Lagrange, Anne-Marie, Kasper, Markus, Boccaletti, Anthony, Chauvin, Gaël, Gratadour, Damien, Fusco, Thierry, ...
We recently reported on the detection of a possible planetary-mass companion to Beta Pictoris at a projected separation of 8 AU from the star, using data taken in November 2003 with NaCo, the...
Antichi, Jacopo, Dohlen, Kjetil, Gratton, Raffaele G., Mesa, Dino, Claudi, Riccardo U., Giro, Enrico, ...
Integral field spectroscopy (IFS) represents a powerful technique for the detection and characterization of extrasolar planets through high contrast imaging, since it allows to obtain simultaneously...
Guerri, Géraldine, Robbe-Dubois, Sylvie, Daban, Jean-Baptiste, Abe, Lyu, Douet, Richard, Bendjoya, Philippe, ...
We present some of the High Dynamic Range Imaging activities developed around the coronagraphic test-bench of the Laboratoire A. H. Fizeau (Nice). They concern research and development of an Apodized...
Lagrange, Anne-Marie, Kasper, Markus, Boccaletti, Anthony, Chauvin, Gaël, Gratadour, Damien, Fusco, Thierry, ...
We recently reported on the detection of a possible planetary-mass companion to Beta Pictoris at a projected separation of 8 AU from the star, using data taken in November 2003 with NaCo, the...
Lagrange, Anne-Marie, Kasper, Markus, Boccaletti, Anthony, Chauvin, Gaël, Gratadour, Damien, Fusco, Thierry, ...
We recently reported on the detection of a possible planetary-mass companion to Beta Pictoris at a projected separation of 8 AU from the star, using data taken in November 2003 with NaCo, the...
Lagrange, Anne-Marie, Kasper, Markus, Boccaletti, Anthony, Chauvin, Gaël, Gratadour, Damien, Fusco, Thierry, ...
We recently reported on the detection of a possible planetary-mass companion to Beta Pictoris at a projected separation of 8 AU from the star, using data taken in November 2003 with NaCo, the...
Lagrange, Anne-Marie, Kasper, Markus, Boccaletti, Anthony, Chauvin, Gaël, Gratadour, Damien, Fusco, Thierry, ...
We recently reported on the detection of a possible planetary-mass companion to Beta Pictoris at a projected separation of 8 AU from the star, using data taken in November 2003 with NaCo, the...
Boccaletti, Anthony, Carbillet, Marcel, Fusco, Thierry, Mouillet, David, Langlois, Maud, Moutou, Claire, ...
SPHERE (Spectro Polarimetric High contrast Exoplanet REsearch), the planet finder instrument for the VLT is designed to study relatively bright extrasolar giant planets around young or nearby stars....
Frame Combination Techniques for Ultra High-Contrast Imaging (2008)
Carson, Joseph C., Feldt, Markus, Desidera, Silvano, Langlois, Maud, Joos, Franco, Mouillet, David, ...
We summarize here an experimental frame combination pipeline we developed for ultra high-contrast imaging with systems like the upcoming VLT SPHERE instrument. The pipeline combines strategies from...
Guerri, Géraldine, Robbe-Dubois, Sylvie, Daban, Jean-Baptiste, Abe, Lyu, Douet, Richard, Bendjoya, Philippe, ...
We present some of the High Dynamic Range Imaging activities developed around the coronagraphic test-bench of the Laboratoire A. H. Fizeau (Nice). They concern research and development of an Apodized...
Guerri, Géraldine, Robbe-Dubois, Sylvie, Daban, Jean-Baptiste, Abe, Lyu, Douet, Richard, Bendjoya, Philippe, ...
We present some of the High Dynamic Range Imaging activities developed around the coronagraphic test-bench of the Laboratoire A. H. Fizeau (Nice). They concern research and development of an Apodized...
The SPHERE exoplanet imager: a new management paradigm? (2008)
Wildi, Francois, Beuzit, Jean-Luc, Feldt, Markus, Mouillet, David, Dohlen, Kjetil, Puget, Pascal
The SPHERE is an exo-solar planet imager, which goal is to detect giant exo-solar planets in the vicinity of bright stars and to characterize them through spectroscopic and polarimetric observations....
