M. Colavita, R. Akeson, P. Wizinowich, M. Shao, S. Acton, J. Beletic, ...
We present the first science results from the Keck Interferometer, a direct-detection infrared interferometer utilizing the two 10-meter Keck telescopes. The instrument and system components are...
Barry, R. K., Danchi, W. C., Traub, W. A., Sokoloski, J. L., Wisniewski, J. P., Serabyn, E., ...
We report observations of the nova RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph) using the Keck Interferometer Nuller (KIN), approximately 3.8 days following the most recent outburst that occurred on 2006 February 12. These...
Pre-observing Keck Adaptive Optics Update (2008)
O. Lai, P. Wizinowich, S. Acton, C. Shelton, E. Lefloc'h, ...
At the time of the conference, the Keck Adaptive optics system is undergoing laboratory integration and testing, and will soon be ready for its first light on the telescope. We report on the expected...
Barry, R. K., Danchi, W. C., Traub, W. A., Sokoloski, J. L., Wisniewski, J. P., Serabyn, E., ...
We report observations of the nova RS Ophiuchi (RS Oph) using the Keck Interferometer Nuller (KIN), approximately 3.8 days following the most recent outburst that occurred on 2006 February 12. These...
Mignant, D. Le, Sahai, R., Bouchez, A., Campbell, R., Van Dam, M., Chin, J., ...
The Egg Nebula has been regarded as the archetype of bipolar proto-planetary nebulae, yet we lack a coherent model that can explain the morphology and kinematics of the nebular and dusty components...
Long baseline nulling interferometry with the Keck Telescopes : a progress report (2007)
Mennesson, Bertrand, Akeson, R., Appleby, E., Bell, J., Booth, A., Colavita, M. M., ...
The Keck Interferometer Nuller (KIN) is one of the major scientific and technical precursors to the Terrestrial Planet Finder Interferometer (TPF-I) mission. KIN's primary objective is to measure the...
Long baseline nulling interferometry with the Keck telescopes : a progress report (2006)
Mennesson, B., Appleby, E., Bell, J., Booth, A., Chin, J., Colavita, M. M., ...
NASA/JPL
Mennesson, B., Koresko, C., Creech-Eakman, M. J., Serabyn, E., Colavita, M. M, Akeson, R., ...
We report interferometric observations of the semiregular variable star RS CrB, a red giant with strong silicate emission features. The data were among the first long-baseline mid-infrared stellar...
Visibility science operations with the Keck Interferometer (2006)
Wizinowich, P., Akeson, R., Colavita, M., Gathright, J., Appleby, E., Bell, J., ...
The visibility science mode of the Keck Interferometer fully transitioned into operations with the successful completion of its operational readiness review in April, 2004. The goal of this paper is...
Keck Interferometer Observations of FU Orionis Objects (2005)
Millan-Gabet, R., Monnier, J. D., Akeson, R. L., Hartmann, L., Tannirkulam, A., ...
We present new K-band long baseline interferometer observations of three young stellar objects of the FU Orionis class, V1057 Cyg, V1515 Cyg and Z CMa-SE, obtained at the Keck Interferometer during...
The Keck Interferometer Nuller (KIN): configuration, measurement approach, and first results (2005)
Serabyn, E., Appleby, E., Bell, J., Booth, A., Chin, J., Colavita, M. M., ...
The Keck Interferometer Nuller (KIN) will be used to examine nearby stellar systems for the presence of circumstellar exozodiacal emission.
Ghez, A. M., Hornstein, S. D., Lu, J., Bouchez, A., Mignant, D. Le, Van Dam, M. A., ...
(Abridged) We present the first Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGS-AO) observations of the Galactic center. LGS-AO has dramatically improved the quality, robustness, and versatility with which...
The near-infrared size-luminosity relations for Herbig Ae/Be disks (2005)
Monnier, J. D., Millan-Gabet, R., Billmeier, R., Akeson, R., Wallace, D., ...
We report the results of a sensitive K-band survey of Herbig Ae/Be disk sizes using the 85-m baseline Keck Interferometer. Targets were chosen to span the maximum range of stellar properties to probe...
Keck Interferometer: Progress Report (2004)
The Keck Interferometer is a NASA-funded joint development between JPL and the W.M. Keck Observatory.
Interferometer Observations of Subparsec-scale Infrared Emission in the Nucleus of NGC 4151 (2003)
Swain, M., Vasisht, G., Akeson, R., Monnier, J., Millan-Gabet, R., Serabyn, E., ...
We report novel, high-angular resolution interferometric measurements that imply the near-infrared nuclear emission in NGC 4151 is unexpectedly compact. We have observed the nucleus of NGC 4151 at...
Observations of DG Tauri with the Keck Interferometer (2003)
Colavita, M., Akeson, R., Wizinowich, P., Shao, M.
We present the first science results from the Keck Interferometer, a direct-detection infrared interferometer utilizing the two 10-meter Keck telescopes. The instrument and system components are...
Hayano, Y., Iye, M., Takami, H., Takato, N., Gaessler, W., Minowa, Y., ...
The scattered light from the sodium laser beam projected from the Keck II telescope during their laser guide star experiment campaign conducted at the end of 2001 was measured using the Subaru...
Limits on the Short Term Variability of Sagittarius A* in the Near-Infrared (2002)
Hornstein, S. D., Ghez, A. M., Tanner, A., Morris, M., Becklin, E. E., Wizinowich, P.
The recent detection of a 3-hr X-ray flare by the Chandra Observatory has raised the possibility of enhanced emission over a broad range of wavelengths from Sgr A*, the suspected 2.6 x 10^6 solar...
Stellar Companions to Stars with Planets (2002)
Patience, J., White, R. J., Ghez, A. M., McCabe, C., McLean, I. S., Larkin, J. E., ...
A combination of high-resolution and wide-field imaging reveals two binary stars and one triple star system among the sample of the first 11 stars with planets detected by radial velocity variations....
Keck Diffraction-Limited Imaging of the Young Quadruple Star System HD 98800 (2000)
Prato, L., Ghez, A. M., Pina, R. K., Telesco, C. M., Fisher, R. S., Wizinowich, P., ...
This paper presents diffraction-limited 1-18 micron images of the young quadruple star system HD 98800 obtained with the W. M. Keck 10-m telescopes using speckle and adaptive optics imaging at...
Exploring the Structure of Distant Galaxies with Adaptive Optics on the Keck-II Telescope (2000)
Larkin, J. E., Glassman, T. M., Wizinowich, P., Acton, D. S., Lai, O., Filippenko, A. V., ...
We report on the first observation of cosmologically distant field galaxies with an high order Adaptive Optics (AO) system on an 8-10 meter class telescope. Two galaxies were observed at 1.6 microns...