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most citedInterferometric radii of bright Kepler stars with the CHARA Array: θ Cygni and 16 Cygni A and B

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25 papers

astro-ph.SR2026

Multi-chromatic observations of classical Cepheids using the CHARA Array interferometer: Surface brightness-colour relation, projection factor, and limb-darkening

M. C. Bailleul, N. Nardetto, D. Mourard +28

The Baade-Wesselink (BW) method compares the linear and angular variations of Cepheids to derive their distance. This method is limited, however, by the projection factor, which re…

astro-ph.SR2026

Interferometric Survey of Stellar Parameters: Mass of the metallic A-type binary Aur

J. Jonák, D. Mourard, J. D. Monnier +23

With the capabilities of the new visible CHARA/SPICA instrument and the multiple spectral band operation of CHARA, our goal is to resolve orbits of short-period binaries and develo…

astro-ph.IM2026

CHARA/SPICA: The six-telescope visible combiner and near-infrared fringe tracker for the CHARA Array

D. Mourard, P. Bério, C. Bailet +43

The suite called Stellar Parameters and Images with a Cophased Array (SPICA) has two interferometric instruments installed at the focus of the CHARA Array located at Mount Wilson,…

astro-ph.SR2026

Empirical H- and K-band Limb Darkening for 31 CHARA Stars: A Near-Infrared Benchmark for Stellar-Atmosphere Models

Narsireddy Anugu, John D. Monnier, Antoine Mérand +9

Limb darkening, the decrease in stellar intensity from the disk center to the limb, encodes the temperature structure and opacity of stellar atmospheres. Direct spatially resolved…

astro-ph.SR2026

Pre-nova Observations of T CrB: A view from the CHARA Array

Ryan Norris, Narsireddy Anugu, Thomas Gaudin +38

T CrB is a symbiotic recurrent nova consisting of a red giant and white dwarf with recent eruptions in 1866 and 1946 and an anticipated eruption in the mid 2020s. We report CHARA A…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 1 cited

Revealing the accelerating wind in the inner region of the colliding-wind binary WR 112

John D. Monnier, Yinuo Han, Michael F. Corcoran +17

Colliding winds in massive binaries generate X-ray-bright shocks, synchrotron radio emission, and sometimes even dusty "pinwheel" spirals. We report the first X-ray detections of t…

astro-ph.HE2025★ 3 cited

Multiple outflows and delayed ejections revealed by early imaging of novae

Elias Aydi, John D. Monnier, Antoine Mérand +39

Novae are thermonuclear eruptions on accreting white dwarfs in interacting binaries. Although most of the accreted envelope is expelled, the mechanism -- impulsive ejection, multip…

astro-ph.IM2025

The CHARA Array Polarization Model and Prospects for Spectropolarimetry

Linling Shuai, John D. Monnier, Benjamin R. Setterholm +5

Polarimetric data provide key insights into infrared emission mechanisms in the inner disks of YSOs and the details of dust formation around AGB stars. While polarization measureme…

astro-ph.SR2025

The Small Separation A-Star Companion Population: Tentative Signatures of Enhanced Multiplicity with Primary Mass

Matthew De Furio, Tyler Gardner, John D. Monnier +6

We present updated results from our near-infrared long-baseline interferometry (LBI) survey to constrain the multiplicity properties of intermediate-mass A-type stars within 80 pc.…

astro-ph.SR2025

Orbital and Physical Properties of the Pleiades Binary 27 Tau (Atlas)

G. Torres, A. Tkachenko, K. Pavlovski +12

We report new spectroscopic and interferometric observations of the Pleiades binary star Atlas, which played an important role nearly three decades ago in settling the debate over…

astro-ph.EP2025★ 2 cited

HD 143006: Interferometric Confirmation of Misaligned Protoplanetary Disc with CHARA/MIRCX and VLTI/PIONIER

I. Codron, S. Kraus, J. D. Monnier +7

The outer regions of the protoplanetary disc surrounding the T Tauri star HD 143006 show rings, dust asymmetries and shadows. Whilst rings and dust asymmetries can arise from compa…

astro-ph.SR2025

Precise Age For The Binary HD 21278 In The Young Alpha Persei Cluster

Christopher A. Danner, Eric L. Sandquist, Gail H. Schaefer +14

We present a study of the double-lined spectroscopic binary HD 21278 that contains one of the brightest main sequence stars in the young Persei open cluster. We analyzed new sp…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 3 cited

