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Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics without Tip-tilt
R. Davies, S. Rabien, C. Lidman +8
Adaptive optics (AO) systems allow a telescope to reach its diffraction limit at near infrared wavelengths. But to achieve this, a bright natural guide star (NGS) is needed for the…
Near-Infrared Mapping and Physical Properties of the Dwarf-Planet Ceres
Benoit Carry, Christophe Dumas, Marcello Fulchignoni +5
We study the physical characteristics (shape, dimensions, spin axis direction, albedo maps, mineralogy) of the dwarf-planet Ceres based on high-angular resolution near-infrared obs…
Origin of volatiles in the Main Belt
Olivier Mousis, Yann Alibert, Daniel Hestroffer +5
We propose a scenario for the formation of the Main Belt in which asteroids incorporated icy particles formed in the outer Solar Nebula. We calculate the composition of icy planete…
The SINFONI pipeline
Andrea Modigliani, Wolfgang Hummel, Roberto Abuter +11
The SINFONI data reduction pipeline, as part of the ESO-VLT Data Flow System, provides recipes for Paranal Science Operations, and for Data Flow Operations at Garching headquarters…
An optical supernova associated with the X-ray flash XRF 060218
E. Pian, P. A. Mazzali, N. Masetti +42
Long-duration gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are associated with type Ic supernovae that are more luminous than average and that eject material at very high velocities. Less-luminous supe…
An Infrared Coronagraphic Survey for Substellar Companions
P. Lowrance, E. E. Becklin, G. Schneider +10
We have used the F160W filter (1.4-1.8 um) and the coronagraph on the Near-InfraRed Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to survey 45 s…
Giant Planet Companion to 2MASSW J1207334-393254
G. Chauvin, A. -M. Lagrange, C. Dumas +5
We report new VLT/NACO imaging observations of the young, nearby brown dwarf 2MASSW J1207334-393254 and its suggested planetary mass companion (2M1207 b). Three epochs of VLT/NACO…
A companion to AB Pic at the planet/brown dwarf boundary
G. Chauvin, A. -M. Lagrange, B. Zuckerman +6
We report deep imaging observations of the young, nearby star AB Pic, a member of the large Tucana-Horologium as sociation. We have detected a faint, red source 5.5" South of the s…
A Giant Planet Candidate near a Young Brown Dwarf
G. Chauvin, A. -M. Lagrange, C. Dumas +5
We present deep VLT/NACO infrared imaging and spectroscopic observations of the brown dwarf 2MASSWJ1207334-393254, obtained during our on-going adaptive optics survey of southern y…
No disk needed around HD 199143 B
G. Chauvin, T. Fusco, A-M. Lagrange +7
We present new, high angular resolution images of HD 199143 in the Capricornus association, obtained with the adaptive optics system ADONIS+SHARPII at the ESO 3.6m Telescope of La…