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most citedThe Gemini Planet Imager: First Light

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astro-ph.EP2024★ 4 cited

A multi-technique detection of an eccentric giant planet around accelerating star HD 57625

D. Barbato, D. Mesa, V. D'Orazi +42

The synergy between different detection methods is a key asset in exoplanetology, allowing for both precise characterization of detected exoplanets and robust constraints even in t…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 3 cited

Performance of the Gemini Planet Imager Non-Redundant Mask and spectroscopy of two close-separation binaries HR 2690 and HD 142527

Alexandra Z. Greenbaum, Anthony Cheetham, Anand Sivaramakrishnan +51

The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) contains a 10-hole non-redundant mask (NRM), enabling interferometric resolution in complement to its coronagraphic capabilities. The NRM operates bo…

astro-ph.EP2017★ 103 cited

1 to 2.4 micron Near-IR spectrum of the Giant Planet Pictoris b obtained with the Gemini Planet Imager

Jeffrey Chilcote, Laurent Pueyo, Robert J. De Rosa +61

Using the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) located at Gemini South, we measured the near-infrared (1.0-2.4 micron) spectrum of the planetary companion to the nearby, young star Picto…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 98 cited

The Orbit and Transit Prospects for Pictoris b constrained with One Milliarcsecond Astrometry

Jason J. Wang, James R. Graham, Laurent Pueyo +51

A principal scientific goal of the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is obtaining milliarcsecond astrometry to constrain exoplanet orbits. However, astrometry of directly imaged exoplanet…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 86 cited

Spectroscopic characterization of HD 95086 b with the Gemini Planet Imager

Robert J. De Rosa, Julien Rameau, Jenny Patience +33

We present new (1.5-1.8 m) photometric and (1.9-2.2 m) spectroscopic observations of the young exoplanet HD 95086 b obtained with the Gemini Planet Imager. The -…

astro-ph.EP2016★ 36 cited

The PDS 66 Circumstellar Disk as seen in Polarized Light with the Gemini Planet Imager

Schuyler G. Wolff, Marshall Perrin, Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer +25

We present H and K band imaging polarimetry for the PDS 66 circumstellar disk obtained during the commissioning of the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI). Polarization images reveal a clea…

astro-ph.SR2015★ 96 cited

An M-dwarf star in the transition disk of Herbig HD 142527; Physical parameters and orbital elements

S. Lacour, B. Biller, A. Cheetham +29

HD 142527A is one of the most studied Herbig Ae/Be stars with a transitional disk, as it has the largest imaged gap in any protoplanetary disk: the gas is cleared from 30 to 90 AU.…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 131 cited

Pictoris' inner disk in polarized light and new orbital parameters for Pictoris b

Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer, James R. Graham, Laurent Pueyo +54

We present -band observations of Pic with the Gemini Planet Imager's (GPI's) polarimetry mode that reveal the debris disk between ~0.3" (~6 AU) and ~1.7" (~33 AU), while sim…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 42 cited

Gemini Planet Imager Observations of the AU Microscopii Debris Disk: Asymmetries within One Arcsecond

Jason J. Wang, James R. Graham, Laurent Pueyo +42

We present Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) observations of AU Microscopii, a young M dwarf with an edge-on, dusty debris disk. Integral field spectroscopy and broadband imaging polarime…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 7 cited

On-sky vibration environment for the Gemini Planet Imager and mitigation effort

Markus Hartung, Tom Hayward, Les Saddlemyer +20

The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) entered on-sky commissioning and had its first-light at the Gemini South (GS) telescope in November 2013. GPI is an extreme adaptive optics (XAO), hi…

astro-ph.EP2014★ 77 cited

The First H-band Spectrum of the Massive Gas Giant Planet beta Pictoris b with the Gemini Planet Imager

Jeffrey Chilcote, Travis Barman, Michael P. Fitzgerald +43

Using the recently installed Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), we have taken the first H-band spectrum of the planetary companion to the nearby young star beta Pictoris. GPI is designed…

astro-ph.EP2014★ 199 cited

Polarimetry with the Gemini Planet Imager: Methods, Performance at First Light, and the Circumstellar Ring around HR 4796A

