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astro-ph.SR2026

Visual Orbits of Spectroscopic Binaries with the CHARA Array. V. HD 210763 and HD 221950

Kathryn V. Lester, Josephine Singleton, Alexandra M. Twomey +16

We present the visual orbits and dynamical masses of two longer period spectroscopic binary stars, HD 210763 and HD 221950, using long baseline interferometry with the CHARA Array…

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★ 4 cited

The Dynamic Inner Disk of a Planet Forming Star

Benjamin R. Setterholm, John D. Monnier, Fabien Baron +13

Planets are a natural byproduct of the stellar formation process, resulting from local aggregations of material within the disks surrounding young stars. Whereas signatures of gas-…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 10 cited

Newborn Be star systems observed shortly after mass transfer

Th. Rivinius, R. Klement, S. D. Chojnowski +24

Many classical Be stars acquire their very rapid rotation by mass and angular-momentum transfer in massive binaries. Short-lived intermediate-phase objects have only been discovere…

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

Visual Orbits of Wolf-Rayet Stars II: The Orbit of the Nitrogen-Rich WR Binary WR 138 measured with the CHARA Array

Amanda Holdsworth, Noel Richardson, Gail H. Schaefer +19

Classical Wolf-Rayet stars are descendants of massive OB-type stars that have lost their hydrogen-rich envelopes, and are in the final stages of stellar evolution, possibly explodi…

astro-ph.SR2024

Visual Orbits of Wolf-Rayet Stars I: The Orbit of the dust-producing Wolf-Rayet binary WR\,137 measured with the CHARA Array

Noel D. Richardson, Gail H. Schaefer, Jan J. Eldridge +19

Classical Wolf-Rayet stars are the descendants of massive OB stars that have lost their hydrogen envelopes and are burning helium in their cores prior to exploding as type Ib/c sup…

eess.SP2024

Open loop calibration and closed loop non-perturbative estimation of the lateral errors of an adaptive optics system: examples with GRAVITY+ and CHARA experimental data

Anthony Berdeu, Henri Bonnet, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin +15

Performances of an adaptive optics (AO) system are directly linked with the quality of its alignment. During the instrument calibration, having open loop fast tools with a large ca…

astro-ph.SR2024

Time-Evolution Images of the Hypergiant RW Cephei During the Re-brightening Phase Following the Great Dimming

Narsireddy Anugu, Douglas R. Gies, Rachael M. Roettenbacher +17

Stars with initial masses larger than 8 solar masses undergo substantial mass loss through mechanisms that remain elusive. Unraveling the origins of this mass loss is important for…

astro-ph.IM2024

Recent and Upcoming Upgrades for MIRC-X and MYSTIC on the CHARA Array

Noura Ibrahim, Mayra Gutierrez, John D. Monnier +17

MIRC-X and MYSTIC are six-telescope near-infrared beam (1.08-2.38 m) combiners at the CHARA Array on Mt Wilson CA, USA. Ever since the commissioning of MIRC-X (J and H bands) in…

astro-ph.SR2024

CHARA Near-Infrared Imaging of the Yellow Hypergiant Star Cassiopeiae: Convection Cells and Circumstellar Envelope

Narsireddy Anugu, Fabien Baron, John D. Monnier +18

Massive evolved stars such as red supergiants and hypergiants are potential progenitors of Type II supernovae, and they are known for ejecting substantial amounts of matter, up to…

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.IM2024

CHARA/Silmaril Instrument Software and Data Reduction Pipeline: Characterization of the Instrument in the Lab and On-Sky

Narsireddy Anugu, Theo A. ten brummelaar, Cyprien Lanthermann +9

The newly installed Silmaril beam combiner at the CHARA array is designed to observe previously inaccessible faint targets, including Active Galactic Nuclei and T-Tauri Young Stell…

astro-ph.SR2024

The Orbit and Mass of the Cepheid AW Per

Nancy Remage Evans, Alexandre Gallenne, Pierre Kervella +17

The Cepheid AW Per is a component in a multiple system with a long period orbit. The radial velocities of Griffin (2016) cover the 38 year orbit well. An extensive program of inter…

astro-ph.SR2024

Orbits and Dynamical Masses for Six Binary Systems in the Hyades Cluster

Guillermo Torres, Gail H. Schaefer, Robert P. Stefanik +8

We report long baseline interferometric observations with the CHARA Array that resolve six previously known double-lined spectroscopic binary systems in the Hyades cluster, with or…

astro-ph.EP2024

Vortex Fiber Nulling for Exoplanet Observations: First Direct Detection of M Dwarf Companions around HIP 21543, HIP 94666, and HIP 50319

Daniel Echeverri, Jerry W. Xuan, John D. Monnier +35

Vortex fiber nulling (VFN) is a technique for detecting and characterizing faint companions at small separations from their host star. A near-infrared (m) VFN demonstrat…

astro-ph.SR2023

The CHARA Array interferometric program on the multiplicity of classical Be stars: new detections and orbits of stripped subdwarf companions

Robert Klement, Thomas Rivinius, Douglas R. Gies +8

Rapid rotation and nonradial pulsations enable Be stars to build decretion disks, where the characteristic line emission forms. A major but unconstrained fraction of Be stars owe t…

astro-ph.SR2023

Orbits and Dynamical Masses for the Active Hyades Multiple System HD 284163

Guillermo Torres, Gail H. Schaefer, Robert P. Stefanik +16

We report near-infrared long-baseline interferometric observations of the Hyades multiple system HD 284163, made with the CHARA array, as well as almost 43 yr of high-resolution sp…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 50 cited

2023 Astrophotonics Roadmap: pathways to realizing multi-functional integrated astrophotonic instruments

Nemanja Jovanovic, Pradip Gatkine, Narsireddy Anugu +77

Photonics offer numerous functionalities that can be used to realize astrophotonic instruments. The most spectacular example to date is the ESO Gravity instrument at the Very Large…

astro-ph.EP2023

AC Her: Evidence of the first polar circumbinary planet

Rebecca G. Martin, Stephen H. Lubow, David Vallet +2

We examine the geometry of the post-asymptotic giant branch (AGB) star binary AC Her and its circumbinary disk. We show that the observations describe a binary orbit that is perpen…