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most citedSCExAO/CHARIS and Gaia Direct Imaging and Astrometric Discovery of a Superjovian Planet 3--4 lambda/D from the Accelerating Star HIP 54515

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astro-ph.EP2026

SCExAO/CHARIS High-Contrast Pre-Launch Vetting of Roman Coronagraph Technology Demonstration PSF Reference Stars

Thayne Currie, Jie Li, Mona El Morsy +9

We present deep, SCExAO/CHARIS high-contrast integral field spectroscopy and archival imaging of four candidate Roman Coronagraph PSF reference stars within/near the Roman Continuo…

astro-ph.EP2026

Technology and Science Advancing Observations with Roman Coronagraph Informed by Ground-Based High-Contrast Imaging

Mona El Morsy, Thayne Currie, Brianna Lacy +10

The Roman Coronagraph technology demonstration focuses on achieving 10 contrasts within the instrument's dark hole and our ability to detect and characterize properties…

astro-ph.SR2026

Discovery of a Low-Mass Companion to the Accelerating Star HIP 53005 with Strongly Conflicting Mass Estimates

Taichi Uyama, Thayne Currie, Jerry W. Xuan +22

We present the discovery of a low-mass companion located at 0\farcs{}85 () from the early-type 1.2 Gyr-old star HIP 53005 using direct imagin…

astro-ph.IM2026

A Roman Coronagraph Spectroscopic Mode Demonstration

Thayne Currie, Brianna Lacy, Yiting Li +5

We propose 730 nm high-contrast spectroscopic observations of selected self-luminous directly-imaged planets as a key test of the Roman Coronagraph's planet characterization capabi…

astro-ph.IM2025

Decisively Demonstrating Roman CGI's TTR5 Requirement by Reimaging a Newly-Discovered Brown Dwarf Orbiting a Bright Accelerating Star

Thayne Currie, Mona El Morsy, Brianna Lacy +3

We propose Roman Coronagraph project HLC/575 nm observations of a newly-discovered brown dwarf (HIP 71618 B) from the Subaru/OASIS survey of young accelerating stars, which is supp…

astro-ph.IM2025

The HIP 54515 b Superjovian Planet as an Early, Critical Look at the Roman Coronagraph's Performance in the Faint Target Star, Small IWA Limit

Thayne Currie, Yiting Li, Brianna Lacy +4

The Roman Coronagraph's capabilities in the faint star, small IWA limit has enormous scientific (programmatic) impacts. Testing its performance in this limit provides a first look…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 3 cited

SCExAO/CHARIS and Gaia Direct Imaging and Astrometric Discovery of a Superjovian Planet 3--4 lambda/D from the Accelerating Star HIP 54515

Thayne Currie, Yiting Li, Mona El Morsy +28

We present the discovery of a superjovian planet around the young A5 star HIP 54515, detected using precision astrometry from the Hipparcos Gaia Catalogue of Accelerations and high…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 2 cited

OASIS Survey Direct Imaging and Astrometric Discovery of HIP 71618 B: A Substellar Companion Suitable for the Roman Coronagraph Technology Demonstration

Mona El Morsy, Thayne Currie, Brianna Lacy +27

We present the OASIS survey program discovery of a substellar companion orbiting the young A1V star HIP 71618, detected using precision astrometry from Gaia and Hipparcos and high-…

astro-ph.EP2025

Multi-band Spectral and Astrometric Characterization of the HIP 99770 b Planet with SCExAO/CHARIS and Gaia

Danielle Bovie, Thayne Currie, Mona El Morsy +12

We present and analyze follow-up, higher resolution ( 70) and band integral field spectroscopy of the superjovian exoplanet HIP 99770 b with SCExAO/CHARIS. Our ne…

astro-ph.EP2024

SCExAO/CHARIS Near-Infrared Scattered-Light Imaging and Integral Field Spectropolarimetry of the AB Aurigae Protoplanetary System

Erica Dykes, Thayne Currie, Kellen Lawson +21

We analyze near-infrared integral field spectropolarimetry of the AB Aurigae protoplanetary disk and protoplanet (AB Aur b), obtained with SCExAO/CHARIS in 22 wavelength channels c…

astro-ph.EP2024

Design, scientific goals, and performance of the SCExAO survey for planets around accelerating stars

Mona El Morsy, Thayne Currie, Masayuki Kuzuhara +25

We describe the motivation, design, and early results for our 42-night, 125 star Subaru/SCExAO direct imaging survey for planets around accelerating stars. Unlike prior large surve…

astro-ph.EP2024

Dynamical and Atmospheric Characterization of the Substellar Companion HD 33632 Ab from Direct Imaging, Astrometry, and Radial-Velocity Data

Mona El Morsy, Thayne Currie, Danielle Bovie +17

We present follow-up SCExAO/CHARIS and -band (R 70) high-contrast integral field spectroscopy and Keck/NIRC2 photometry of directly-imaged brown dwarf companion HD 33…

astro-ph.EP2023

Rearrangement of Granular Surfaces on Asteroids due to Thermal Cycling

Danielle Bovie, A. C. Quillen, Rachel Glade

In granular systems, thermal cycling causes compaction, creep, penetration of dense objects, and ratcheting of grains against each other. On asteroid surfaces, thermal cycling is h…