Marshall D. Perrin, Gaspard Duchene, Max Millar-Blanchaer +41

We present the first results from the polarimetry mode of the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), which uses a new integral field polarimetry architecture to provide high contrast linear p…

astro-ph.IM2014

Effects of differential wavefront sensor bias drifts on high contrast imaging

Naru Sadakuni, Bruce A. Macintosh, David W. Palmer +11

The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is a new facility, extreme adaptive optics (AO), coronagraphic instrument, currently being integrated onto the 8-meter Gemini South telescope, with t…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 6 cited

Characterization of the Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector of the Gemini Planet Imager

Pascale Hibon, Sandrine Thomas, Jennifer Dunn +18

An Atmospheric Dispersion Corrector (ADC) uses a double-prism arrangement to nullify the vertical chromatic dispersion introduced by the atmosphere at non-zero zenith distances. Th…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 19 cited

The Integral Field Spectrograph for the Gemini Planet Imager

James E. Larkin, Jeffrey K. Chilcote, Theodore Aliado +31

The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is a complex optical system designed to directly detect the self-emission of young planets within two arcseconds of their host stars. After suppressi…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 3 cited

Automated Alignment and On-Sky Performance of the Gemini Planet Imager Coronagraph

Dmitry Savransky, Sandrine J. Thomas, Lisa A. Poyneer +11

The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is a next-generation, facility instrument currently being commissioned at the Gemini South observatory. GPI combines an extreme adaptive optics syste…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 3 cited

Gemini Planet Imager integration to the Gemini South telescope software environment

Fredrik T. Rantakyrö, Andrew Cardwell, Jeffrey Chilcote +18

The Gemini Planet Imager is an extreme AO instrument with an integral field spectrograph (IFS) operating in Y, J, H, and K bands. Both the Gemini telescope and the GPI instrument a…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 5 cited

Gemini Planet imager Observational Calibrations X: Non-Redundant Masking on GPI

Alexandra Z. Greenbaum, Anthony Cheetham, Anand Sivaramakrishnan +18

The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) Extreme Adaptive Optics Coronograph contains an interferometric mode: a 10-hole non-redundant mask (NRM) in its pupil wheel. GPI operates at $Y, J, H…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 63 cited

Gemini Planet Imager Observational Calibrations VIII: Characterization and Role of Satellite Spots

Jason J. Wang, Abhijith Rajan, James R. Graham +20

The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) combines extreme adaptive optics, an integral field spectrograph, and a high performance coronagraph to directly image extrasolar planets in the near…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 15 cited

Gemini Planet Imager Observational Calibrations VII: On-Sky Polarimetric Performance of the Gemini Planet Imager

Sloane J. Wiktorowicz, Max Millar-Blanchaer, Marshall D. Perrin +17

We present on-sky polarimetric observations with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) obtained at straight Cassegrain focus on the Gemini South 8-m telescope. Observations of polarimetri…

astro-ph.IM2014★ 14 cited

On-sky performance during verification and commissioning of the Gemini Planet Imager's adaptive optics system

Lisa A. Poyneer, Robert J. De Rosa, Bruce Macintosh +15

The Gemini Planet Imager instrument's adaptive optics (AO) subsystem was designed specifically to facilitate high-contrast imaging. It features several new technologies, including…

astro-ph.EP2014★ 714 cited

The Gemini Planet Imager: First Light

Bruce Macintosh, James R. Graham, Patrick Ingraham +44

The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is a dedicated facility for directly imaging and spectroscopically characterizing extrasolar planets. It combines a very high-order adaptive optics s…

astro-ph.CO2013★ 56 cited

Gemini Spectroscopy of the Short GRB 130603B Afterglow and Host

A. Cucchiara, J. X. Prochaska, D. A. Perley +5

We present early optical photometry and spectroscopy of the afterglow and host galaxy of the bright short-duration gamma-ray burst GRB 130603B discovered by the Swift satellite. Us…

astro-ph2003★ 209 cited

The H alpha Galaxy Survey I. The galaxy sample, H alpha narrow-band observations and star formation parameters for 334 galaxies

P. A. James, N. S. Shane, J. E. Beckman +12

We discuss the selection and observations of a large sample of nearby galaxies, which we are using to quantify the star formation activity in the local Universe. The sample consist…