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20242026
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5 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

GRAVITY+: reducing non-common-path aberrations for sub-10 μas astrometric accuracy

Quentin Fournier, Guillaume Bourdarot, Frank Eisenhauer +26

GRAVITY is a state-of-the-art instrument for near-infrared astrometric interferometry that routinely achieves astrometric accuracy of 30-100 microarcsecond in its phase-referenced…

astro-ph.IM2025

First Light for the GRAVITY+ Adaptive Optics: Extreme Adaptive Optics for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer

GRAVITY+ Collaboration, :, F. Allouche +137

GRAVITY+ improves by orders of magnitude the sensitivity, sky-coverage and contrast of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). A central part of this project is the develop…

astro-ph.SR2024

First Resolution of Microlensed Images of a Binary-Lens Event

Zexuan Wu, Subo Dong, A. Mérand +72

We resolve the multiple images of the binary-lens microlensing event ASASSN-22av using the GRAVITY instrument of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI). The light curves sh…

astro-ph.IM2024

Simplified model(s) of the GRAVITY+ adaptive optics system(s) for performance prediction

Anthony Berdeu, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Guillaume Mella +13

In the context of the GRAVITY+ upgrade, the adaptive optics (AO) systems of the GRAVITY interferometer are undergoing a major lifting. The current CILAS deformable mirrors (DM, 90…

eess.SP2024

Open loop calibration and closed loop non-perturbative estimation of the lateral errors of an adaptive optics system: examples with GRAVITY+ and CHARA experimental data

Anthony Berdeu, Henri Bonnet, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin +15

Performances of an adaptive optics (AO) system are directly linked with the quality of its alignment. During the instrument calibration, having open loop fast tools with a large ca…