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most citedDetection of the gravitational redshift in the orbit of the star S2 near the Galactic centre massive black hole

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107 papers

astro-ph.IM2026

Pushing high angular resolution and high contrast observations on the VLTI from Y to L band with the Asgard instrumental suite: integration status and plans

Marc-Antoine Martinod, Michael J. Ireland, Denis Defrère +39

ESO's VLTI has a history of record-breaking discoveries in astrophysics using high-angular resolution instrumentation. Its latest visitor instrument, the Asgard instrumental suite,…

astro-ph.GA2026

Improving constraints on the Yukawa correction at the Galactic Center with multiple stellar orbits

GRAVITY+ Collaboration, :, A. Foschi +78

We investigate the presence of a Yukawa-like correction () to Newtonian gravity at the Galactic Center, using a multi-star fitting code, including the newly…

astro-ph.IM2026

Asgard/NOTT: Status of laboratory nulling performance

T. Mattheussen, R. Laugier, D. Defrère +26

Nulling interferometry enables the direct detection of faint companions and circumstellar structures at angular separations unresolvable by classical, diffraction-limited imagers,…

astro-ph.IM2026

Performance Analysis of the Asgard/NOTT Nulling Interferometer: Optimizing Observing Modes for High-contrast Detection

J. P. Scott, S. Ertel, T. A. Stuber +21

We evaluate the performance of three beam-combination schemes, single-Bracewell, asymmetric dual-Bracewell, and symmetric dual-Bracewell, for the forthcoming Asgard/NOTT nulling in…

astro-ph.IM2026

Asgard/NOTT: Cryogenic characterization of the mid-infrared chip

G. Garreau, D. Defrère, R. Laugier +25

NOTT is part of the new visitor instrument suite Asgard for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), and the first long-baseline nulling interferometer that will be operatio…

astro-ph.IM2026

ESO User Support and Observation Preparation for VLTI Science Operations

M. Wittkowski, G. Beccari, A. Corporaal +15

We present recent enhancements to VLTI observing capabilities from a user-oriented perspective, together with new developments in ESO's Observation Handling Tools and end-to-end op…