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HD 143811 AB b: A Directly Imaged Planet Orbiting a Spectroscopic Binary in Sco-Cen
Nathalie K. Jones, Jason J. Wang, Eric L. Nielsen +51
We present confirmation of HD 143811 AB b, a substellar companion to spectroscopic binary HD 143811 AB through direct imaging with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) and Keck NIRC2. HD…
Characterization of the Host Binary of the Directly Imaged Exoplanet HD 143811 AB b
Anne E. Peck, William Roberson, Eric L. Nielsen +50
HD~143811~AB is the host star to the directly imaged planet HD~143811~AB~b, which was recently discovered using data from the Gemini Planet Imager and Keck NIRC2. A member of the S…
Testing the Interaction Between a Substellar Companion and a Debris Disk in the HR 2562 System
Stella Yimiao Zhang, Gaspard Duchêne, Robert J. De Rosa +51
The HR 2562 system is a rare case where a brown dwarf companion resides in a cleared inner hole of a debris disk, offering invaluable opportunities to study the dynamical interacti…
GPI 2.0: Characterizing Self-Luminous Exoplanets Through Low-Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy
Arlene Aleman, Bruce Macintosh, Mary Anne Limbach +4
Direct imaging characterization of extrasolar planets is often done at low spectral resolution. We model the spectrograph for the Gemini Planet Imager upgrade (GPI 2.0) and assess…
Sensitivity of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument to Exozodiacal Dust
Ewan S Douglas, John Debes, Bertrand Mennesson +7
Exozodiacal dust, warm debris from comets and asteroids in and near the habitable zone of stellar systems, reveals the physical processes that shape planetary systems. Scattered li…
Minimal Differential Lateral Acceleration Configurations for Starshade Stationkeeping in Exoplanet Direct Imaging
Jackson Kulik, Gabriel J. Soto, Dmitry Savransky
Exoplanet imaging missions utilizing an external occulter (starshade) for starlight suppression require precise alignment between the telescope and starshade, necessitating mainten…
Starshade Rendezvous: Exoplanet Sensitivity and Observing Strategy
Andrew Romero-Wolf, Geoffrey Bryden, Sara Seager +33
Launching a starshade to rendezvous with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope would provide the first opportunity to directly image the habitable zones of nearby sunlike stars in…
A review of simulation and performance modeling for the Roman coronagraph instrument
Ewan S. Douglas, Jaren N. Ashcraft, Ruslan Belikov +10
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) will be capable of characterizing exoplanets in reflected light and will demonstrate space technologies essential…
GPI 2.0 : Optimizing reconstructor performance in simulations and preliminary contrast estimates
Alexander Madurowicz, Bruce Macintosh, Lisa Poyneer +12
During its move from the mountaintop of Cerro Pachon in Chile to the peak of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the Gemini Planet Imager will make a pit stop to receive various upgrades, includi…
GPI 2.0: Upgrades to the IFS including new spectral modes
Mary Anne Limbach, Jeffrey Chilcote, Quinn Konopacky +9
The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is a high-contrast imaging instrument designed to directly image and characterize exoplanets. GPI is currently undergoing several upgrades to improve…
Gemini Planet Imager Spectroscopy of the Dusty Substellar Companion HD 206893 B
K. Ward-Duong, J. Patience, K. Follette +55
We present new near-infrared Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) spectroscopy of HD 206893 B, a substellar companion orbiting within the debris disk of its F5V star. The , , , and…
Multiband Polarimetric Imaging of HR 4796A with the Gemini Planet Imager
Pauline Arriaga, Michael P. Fitzgerald, Gaspard Duchêne +49
HR4796A hosts a well-studied debris disk with a long history due to its high fractional luminosity and favorable inclination lending itself well to both unresolved and resolved obs…
The Gemini Planet Imager view of the HD 32297 debris disk
Gaspard Duchene, Malena Rice, Justin Hom +60
We present new -band scattered light images of the HD 32297 edge-on debris disk obtained with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI). The disk is detected in total and polarized intensi…
HD 165054: an astrometric calibration field for high-contrast imagers in Baade's Window
Meiji M. Nguyen, Robert J. De Rosa, Jason J. Wang +51
We present a study of the HD 165054 astrometric calibration field that has been periodically observed with the Gemini Planet Imager. HD 165054 is a bright star within Baade's Windo…
Debris Disk Results from the Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey's Polarimetric Imaging Campaign
Thomas M. Esposito, Paul Kalas, Michael P. Fitzgerald +62
We report the results of a -year direct imaging survey of 104 stars to resolve and characterize circumstellar debris disks in scattered light as part of the Gemini Planet…
Effects of Mirror Seeing on High-Contrast Adaptive Optics Instruments
Melisa Tallis, Vanessa P. Bailey, Bruce Macintosh +6
Ground-based direct imaging surveys like the Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey (GPIES) rely on Adaptive Optics (AO) systems to image and characterize exoplanets that are up to…
Imaging the 44 AU Kuiper Belt-analogue debris ring around HD 141569A with GPI polarimetry
J. S. Bruzzone, S. Metchev, G. Duchene +53
We present the first polarimetric detection of the inner disk component around the pre-main sequence B9.5 star HD 141569A. Gemini Planet Imager H-band (1.65 micron) polarimetric di…
The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey: Dynamical Mass of the Exoplanet beta Pictoris b from Combined Direct Imaging and Astrometry
Eric L. Nielsen, Robert J. De Rosa, Jason J. Wang +51
We present new observations of the planet beta Pictoris b from 2018 with GPI, the first GPI observations following conjunction. Based on these new measurements, we perform a joint…
First Resolved Scattered-Light Images of Four Debris Disks in Scorpius-Centaurus with the Gemini Planet Imager
Justin Hom, Jennifer Patience, Thomas M. Esposito +57
We present the first spatially resolved scattered-light images of four debris disks around members of the Scorpius-Centaurus (Sco-Cen) OB Association with high-contrast imaging and…
Detection of a low-mass stellar companion to the accelerating A2IV star HR 1645
Robert J. De Rosa, Eric L. Nielsen, Julien Rameau +50
The \, Myr A2IV star HR 1645 has one of the most significant low-amplitude accelerations of nearby early-type stars measured from a comparison of the {\it Hipparcos} and {…
An updated visual orbit of the directly-imaged exoplanet 51 Eridani b and prospects for a dynamical mass measurement with Gaia
Robert J. De Rosa, Eric L. Nielsen, Jason J. Wang +52
We present a revision to the visual orbit of the young, directly-imaged exoplanet 51 Eridani b using four years of observations with the Gemini Planet Imager. The relative astromet…
Revised Astrometric Calibration of the Gemini Planet Imager
Robert J. De Rosa, Meiji M. Nguyen, Jeffrey Chilcote +49
We present a revision to the astrometric calibration of the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), an instrument designed to achieve the high contrast at small angular separations necessary t…
Asymmetries in adaptive optics point spread functions
Alexander Madurowicz, Bruce Macintosh, Vanessa P. Bailey +45
An explanation for the origin of asymmetry along the preferential axis of the PSF of an AO system is developed. When phase errors from high altitude turbulence scintillate due to F…
Model of the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence with Coronagraphic Imaging
Christina L. Vides, Bruce Macintosh, Breanna A. Binder +3
We present modeled detection limits of the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) and the Wide-Field Infrared Space Telescope (WFIRST) to an optical and infrared laser which could be used by a…