Educating the Next Generation of Leading Scientists: Turning Ideas into Action (2009)
Wood-Vasey, Michael, Schulte-Ladbeck, Regina, Blair, William, Borne, Kirk, Clampin, Mark, Gatley, Ian, ...
The core of scientific research is turning new ideas into reality. From the school science fair to the search for the secrets of dark energy, high-quality research consists of scientific...
Optical Images of an Exosolar Planet 25 Light Years from Earth (2008)
Kalas, Paul, Graham, James R., Chiang, Eugene, Fitzgerald, Michael P., Clampin, Mark, Kite, Edwin S., ...
Fomalhaut is a bright star 7.7 parsecs (25 light years) from Earth that harbors a belt of cold dust with a structure consistent with gravitational sculpting by an orbiting planet. Here, we present...
New Circumstellar Dust Creation in V838 Monocerotis (2008)
Wisniewski, John P., Clampin, Mark, Bjorkman, Karen S., Barry, Richard K.
We report high spatial resolution 11.2 and 18.1 micron imaging of the eruptive variable V838 Monocerotis, obtained with Gemini Observatory's Michelle in 2007 March. The 2007 flux density of the...
The HD 163296 Circumstellar Disk in Scattered Light: Evidence of Time-Variable Self-Shadowing (2008)
Wisniewski, John P., Clampin, Mark, Grady, Carol A., Ardila, David R., Ford, Holland C., Golimowski, David A., ...
We present the first multicolor view of the scattered light disk of the Herbig Ae star HD 163296, based on coronagraphic observations from the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys (HST...
Wisniewski, John P., Clampin, Mark, Bjorkman, Karen S., Barry, Richard K.
We report high spatial resolution 11.2 and 18.1 micron imaging of V838 Monocerotis obtained with Gemini Observatory's Michelle instrument in 2007 March. Strong emission is observed from the...
The HD 163296 Circumstellar Disk in Scattered Light: Evidence of Time-Variable Self-Shadowing (2008)
Wisniewski, John P., Clampin, Mark, Grady, Carol A., Ardila, David R., Ford, Holland C., Golimowski, David A., ...
We present the first multi-color view of the scattered light disk of the Herbig Ae star HD 163296, based on coronagraphic observations from the Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys...
Coronagraph Workshop papers (2007)
Traub, Wesley A., Abe, Lyu, Angel, Roger, Arenberg, Jon, Balasubramanian, Bala, Baudoz, Pierre, ...
This volume contains the written contributions corresponding to the oral presentations of about 45 authors at the Coronagraph Workshop 2006.
Discovery of a New Dusty B[e] Star in the Small Magellanic Cloud (2007)
Wisniewski, John P., Bjorkman, Karen S., Bjorkman, Jon E., Clampin, Mark
We present new optical spectroscopic and archival Spitzer IRAC photometric observations of a B-type star in the SMC cluster NGC 346, NGC 346:KWBBe 200. We detect numerous Fe II, [O I], and [Fe II]...
A search for planets transiting the M-dwarf debris disc host, AU Microscopii (2007)
Hebb, Leslie, Petro, Larry, Ford, Holland C., Ardila, David R., Toledo, Ignacio, Minniti, Dante, ...
We present high-cadence, high-precision multiband photometry of the young, M1Ve, debris disc star, AU Microscopii. The data were obtained in three continuum filters spanning a wavelength range from...
Stapelfeldt, Karl, Trauger, John, Traub, Weslay, Clampin, Mark, Oegerle, William, Wiseman, Jennifer, ...
We summarize the scientific potential of high contrast optical space imaging for studies of extrasolar planets, debris disks, and planet formation. The unique scientific capabilities offered by a 2-m...
A Search for Planets Transiting the M Dwarf Debris Disk Host, AU Microscopii (2007)
Hebb, Leslie, Petro, Larry, Ford, Holland C., Ardila, David R., Toledo, Ignacio, Minniti, Dante, ...
We present high cadence, high precision multi-band photometry of the young, M1Ve, debris disk star, AU Microscopii. The data were obtained in three continuum filters spanning a wavelength range from...
TPF-C : status and recent progress (2006)
Traub, Wesley A., Levine, Marie, Shaklan, Stuart, Kasting, James, Angel, J. Roger, Brown, Michael E., ...
The Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPF-C) is a deep space mission designed to detect and characterize Earthlike planets around nearby stars. TPF-C will be able to search for signs of life on...
Discovery of an 86 AU Radius Debris Ring Around HD 181327 (2006)
Schneider, Glenn, Silverstone, Murray D., Hines, Dean C., Augereau, Jean-Charles, Pinte, Christophe, Menard, Francois, ...
HST/NICMOS PSF-subtracted coronagraphic observations of HD 181327 have revealed the presence of a ring-like disk of circumstellar debris seen in 1.1 micron light scattered by the disk grains,...
The James Webb Space Telescope (2006)
Gardner, Jonathan P., Mather, John C., Clampin, Mark, Doyon, Rene, Greenhouse, Matthew A., Hammel, Heidi B., ...
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large (6.6m), cold (50K), infrared-optimized space observatory that will be launched early in the next decade. The observatory will have four instruments: a...
Discovery of an 86 AU radius debris ring around HD 181327 (2006)
Schneider, Glenn, Silverstone, Murray D., Hines, Dean C., Augereau, Jean-Charles, Pinte, Christophe, Ménard, François, ...
HST NICMOS PSF-subtracted coronagraphic observations of HD 181327 have revealed the presence of a ringlike disk of circumstellar debris seen in 1.1 mum light scattered by the disk grains, surrounded...
Science with the James Webb space telescope (2006)
Gardner, Jonathan P., Mather, John C., Clampin, Mark, Doyon, Rene, Greenhouse, Matthew A., Hammel, Heidi B., ...
The scientific capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) fall into four themes. The End of the Dark Ages: First Light and Reionization theme seeks to identify the first luminous sources...
A planetary system as the origin of structure in Fomalhaut's dust belt (2005)
Kalas, Paul, Graham, James R., Clampin, Mark
The Sun and >15 percent of nearby stars are surrounded by dusty debris disks that must be collisionally replenished by asteroids and comets, as the dust would otherwise be depleted on
Glenn Schneider, Murray D. Silverstone, Dean C. Hines, Jean-charles Augereau, Christophe Pinte, François Ménard, ...
HST NICMOS PSF-subtracted coronagraphic observations of HD 181327 have revealed the presence of a ringlike disk of circumstellar debris seen in 1.1 m light scattered by the disk grains, surrounded by...
Limits on the Optical Brightness of the Epsilon Eridani Dust Ring (2004)
Proffitt, Charles, Sahu, Kailash, Livio, Mario, Krist, John, Calzetti, Daniela, Gilliland, Ron, ...
The STIS/CCD camera on the {\em Hubble Space Telescope (HST)} was used to take deep optical images near the K2V main-sequence star $\epsilon$ Eridani in an attempt to find an optical counterpart of...
The Low End of the Initial Mass Function in Young LMC Clusters: I. The Case of R136 (1999)
Sirianni, Marco, Nota, Antonella, Leitherer, Claus, De Marchi, Guido, Clampin, Mark
We report the result of a study in which we have used very deep broadband V and I WFPC2 images of the R136 cluster in the Large Magellanic Cloud from the HST archive, to sample the luminosity...