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most citedZodiacal Exoplanets in Time (ZEIT) IX: a flat transmission spectrum and a highly eccentric orbit for the young Neptune K2-25b as revealed by Spitzer

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astro-ph.IM2026

Validating the SCALES DRP: A Performance Study of the Medium-Resolution IFS Mode

Athira Unni, Steph Sallum, Max Brodheim +11

We present a performance verification of the medium-resolution integral field spectrograph (IFS) mode of the SCALES Data Reduction Pipeline (SCALES-DRP) using data obtained during…

astro-ph.IM2026

Pre-shipment optical characterization of the SCALES instrument

Isabel J. Kain, Reni Kupke, Daren Dillon +31

The Slicer Combined with an Array of Lenslets for Exoplanet Spectroscopy (SCALES) instrument is a 1-5 micron imager and 2-5 micron integral field spectrograph, currently being comm…

astro-ph.IM2025

Increasing science yield with a twilight observing program with the SCALES instrument at Keck

Isabel J. Kain, Carlos Alvarez, John M. O'Meara +13

While astronomical twilight closes the observing window for optical astronomers, the infrared sky remains dark even through sunrise, allowing IR astronomers to observe through twil…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

Recovering simulated planet and disk signals using SCALES aperture masking

Mackenzie Lach, Steph Sallum, Ravinder Banyal +29

The Slicer Combined with Array of Lenslets for Exoplanet Spectroscopy (SCALES) instrument is a lenslet-based integral field spectrograph that will operate at 2 to 5 microns, imagin…

astro-ph.IM2023

Simulating medium-spectral-resolution exoplanet characterization with SCALES angular/reference differential imaging

Aditi Desai, Stephanie E. Sallum, Ravinder Banyal +30

SCALES (Slicer Combined with Array of Lenslets for Exoplanet Spectroscopy) is a 2 - 5 micron high-contrast lenslet-based integral field spectrograph (IFS) designed to characterize…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 1 cited

Characterization of diamond-turned optics for SCALES

Isabel J. Kain, Phil Hinz, Marius Doetz +12

High-contrast imaging has been used to discover and characterize dozens of exoplanets to date. The primary limiting performance factor for these instruments is contrast, the ratio…

astro-ph.IM2023

The Slicer Combined with Array of Lenslets for Exoplanet Spectroscopy (SCALES): driving science cases and expected outcomes

Steph Sallum, Andrew Skemer, Deno Stelter +34

The Slicer Combined with Array of Lenslets for Exoplanet Spectroscopy (SCALES) is a m, high-contrast integral field spectrograph (IFS) currently being built for Keck Observa…

astro-ph.IM2022

SCALES for Keck: Optical Design

Renate Kupke, R. Deno Stelter, Amirul Hasan +9

SCALES is a high-contrast, infrared coronagraphic imager and integral field spectrograph (IFS) to be deployed behind the W.M. Keck Observatory adaptive optics system. A reflective…

astro-ph.IM2022

Design of SCALES: A 2-5 Micron Coronagraphic Integral Field Spectrograph for Keck Observatory

Andrew Skemer, R. Deno Stelter, Stephanie Sallum +49

We present the design of SCALES (Slicer Combined with Array of Lenslets for Exoplanet Spectroscopy) a new 2-5 micron coronagraphic integral field spectrograph under construction fo…