9 papers
JWST NIRCam Reveals the Largest Known M-dwarf Debris Disk Around TWA 10 and New Scattered-Light Observations of the TWA 25 Debris Disk
Katie A. Crotts, Aarynn L. Carter, Beth Biller +26
We present JWST NIRCam observations of two M-dwarf systems located in the TW Hydra association, TWA 10 and TWA 25. Both systems harbor detected debris disks in the F200W and F444W…
A Search for Wide-orbit Planets Around M-dwarfs using Deep MIRI 15-micron Images
Yihan Li, Yifan Zhou, Rachel Bowens-Rubin +7
Wide-orbit (10 AU) gas giant planets shape the architecture of planetary systems, yet their occurrence rate remains poorly constrained. JWST has obtained the deepest mid-infrare…
Direct Imaging Constraints on Binary Planets and Exomoons around Epsilon Indi A b
Matson Garza, Mary Anne Limbach, Rachel Bowens-Rubin +6
Epsilon Indi A b is a directly imaged exoplanet orbiting a nearby (3.6 pc) K-dwarf at AU. We analyze archival JWST/MIRI 15 m coronagraphic imaging…
A Characterization of JWST MIRI Detector Persistence and Implications for High-Contrast Imaging
Alisha Vasan, Mary Anne Limbach, Andrew Vanderburg +2
The JWST MIRI detector exhibits a flux deficit persistence, but its timescales and impacts remain largely uncharacterized, particularly at the longest imaging wavelengths. In this…
An on-sky investigation into factors limiting the performance of Keck-NIRC2 for conducting infrared high-contrast imaging
Rachel Bowens-Rubin, Maïssa Salama, Jayke S. Nguyen +2
The most common instrument used by the exoplanet/brown dwarf direct imaging community at the W.M. Keck Observatory is currently the NIRC2 near-infrared imager. We performed on-sky…
On the Detection of Exorings in Reflected Light with JWST NIRCam
Rachel Bowens-Rubin, Mary Anne Limbach, Sam Hopper +4
When directly imaging a cold giant exoplanet hosting a ring system, the reflected light from the rings can outshine the planet's thermal emission and reflected-light in the near-in…