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The MATISSE view of the inner region of the RY Tau protoplanetary disk
J. S. Martin, J. Kobus, J. Varga +44
The T-Tauri type young stellar object RY Tau exhibits a dust depleted inner cavity characteristic of a transition disk. We constrain the spatial distribution and mineralogy of dust…
The mid-infrared spectrum of Pictoris b. First VLTI/MATISSE interferometric observations of an exoplanet
M. Houllé, F. Millour, P. Berio +46
Few spectra of directly-imaged exoplanets have been obtained in the mid-infrared (> 3 m). This region is particularly rich in molecular spectral signatures, whose measurements c…
GRAVITY for MATISSE -- Improving the MATISSE performance with the GRAVITY fringe tracker
J. Woillez, R. Petrov, R. Abuter +23
Context: MATISSE, the mid-infrared spectro-imaging instrument of VLTI, was designed to deliver its advertised performance when paired with an external second generation fringe trac…
Heimdallr, Baldr and Solarstein: designing the next generation of VLTI instruments in the Asgard suite
Adam K. Taras, J. Gordon Robertson, Fatme Allouche +11
High angular resolution imaging is an increasingly important capability in contemporary astrophysics. Of particular relevance to emerging fields such as the characterisation of exo…
A dynamical measure of the black hole mass in a quasar 11 billion years ago
R. Abuter, F. Allouche, A. Amorim +124
Tight relationships exist in the local universe between the central stellar properties of galaxies and the mass of their supermassive black hole. These suggest galaxies and black h…
Images of Betelgeuse with VLTI/MATISSE across the Great Dimming
J. Drevon, F. Millour, P. Cruzalèbes +31
From Nov. 2019 to May 2020, the red supergiant star Betelgeuse experienced an unprecedented drop of brightness in the visible domain called the great dimming event. Large atmospher…
The GRAVITY+ Project: Towards All-sky, Faint-Science, High-Contrast Near-Infrared Interferometry at the VLTI
GRAVITY+ Collaboration, :, Roberto Abuter +134
The GRAVITY instrument has been revolutionary for near-infrared interferometry by pushing sensitivity and precision to previously unknown limits. With the upgrade of GRAVITY and th…
CHARA/SPICA: a 6-telescope visible instrument for the CHARA Array
Denis Mourard, Philippe Berio, Cyril Pannetier +25
With a possible angular resolution down to 0.1-0.2 millisecond of arc using the 330 m baselines and the access to the 600-900 nm spectral domain, the CHARA Array is ideally configu…
SPICA-FT: The new fringe tracker of the CHARA array
Cyril Pannetier, Philippe Berio, Denis Mourard +11
SPICA-FT is part of the CHARA/SPICA instrument which combines a visible 6T fibered instrument (SPICAVIS) with a H-band 6T fringe sensor. SPICA-FT is a pairwise ABCD integrated opti…
Building a GRAVITY+ Adaptive Optics Test Bench
The Gravity Plus Consortium, Florentin Millour, Philippe Berio +22
We present the testbench aimed at integrating the GRAVITY+ adaptive optics GPAO. It consists of two independent elements, one reproducing the Coud{é} focus of the telescope, includ…
Locating dust and molecules in the inner circumstellar environment of R~Sculptoris with MATISSE
Julien Drevon, Florentin Millour, Pierre Cruzalèbes +49
AGB stars are one of the main sources of dust production in the Galaxy. However, it is not clear what this process looks like and where the dust is condensing in the circumstellar…
First Light for GRAVITY Wide: Large Separation Fringe Tracking for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer
GRAVITY+ Collaboration, :, R. Abuter +114
GRAVITY+ is the upgrade of GRAVITY and the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) with wide-separation fringe tracking, new adaptive optics, and laser guide stars on all four 8…
The disk of FU Orionis viewed with MATISSE/VLTI: first interferometric observations in and bands
F. Lykou, P. Ábrahám, L. Chen +30
The disk of FU Orionis is marginally resolved with MATISSE, suggesting that the region emitting in the thermal infrared is rather compact. An upper limit of mas (in…
Improving the diameters of interferometric calibrators with MATISSE
S. Robbe-Dubois, P. Cruzalèbes, Ph. Berio +16
A good knowledge of the angular diameters of stars used to calibrate the observables in stellar interferometry is fundamental. As the available precision for giant stars is worse t…
Thermal imaging of dust hiding the black hole in the Active Galaxy NGC 1068
Violeta Gamez Rosas, Jacob W. Isbell, Walter Jaffe +49
In the widely accepted 'Unified Model' solution of the classification puzzle of Active Galactic Nuclei, the orientation of a dusty accretion torus around the central black hole dom…
The extended atmosphere and circumstellar environment of the cool evolved star VX Sagittarii as seen by MATISSE
A. Chiavassa, K. Kravchenko, M. Montargès +50
Context. VX Sgr is a cool, evolved, and luminous red star whose stellar parameters are difficult to determine, which affects its classification. Aims. We aim to spatially resolve t…
VLTI-MATISSE L- and N-band aperture-synthesis imaging of the unclassified B[e] star FS Canis Majoris
K. -H. Hofmann, A. Bensberg, D. Schertl +58
Context: FS Canis Majoris (FS CMa, HD 45677) is an unclassified B[e] star surrounded by an inclined dust disk. The evolutionary stage of FS CMa is still debated. Perpendicular to t…
MATISSE, the VLTI mid-infrared imaging spectro-interferometer
B. Lopez, S. Lagarde, R. G. Petrov +150
Context:Optical interferometry is at a key development stage. ESO's VLTI has established a stable, robust infrastructure for long-baseline interferometry for general astronomical o…
First MATISSE L-band observations of HD 179218. Is the inner 10 au region rich in carbon dust particles?
E. Kokoulina, A. Matter, B. Lopez +58
Carbon is one of the most abundant components in the Universe. While silicates have been the main focus of solid phase studies in protoplanetary discs (PPDs), little is known about…
Mid-infrared circumstellar emission of the long-period Cepheid l Carinae resolved with VLTI/MATISSE
V. Hocdé, N. Nardetto, A. Matter +149
The nature of circumstellar envelopes (CSE) around Cepheids is still a matter of debate. The physical origin of their infrared (IR) excess could be either a shell of ionized gas, o…
Progress of the CHARA/SPICA project
C. Pannetier, D. Mourard, P. Berio +22
CHARA/SPICA (Stellar Parameters and Images with a Cophased Array) is currently being developed at Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur. It will be installed at the visible focus of the C…
The asymmetric inner disk of the Herbig Ae star HD 163296 in the eyes of VLTI/MATISSE: evidence for a vortex?
J. Varga, M. Hogerheijde, R. van Boekel +133
Context. The inner few au region of planet-forming disks is a complex environment. High angular resolution observations have a key role in understanding the disk structure and the…
A catalogue of stellar diameters and fluxes for mid-infrared interferometry
P. Cruzalèbes, R. G. Petrov, S. Robbe-Dubois +14
We present the Mid-infrared stellar Diameters and Fluxes compilation Catalogue (MDFC) dedicated to long-baseline interferometry at mid-infrared wavelengths (3-13 mum). It gathers d…
MATISSE: specifications and expected performances
A. Matter, S. Lagarde, R. G. Petrov +9
MATISSE (Multi AperTure mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment) is the next generation spectro-interferometer at the European Southern Observatory VLTI operating in the spectral ban…