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Clio: a 3-5 micron AO planet-finding camera
S. Sivanandam, P. M. Hinz, A. N. Heinze +2
Clio is an adaptive-optics camera mounted on the 6.5 meter MMT optimized for diffraction-limited L' and M-band imaging over a ~15'' field. The instrument was designed from the grou…
Thermal Infrared Constraint to a Planetary Companion of Vega with the MMT Adaptive Optics System
Philip M. Hinz, A. N. Heinze, Suresh Sivanandam +5
Vega may have a massive companion in a wide orbit, as evidenced by structure in its cold dust debris. We have tested this hypothesis by direct imaging with adaptive optics in the M…
Klio: A 5 micron camera for the detection of giant exoplanets
Melanie Freed, Philip M. Hinz, Michael R. Meyer
We plan to take advantage of the unprecedented combination of low thermal background and high resolution provided by the 6.5m MMT's adaptive secondary mirror, to target the 3-5 mic…
An Adaptive Optics Survey of M6.0-M7.5 Stars: Discovery of Three Very Low Mass Binary Systems Including Two Probable Hyades Members
Nick Siegler, Laird M. Close, Eric E. Mamajek +1
A survey of 30 nearby M6.0-M7.5 dwarfs with Ks<12 mag utilizing the Hokupa'a adaptive optics system at the Gemini North Telescope has discovered 3 new binary systems. All 3 systems…
Detection of Nine M8.0-L0.5 Binaries: The Very Low Mass Binary Population and its Implications for Brown Dwarf and VLM Star Formation
Laird M. Close, Nick Siegler, Melanie Freed +1
Use of the highly sensitive Hokupa'a/Gemini curvature wavefront sensor has allowed direct adaptive optics (AO) guiding on very low mass (VLM) stars with SpT=M8.0-L0.5. A survey of…
Discovery of a Tight Brown Dwarf Companion to the Low Mass Star LHS 2397a
Melanie Freed, Laird M. Close, Nick Siegler
Using the adaptive optics system, Hokupa'a, at Gemini-North, we have directly imaged a companion around the UKIRT faint standard M8 star, LHS 2397a (FS 129) at a separation of 2.96…