data processing algorithms that ar…

astro-ph.EP2018★ 60 cited

Observations of fast-moving features in the debris disk of AU Mic on a three-year timescale: Confirmation and new discoveries

A. Boccaletti, E. Sezestre, A. -M. Lagrange +60

The nearby and young M star AU Mic is surrounded by a debris disk in which we previously identified a series of large-scale arch-like structures that have never been seen before in…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 41 cited

New constraints on the disk characteristics and companion candidates around T Cha with VLT/SPHERE

A. Pohl, E. Sissa, M. Langlois +34

The transition disk around the T Tauri star T Cha possesses a large gap, making it a prime target for high-resolution imaging in the context of planet formation. We aim to find sig…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 13 cited

Uncrowding R 136 from VLT-SPHERE extreme adaptive optics

Z. Khorrami, F. Vakili, T. Lanz +12

This paper presents the sharpest near-IR images of the massive cluster R136 to date, based on the extreme adaptive optics of the SPHERE focal instrument implemented on the ESO/VLT…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 184 cited

First light of the VLT planet finder SPHERE. III. New spectrophotometry and astrometry of the HR8799 exoplanetary system

A. Zurlo, A. Vigan, R. Galicher +70

The planetary system discovered around the young A-type HR8799 provides a unique laboratory to: a) test planet formation theories, b) probe the diversity of system architectures at…

astro-ph.IM2013

IRDIS, the dual-band imager camera of SPHERE: testing the performances in laboratory

A. Zurlo, A. Vigan, C. Moutou +12

Next year the second generation instrument SPHERE will begin science operations at the Very Large Telecope (ESO). This instrument will be dedicated to the search for exoplanets thr…