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PDS 70b Shows Stellar-like Carbon-to-oxygen Ratio
Chih-Chun Hsu, Jason J. Wang, Geoffrey A. Blake +27
The 5 Myr PDS 70 is the only known system with protoplanets residing in the cavity of the circumstellar disk from which they formed, ideal for studying exoplanet formation an…
True mass and atmospheric composition of the non-transiting hot Jupiter HD 143105 b
Luke Finnerty, Yinzi Xin, Jerry W. Xuan +28
We present Keck/KPIC phase II -band observations of the non-transiting hot Jupiter HD 143105 b. Using a cross-correlation approach, we make the first detection of the planetary…
RV measurements of directly imaged brown dwarf GQ Lup B to search for exo-satellites
Katelyn Horstman, Jean-Baptiste Ruffio, Konstantin Batygin +35
GQ Lup B is one of the few substellar companions with a detected cicumplanetary disk, or CPD. Observations of the CPD suggest the presence of a cavity, possibly formed by an exo-sa…
Atmospheric characterization of the super-Jupiter HIP 99770 b with KPIC
Yapeng Zhang, Jerry W. Xuan, Dimitri Mawet +28
Young, self-luminous super-Jovian companions discovered by direct imaging provide a challenging test of planet formation and evolution theories. By spectroscopically characterizing…
Towards understanding interactions between the AO system and segment co-phasing with the vector-Zernike wavefront sensor on Keck
Maïssa Salama, Charlotte Guthery, Vincent Chambouleyron +14
We extend our previous demonstration of the first on-sky primary mirror segment closed-loop control on Keck using a vector-Zernike wavefront sensor (vZWFS), which improved the Stre…
The high-contrast performance of the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer
Jason J. Wang, Dimitri Mawet, Jerry W. Xuan +25
The Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC), a series of upgrades to the Keck II Adaptive Optics System and Instrument Suite, aims to demonstrate high-resolution spectroscopy o…
Rotation and Abundances of the Benchmark Brown Dwarf HD 33632 Ab from Keck/KPIC High-resolution Spectroscopy
Chih-Chun Hsu, Jason J. Wang, Jerry W. Xuan +24
We present the projected rotational velocity and molecular abundances for HD 33632 Ab obtained via Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer high-resolution spectroscopy. HD 33632 Ab is…
Are these planets or brown dwarfs? Broadly solar compositions from high-resolution atmospheric retrievals of ~10-30 companions
Jerry W. Xuan, Chih-Chun Hsu, Luke Finnerty +32
Using Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) high-resolution (~35000) spectroscopy from 2.29-2.49 m, we present uniform atmospheric retrievals for eight young substellar…
kappa And b is a fast rotator from KPIC High Resolution Spectroscopy
Evan C. Morris, Jason J. Wang, Chih-Chun Hsu +24
We used the Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) to obtain high-resolution (R35,000) K-band spectra of kappa Andromedae b, a planetary-mass companion orbiting the B9V…
Keck Primary Mirror Closed-Loop Segment Control using a Vector-Zernike Wavefront Sensor
Maissa Salama, Charlotte Guthery, Vincent Chambouleyron +17
We present the first on-sky segmented primary mirror closed-loop piston control using a Zernike wavefront sensor (ZWFS) installed on the Keck II telescope. Segment co-phasing error…
Orbital and Atmospheric Characterization of the 1RXS J034231.8+121622 System Using High-Resolution Spectroscopy Confirms That The Companion is a Low-Mass Star
Clarissa R. Do Ó, Ben Sappey, Quinn M. Konopacky +33
The 1RXS J034231.8+121622 system consists of an M dwarf primary and a directly imaged low-mass stellar companion. We use high resolution spectroscopic data from Keck/KPIC to estima…
Efficient ultra-broadband low-resolution astrophotonic spectrographs
Pradip Gatkine, Greg Sercel, Nemanja Jovanovic +9
Broadband low-resolution near-infrared spectrographs in a compact form are crucial for ground- and space-based astronomy and other fields of sensing. Astronomical spectroscopy pose…
Thermal control of long delay lines in a high-resolution astrophotonic spectrograph
Gregory P. Sercel, Pradip R. Gatkine, Nemanja Jovanovic +4
High-resolution astronomical spectroscopy carried out with a photonic Fourier transform spectrograph (FTS) requires long asymmetrical optical delay lines that can be dynamically tu…
Vortex Fiber Nulling for Exoplanet Observations: First Direct Detection of M Dwarf Companions around HIP 21543, HIP 94666, and HIP 50319
Daniel Echeverri, Jerry W. Xuan, John D. Monnier +35
Vortex fiber nulling (VFN) is a technique for detecting and characterizing faint companions at small separations from their host star. A near-infrared (m) VFN demonstrat…