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20192025
most citedAtmospheric characterization of terrestrial exoplanets in the mid-infrared: biosignatures, habitability & diversity

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astro-ph.IM2025

MIRAC-5 on the MMT with MAPS: annular groove phase mask N-band coronagraphic upgrade

Alyssa L. Miller, Jarron Leisenring, Michael Meyer +15

We describe the coronagraphic upgrade underway for the Mid-Infrared Array Camera-5 (MIRAC-5) to be used with the 6.5-m MMT telescope utilizing the new MMT Adaptive optics exoPlanet…

astro-ph.IM2024

Commissioning of the MIRAC-5 Mid-Infrared Instrument on the MMT

Rory Bowens, Jarron Leisenring, Michael R. Meyer +11

We present results from commissioning observations of the mid-IR instrument, MIRAC-5, on the 6.5-m MMT telescope. MIRAC-5 is a novel ground-based instrument that utilizes a state-o…

astro-ph.IM2024

Characterization of a Longwave HgCdTe GeoSnap Detector

Rory Bowens, Michael R. Meyer, Taylor L. Tobin +6

New longwave HgCdTe detectors are critical to upcoming plans for ground-based infrared astronomy. These detectors, with fast-readouts and deep well-depths, will be key components o…

astro-ph.IM2022

MIRAC-5: A ground-based mid-IR instrumentwith the potential to detect ammonia in gas giants

R. Bowens, J. Leisenring, M. R. Meyer +12

We present the fifth incarnation of the Mid-Infrared Array Camera (MIRAC-5) instrument which will use a new GeoSnap (3 - 13 microns) detector. Advances in adaptive optics (AO) syst…

astro-ph.IM2020

The Michigan Infrared Test Thermal ELT N-band (MITTEN) Cryostat

R. Bowens, E. Viges, M. R. Meyer +5

We introduce the Michigan Infrared Test Thermal ELT N-band (MITTEN) Cryostat, a new facility for testing infrared detectors with a focus on mid-infrared (MIR) wavelengths (8-13 mic…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 1 cited

HIRES, the high-resolution spectrograph for the ELT

Alessandro Marconi, Manuel Abreu, Vardan Adibekyan +99

HIRES will be the high-resolution spectrograph of the European Extremely Large Telescope at optical and near-infrared wavelengths. It consists of three fibre-fed spectrographs prov…