SPHERE ZIMPOL: overview and performance simulation (2008)
Thalmann, Christian, Schmid, Hans M., Boccaletti, Anthony, Mouillet, David, Dohlen, Kjetil, Roelfsema, Ronald, ...
The ESO planet finder instrument SPHERE will search for the polarimetric signature of the reflected light from extrasolar planets, using a VLT telescope, an extreme AO system (SAXO), a stellar...
SPHERE data reduction and handling system: overview, project status, and development (2008)
Pavlov, Alexey, Möller-Nilsson, Ole, Feldt, Markus, Henning, Thomas, Beuzit, Jean-Luc, Mouillet, David
The SPHERE project is a ESO second generation instrument which aims to detect giant extra-solar planets in the vicinity of bright stars and to characterise the objects found through spectroscopic and...
SPHERE baseline software for reducing calibration data (2008)
Feldt, Markus, Möller-Nilsson, Ole, Pavlov, Alexey I., Beuzit, Jean-Luc, Mouillet, David, Gratton, Raffaele, ...
The Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet Research (SPHERE) instrument for the VLT is designed for discovering and studying new extra-solar giant planets orbiting nearby stars by direct...
Frame combination techniques for ultra-high-contrast imaging (2008)
Carson, Joseph C., Feldt, Markus, Desidera, Silvano, Langlois, Maud, Joos, Franco, Mouillet, David, ...
We summarize here an experimental frame combination pipeline we developed for ultra high-contrast imaging with systems like the upcoming VLT SPHERE instrument. The pipeline combines strategies from...
SPHERE: a planet finder instrument for the VLT (2008)
Beuzit, Jean-Luc, Feldt, Markus, Dohlen, Kjetil, Mouillet, David, Puget, Pascal, Wildi, Francois, ...
Direct detection and spectral characterization of extra-solar planets is one of the most exciting but also one of the most challenging areas in modern astronomy. The challenge consists in the very...
Coronography with adaptive optics: the ADONIS coronograph (2007)
Jean-luc Beuzit, David Mouillet, Anne-marie Lagrange, David Le Mignant
The combination of adaptive optics and coronographic techniques providing at the same time high angular resolution and high dynamic range is a powerful tool to study the close environment of bright...
Direct Detection of Exoplanets (2006)
Beuzit, Jean-Luc, Mouillet, David, Oppenheimer, Ben R., Monnier, John D.
Direct detection of exoplanets from the ground is now within reach of existing astronomical instruments. Indeed, a few planet candidates have already been imaged and analyzed and the capability to...
SPHERE: A planet finder instrument for the VLT (2006)
Dohlen, Kjetil, Beuzit, Jean-Luc, Feldt, Markus, Mouillet, David, Puget, Pascal, Antichi, Jacopo, ...
The Planet Finder instrument for ESO's VLT telescope, scheduled for first light in 2010, aims to detect giant extra-solar planets in the vicinity of bright stars and to characterise the objects found...
Direct Detection of Exoplanets (2006)
Beuzit, Jean-Luc, Mouillet, David, Oppenheimer, Ben R., Monnier, John D.
Direct detection of exoplanets from the ground is now within reach of existing astronomical instruments. Indeed, a few planet candidates have already been imaged and analyzed and the capability to...
Rouan, Daniel, Lacombe, François, Gendron, Eric, Gratadour, Damien, Clénet, Yann, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
We present K, L and M diffraction-limited images of NGC 1068 obtained with NAOS+CONICA at VLT/YEPUN over a 3.5" field around the central engine. Hot dust (Tcol = 550-650 K) is found in three...
VLT/NACO infrared adaptive optics images of small scale structures in OMC1 (2003)
Lacombe, François, Gendron, Eric, Rouan, Daniel, Clénet, Yann, Lemaire, Jean-Louis, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
Near-infrared observations of line emission from excited H2 and in the continuum are reported in the direction of the Orion molecular cloud OMC1, using the European Southern Observatory Very...
Rouan, Daniel, Lacombe, François, Gendron, Eric, Gratadour, Damien, Clénet, Yann, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
We present K, L and M diffraction-limited images of NGC 1068 obtained with NAOS+CONICA at VLT/YEPUN over a 3.5" field around the central engine. Hot dust (Tcol = 550-650 K) is found in three...