A Spectroscopic and Interferometric Study of W Serpentis Stars. I. Circumbinary Outflow in the Interacting Binary W Serpentis

Katherine Shepard, Douglas R. Gies, Gail H. Schaefer +6

W Serpentis is an eclipsing binary system and the prototype of the Serpentid class of variable stars. These are interacting binaries experiencing intense mass transfer and mass los…

astro-ph.SR2024★ 6 cited

Multiplicity of Galactic Cepheids from long-baseline interferometry V. High-accuracy orbital parallax and mass of SU Cygni

A. Gallenne, N. R. Evans, P. Kervella +23

Cepheid masses are particularly necessary to help solving the mass discrepancy, while independent distance determinations provide crucial test of the period-luminosity relation and…

astro-ph.SR2024

The Orbit and Dynamical Mass of Polaris: Observations with the CHARA Array

Nancy Remage Evans, Gail Schaefer, Alexandre Gallenne +19

The 30 year orbit of the Cepheid Polaris has been followed with observations by the CHARA Array (Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy) from 2016 through 2021. An additional…

astro-ph.SR2017★ 7 cited

Asymmetries on red giant branch surfaces from CHARA/MIRC optical interferometry

A. Chiavassa, R. Norris, M. Montargès +14

Context. Red giant branch (RGB) stars are very bright objects in galaxies and are often used as standard candles. Interferometry is the ideal tool to characterize the dynamics and…

astro-ph.SR2016★ 11 cited

Multiplicity of Galactic Cepheids from long-baseline interferometry~III. Sub-percent limits on the relative brightness of a close companion of ~Cephei

A. Gallenne, A. Merand, P. Kervella +11

We report new CHARA/MIRC interferometric observations of the Cepheid archetype Cep, which aimed at detecting the newly discovered spectroscopic companion. We reached a maximum…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 28 cited

Multiplicity of Galactic Cepheids from long-baseline interferometry. II. The Companion of AX Circini revealed with VLTI/PIONIER

A. Gallenne, A. Mérand, P. Kervella +6

Aims: We aim at detecting and characterizing the main-sequence companion of the Cepheid AX Cir ( 18 yrs). The long-term objective is to estimate the mass of b…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 119 cited

A near-infrared interferometric survey of debris disc stars. III. First statistics based on 42 stars observed with CHARA/FLUOR

O. Absil, D. Defrère, V. Coudé du Foresto +17

(Abridged) Dust is expected to be ubiquitous in extrasolar planetary systems owing to the dynamical activity of minor bodies. Inner dust populations are, however, still poorly know…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 44 cited

Optical Interferometry of early-type stars with PAVO@CHARA. I. Fundamental stellar properties

V. Maestro, X. Che, D. Huber +8

We present interferometric observations of 7 main-sequence and 3 giant stars with spectral types from B2 to F6 using the PAVO beam combiner at the CHARA array. We have directly det…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 152 cited

Interferometric radii of bright Kepler stars with the CHARA Array: θ Cygni and 16 Cygni A and B

T. R. White, D. Huber, V. Maestro +18

We present the results of long-baseline optical interferometry observations using the Precision Astronomical Visual Observations (PAVO) beam combiner at the Center for High Angular…

astro-ph.SR2013★ 17 cited

The H-band Emitting Region of the Luminous Blue Variable P Cygni: Spectrophotometry and Interferometry of the Wind

N. D. Richardson, G. H. Schaefer, D. R. Gies +20

We present the first high angular resolution observations in the nearinfrared H-band (1.6 microns) of the Luminous Blue Variable star P Cygni. We obtained six-telescope interferome…

astro-ph.EP2012★ 33 cited

Detection of Ks-band Thermal Emission from WASP-3b

Ming Zhao, Jennifer Milburn, Travis Barman +4

We report the detection of thermal emission from the hot Jupiter WASP-3b in the KS band, using a newly developed guiding scheme for the WIRC instrument at the Palomar Hale 200in te…

astro-ph.HE2012★ 49 cited

The relationship between gamma Cassiopeiae's X-ray emission and its circumstellar environment

M. A. Smith, R. Lopes de Oliveira, C. Motch +17

γCas is the prototypical classical Be star and is best known for its variable hard X-ray emission. To elucidate the reasons for this emission, we mounted a multiwavelength campaign…