Keck interferometer nuller data reduction and on-sky performance

MM Colavita, E Serabyn, R Millan-Gabet… - Publications of the …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT We describe the Keck Interferometer nuller theory of operation, data reduction,
and on-sky performance, particularly as it applies to the nuller exozodiacal dust key science …

The keck interferometer nuller

E Serabyn, B Mennesson, MM Colavita… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
ABSTRACT The Keck Interferometer Nuller (KIN), the first operational separated-aperture
infrared nulling interferometer, was designed to null the mid-infrared emission from nearby …

Improving the extinction bandwidth of MMI chalcogenide photonic chip based MIR nulling interferometers

HD Kenchington Goldsmith, M Ireland, P Ma… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Research into planets beyond our own star system has until recently relied on indirect
imaging methods. Direct imaging methods are now establishing a foothold in the hunt for …

The Keck Interferometer

MM Colavita, PL Wizinowich, RL Akeson… - Publications of the …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Keck Interferometer (KI) combined the two 10 m WM Keck Observatory
telescopes on Mauna Kea, Hawaii, as a long-baseline near-and mid-infrared interferometer …

Milliarcsecond N-band observations of the nova RS Ophiuchi: First science with the Keck Interferometer Nuller

RK Barry, WC Danchi, WA Traub… - The Astrophysical …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
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 …

51 Ophiuchus: a possible beta Pictoris analog measured with the Keck Interferometer Nuller

CC Stark, MJ Kuchner, WA Traub… - the Astrophysical …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
We present observations of the 51 Ophiuchi circumstellar disk made with the Keck
interferometer operating in nulling mode at N band. We model these data simultaneously …

Comparative Lyot coronagraphy with extreme adaptive optics systems

JR Crepp, ADV Heuvel, J Ge - The Astrophysical Journal, 2007 - iopscience.iop.org
As adaptive optics technology continues to improve, the stellar coronagraph will play an
ever increasing role in ground-based high-contrast imaging observations. Although several …

Nulling at the Keck interferometer

MM Colavita, G Serabyn… - Advances in stellar …, 2006 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The nulling mode of the Keck Interferometer is being commissioned at the Mauna Kea
summit. The nuller combines the two Keck telescope apertures in a split-pupil mode to …

Keck Interferometer nuller update

MM Colavita, E Serabyn, AJ Booth… - Optical and Infrared …, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Keck Interferometer combines the two 10 m Keck telescopes as a long baseline
interferometer, funded by NASA, as a joint development among the Jet Propulsion …

Science observations with the Keck Interferometer nuller

E Serabyn, A Booth, MM Colavita… - Advances in Stellar …, 2006 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The Keck Interferometer Nuller (KIN) is now largely in place at the Keck Observatory, and
functionalities and performance are increasing with time. The main goal of the KIN is to …