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Initial modeling and testbed feasibility studies of WaveDriver: a laser guide star AO system for HWO
Dominic F. Sanchez, Benjamin L. Gerard, Peter Waswa +16
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will require greater wavefront stability than achieved by JWST, pushing conventional telescope architectures to picometer-level…
On-sky results from REDWOODS, a platform at Lick/ShaneAO for testing second stage AO technologies
Benjamin L. Gerard, Dominic F. Sanchez, Aditya R. Sengupta +11
REDWOODS is a new sub-testbed within the Shane Adaptive Optics (AO) system at Lick observatory, developed to test second stage AO wavefront sensing and control technologies, includ…
WaveDriver: a Laser Guide Star AO System for HWO
Benjamin L. Gerard, Alex Geringer-Sameth, Aditya R. Sengupta +7
Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) presents a key challenge for technology development in the coming years, requiring a more stable system than \textit{JWST}. WaveD…
Control algorithms for dual-wavefront sensor single-conjugate adaptive optics
Aditya R. Sengupta, Lisa A. Poyneer, Benjamin L. Gerard +2
High-contrast imaging systems using active control with adaptive optics (AO) are often limited by non-common path (NCP) aberrations that are seen only at the final science image. A…
WaveDriver: a Laser Guide Star AO System for HWO
Benjamin L. Gerard, Alex Geringer-Sameth, Aditya R. Sengupta +16
HWO's Tier 1 Contrast Stability Technology Gap presents a key challenge for technology development in the coming years, requiring to a >100x more stable system than JWST. WaveDrive…
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…
Developments on LLNL's high contrast testbed and Lick/ShaneAO
Benjamin L. Gerard, Dominic F. Sanchez, Aditya R. Sengupta +15
LLNL has recently setup a High Contrast Testbed (HCT) for AO and exoplanet imaging technology development. We present the various HCT technologies currently under development, incl…
GPI 2.0: Exploring The Impact of Different Readout Modes on the Wavefront Sensor's EMCCD
Clarissa R. Do Ó, Saavidra Perera, Jérôme Maire +26
The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is a high contrast imaging instrument that aims to detect and characterize extrasolar planets. GPI is being upgraded to GPI 2.0, with several subsyst…
Estimating Atmospheric Wind Speeds From Gemini Planet Imager AO Telemetry
Zhenxi Du, Saavidra Perera, Daniel Levinstein +6
The Earth's atmosphere is comprised of turbulent layers that result in speckled and blurry images from ground-based visible and infrared observations. Adaptive Optics (AO) systems…
The Focal-plane Actualized Shifted Technique Realized for a Shack Hartmann Wavefront Sensor (fastrSHWFS)
Benjamin L. Gerard, Aaron Lemmer, Bautista R. Fernandez +6
Astronomical adaptive optics (AO) is a critical approach to enable ground-based diffraction-limited imaging and high contrast science, with the potential to enable habitable exopla…
GPI 2.0: Performance Evaluation of the Wavefront Sensor's EMCCD
Clarissa R. Do Ó, Saavidra Perera, Jérôme Maire +26
The Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) is a high contrast imaging instrument that aims to detect and characterize extrasolar planets. GPI is being upgraded to GPI 2.0, with several subsyst…
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…
Estimating effective wind speed from Gemini Planet Imager's adaptive optics data using covariance maps
Daniel M. Levinstein, Saavidra Perera, Quinn M. Konopacky +4
The Earth's turbulent atmosphere results in speckled and blurred images of astronomical objects when observed by ground based visible and near-infrared telescopes. Adaptive optics…
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…
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…