3 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
WEEVIL: design and commissioning of an ice-sublimation chamber and a cryogenic submillimeter radiometer for studying rarefied gas plumes
D. Belousov, J. Fritschi, O. Mokhtari +4
We present WEEVIL (WatEr Emission of Vapor from Ice in the Laboratory), an experimental facility developed to study ice sublimation under laboratory conditions to support observati…
astro-ph.IM2026
The PLACID active coronagraphic imager instrument: commissioning status
Ruben Tandon, Lucas Marquis, Liurong Lin +9
The world's first adaptive stellar coronagraph, the Programmable Liquid-crystal Active Coronagraphic Imager for the 4-m DAG telescope (PLACID) uses a spatial light modulator operat…
astro-ph.IM2025
The Programmable Liquid-crystal Active Coronagraphic Imager for the 4-m DAG telescope (PLACID) instrument: installation and commissioning update
Jonas G. Kühn, Ruben Tandon, Lucas Marquis +9
The Programmable Liquid-crystal Active Coronagraphic Imager for the DAG telescope (PLACID) instrument is a novel high-contrast direct imaging facility that was recently installed o…