collaborators

6 papers

astro-ph.GA2025

GHOST commissioning science results -- IV: Chemodynamical analyses of Milky Way satellites Sagittarius II and Aquarius II

Daria Zaremba, Kim Venn, Christian R. Hayes +28

We present Gemini/GHOST high-resolution spectra of five stars observed in two low surface brightness Milky Way satellites, Sagittarius II (Sgr2) and Aquarius II (Aqu2). For Aqu2, t…

astro-ph.IM2024

GHOST Reduced Data Products for the Gemini Observatory Community and Beyond

Vinicius M. Placco, David Herrera, Brian M. Merino +13

The Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) at Gemini South started regular queue operations in early 2024, bringing a long-sought open-access capability to the astrono…

astro-ph.IM2024

The BlackGEM telescope array I: Overview

Paul J. Groot, S. Bloemen, P. Vreeswijk +75

The main science aim of the BlackGEM array is to detect optical counterparts to gravitational wave mergers. Additionally, the array will perform a set of synoptic surveys to detect…

astro-ph.IM2024

Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) at Gemini-South: Instrument performance and integration, first science, and next steps

V. M. Kalari, R. J. Diaz, G. Robertson +57

The Gemini South telescope is now equipped with a new high-resolution spectrograph called GHOST (the Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph). This instrument provides high-eff…

astro-ph.EP2024

High-Resolution Dayside Spectroscopy of WASP-189b: Detection of Iron during the GHOST/Gemini South System Verification Run

Emily K. Deibert, Adam B. Langeveld, Mitchell E. Young +30

With high equilibrium temperatures and tidally locked rotation, ultra-hot Jupiters (UHJs) are unique laboratories within which to probe extreme atmospheric physics and chemistry. I…

astro-ph.GA2024

GHOST Commissioning Science Results III: Characterizing an iron-poor damped Lyman system

Trystyn A. M. Berg, Christian R. Hayes, Stefano Cristiani +20

The Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) is a new echelle spectrograph available on the Gemini-South telescope as of Semester 2024A. We present the first high resolu…