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Orbital Parameters and Binary Properties of 37 FGK stars in the Cores of Open Clusters NGC 2516 and NGC 2422
Isabel Lipartito, John I. Bailey, Timothy D. Brandt +4
We present orbits for 24 binaries in the field of open cluster NGC 2516 (~150 Myr) and 13 binaries in the field of open cluster NGC 2422 (~130 Myr) using results from a multi-year…
SCExAO/MEC and CHARIS Discovery of a Low Mass, 6 AU-Separation Companion to HIP 109427 using Stochastic Speckle Discrimination and High-Contrast Spectroscopy
Sarah Steiger, Thayne Currie, Timothy D. Brandt +28
We report the direct imaging discovery of a low-mass companion to the nearby accelerating A star, HIP 109427, with the Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO) instrum…
Second Generation Readout For Large Format Photon Counting Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors
Neelay Fruitwala, Paschal Strader, Gustavo Cancelo +10
We present the development of a second generation digital readout system for photon counting microwave kinetic inductance detector (MKID) arrays operating in the optical and near-I…
The MKID Exoplanet Camera for Subaru SCExAO
Alexander B. Walter, Neelay Fruitwala, Sarah Steiger +21
We present the MKID Exoplanet Camera (MEC), a z through J band (800 - 1400 nm) integral field spectrograph located behind The Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO)…
First Principle Simulator of a Stochastically Varying Image Plane for Photon-Counting High Contrast Applications
R. H. Dodkins, K. Davis, B. Lewis +6
Optical and near-infrared Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors, or MKIDs, are low-temperature detectors with inherent spectral resolution that are able to instantly register indi…
Design and Performance of Hafnium Optical and Near-IR Kinetic Inductance Detectors
Nicholas Zobrist, Grégoire Coiffard, Bruce Bumble +9
We report on the design and performance of Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) sensitive to single photons in the optical to near-infrared range using hafnium as the sen…
Optical and Near-IR Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) in the 2020s
Benjamin A. Mazin, Jeb Bailey, Jo Bartlett +22
Optical and near-IR Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors, or MKIDs, are superconducting photon counting detectors capable of measuring the energy and arrival time of individual O…
Wide-band Parametric Amplifier Readout and Resolution of Optical Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors
Nicholas Zobrist, Byeong Ho Eom, Peter Day +9
The energy resolution of a single photon counting Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector (MKID) can be degraded by noise coming from the primary low temperature amplifier in the det…
DARKNESS: A Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector Integral Field Spectrograph for High-Contrast Astronomy
Seth R. Meeker, Benjamin A. Mazin, Alex B. Walter +21
We present DARKNESS (the DARK-speckle Near-infrared Energy-resolving Superconducting Spectrophotometer), the first of several planned integral field spectrographs to use optical/ne…
On choosing meaningful research projects in the natural sciences
Philip G Judge, Isabel Lipartito, Roberto Casini
Over the last few decades, the nature of scientific research has changed in response to external influences. Firstly, powerful networked computers have become a standard tool. Seco…
Large-format platinum silicide microwave kinetic inductance detectors for optical to near-IR astronomy
P. Szypryt, S. R. Meeker, G. Coiffard +10
We have fabricated and characterized 10,000 and 20,440 pixel Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detector (MKID) arrays for the Dark-speckle Near-IR Energy-resolved Superconducting Spectr…
The solar chromosphere observed at 1 Hz and 0."2 resolution
Isabel Lipartito, Philip Judge, Kevin Reardon +1
We recently reported extremely rapid changes in chromospheric fine structure observed using the IBIS instrument in the red wing of H alpha. Here, we examine data obtained during th…