Adaptive optics for high-resolution imaging

KM Hampson, R Turcotte, DT Miller… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Adaptive optics (AO) is a technique that corrects for optical aberrations. It was originally
proposed to correct for the blurring effect of atmospheric turbulence on images in ground …

Exoplanetary atmospheres: key insights, challenges, and prospects

N Madhusudhan - Annual Review of Astronomy and …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Exoplanetary science is on the verge of an unprecedented revolution. The thousands of
exoplanets discovered over the past decade have most recently been supplemented by …

Images of embedded Jovian planet formation at a wide separation around AB Aurigae

T Currie, K Lawson, G Schneider, W Lyra… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Direct images of protoplanets embedded in disks around infant stars provide the key to
understanding the formation of gas giant planets such as Jupiter. Using the Subaru …

The Sonora brown dwarf atmosphere and evolution models. I. Model description and application to cloudless atmospheres in rainout chemical equilibrium

MS Marley, D Saumon, C Visscher… - The Astrophysical …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a new generation of substellar atmosphere and evolution models, appropriate
for application to studies of L-, T-, and Y-type brown dwarfs and self-luminous extrasolar …

The JWST Early-release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems II: a 1 to 20 μm spectrum of the planetary-mass companion VHS 1256 …

BE Miles, BA Biller, P Patapis, K Worthen… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We present the highest fidelity spectrum to date of a planetary-mass object. VHS 1256 b is
a< 20 M Jup widely separated (∼ 8'', a= 150 au), young, planetary-mass companion that …

The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey: giant planet and brown dwarf demographics from 10 to 100 au

EL Nielsen, RJ De Rosa, B Macintosh… - The Astronomical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a statistical analysis of the first 300 stars observed by the Gemini Planet Imager
Exoplanet Survey. This subsample includes six detected planets and three brown dwarfs; …

Discovery and spectroscopy of the young jovian planet 51 Eri b with the Gemini Planet Imager

B Macintosh, JR Graham, T Barman, RJ De Rosa… - Science, 2015 - science.org
Directly detecting thermal emission from young extrasolar planets allows measurement of
their atmospheric compositions and luminosities, which are influenced by their formation …

Evidence for a distant giant planet in the solar system

K Batygin, ME Brown - The Astronomical Journal, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
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Forming planets via pebble accretion

A Johansen, M Lambrechts - Annual Review of Earth and …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
The detection and characterization of large populations of pebbles in protoplanetary disks
have motivated the study of pebble accretion as a driver of planetary growth. This review …

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems I: High-contrast Imaging of the Exoplanet HIP 65426 b from 2 to 16 μm

AL Carter, S Hinkley, J Kammerer… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract We present JWST Early Release Science coronagraphic observations of the super-
Jupiter exoplanet, HIP 65426b, with the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) from 2 to 5 μm …