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20202026
most citedLava Worlds: From Early Earth to Exoplanets

52 citations · 54 across the 8 of their papers we have counts for

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9 papers

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.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

Simulating the performance of aperture mask designs for SCALES

Mackenzie R. Lach, Steph Sallum, Andrew Skemer

Interferometric techniques such as aperture masking have the potential to enhance spatial resolution capabilities when imaging moderate-contrast sources with small angular size, su…

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…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 52 cited

Lava Worlds: From Early Earth to Exoplanets

Keng-Hsien Chao, Rebecca deGraffenried, Mackenzie Lach +3

The magma ocean concept was first conceived to explain the geology of the Moon, but hemispherical or global oceans of silicate melt could be a widespread "lava world" phase of rock…