VLT/NACO infrared adaptive optics images of small scale structures in OMC1 (2003)
Lacombe, François, Gendron, Eric, Rouan, Daniel, Clénet, Yann, Lemaire, Jean-Louis, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
Near-infrared observations of line emission from excited H2 and in the continuum are reported in the direction of the Orion molecular cloud OMC1, using the European Southern Observatory Very...
Rouan, Daniel, Lacombe, Francois, Gendron, Eric, Gratadour, Damien, Clenet, Yann, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
We present K, L and M diffraction-limited images of NGC 1068 obtained with NAOS+CONICA at VLT/YEPUN over a 3.5" field around the central engine. Hot dust (Tcol = 550-650 K) is found in three...
Rouan, Daniel, Lacombe, François, Gendron, Eric, Gratadour, Damien, Clénet, Yann, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
We present K, L and M diffraction-limited images of NGC 1068 obtained with NAOS+CONICA at VLT/YEPUN over a 3.5" field around the central engine. Hot dust (Tcol = 550-650 K) is found in three...
VLT/NACO infrared adaptive optics images of small scale structures in OMC1 (2003)
Lacombe, François, Gendron, Eric, Rouan, Daniel, Clénet, Yann, Lemaire, Jean-Louis, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
Near-infrared observations of line emission from excited H2 and in the continuum are reported in the direction of the Orion molecular cloud OMC1, using the European Southern Observatory Very...
First diffraction limited images at VLT with NAOS and CONOCA (2003)
Lagrange, Anne M., Chauvin, Gael, Fusco, Thierry, Gendron, Eric, Rouan, Daniel, Hartung, Markus, ...
NAOS-CONICA first on sky results in a variety of observing modes (2003)
Lenzen, Rainer, Hartung, Markus, Brandner, Wolfgang, Finger, Gert, Hubin, Norbert N., Lacombe, Francois, ...
Rouan, Daniel, Lacombe, François, Gendron, Eric, Gratadour, Damien, Clénet, Yann, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
We present K, L and M diffraction-limited images of NGC 1068 obtained with NAOS+CONICA at VLT/YEPUN over a 3.5" field around the central engine. Hot dust (Tcol = 550-650 K) is found in three...
VLT/NACO infrared adaptive optics images of small scale structures in OMC1 (2003)
Lacombe, François, Gendron, Eric, Rouan, Daniel, Clénet, Yann, Lemaire, Jean-Louis, Lagrange, Anne-Marie, ...
Near-infrared observations of line emission from excited H2 and in the continuum are reported in the direction of the Orion molecular cloud OMC1, using the European Southern Observatory Very...
AMBER : a near infrared focal instrument for the VLTI (2001)
G. Petrov, Romain, Malbet, Fabien, Richichi, Andrea, Hofmann, Karl-Heinz, Mourard, Denis, Agabi, Karim, ...
AMBER is the General User near-infrared focal instrument of the Very Large Telescope interferometer. Its specifications are based on three key programs on Young Stellar Objects, Active Galactic...
AMBER : a near infrared focal instrument for the VLTI (2001)
G. Petrov, Romain, Malbet, Fabien, Richichi, Andrea, Hofmann, Karl-Heinz, Mourard, Denis, Agabi, Karim, ...
AMBER is the General User near-infrared focal instrument of the Very Large Telescope interferometer. Its specifications are based on three key programs on Young Stellar Objects, Active Galactic...
AMBER : a near infrared focal instrument for the VLTI (2001)
Petrov, R.G., Malbet, F., Richichi, A., Hofmann, K.H., Mourard, Denis, Agabi, Karim, ...
AMBER is the General User near-infrared focal instrument of the Very Large Telescope interferometer. Its specifications are based on three key programs on Young Stellar Objects, Active Galactic...
AMBER : a near infrared focal instrument for the VLTI (2001)
Petrov, R.G., Malbet, F., Richichi, A., Hofmann, K.H., Mourard, Denis, Agabi, Karim, ...
AMBER is the General User near-infrared focal instrument of the Very Large Telescope interferometer. Its specifications are based on three key programs on Young Stellar Objects, Active Galactic...