Spectrally-Dispersed Kernel Phase Interferometry with SCExAO/CHARIS: Proof of Concept and Calibration Strategies - presented by Dr Alexander Chaushev

Spectrally-Dispersed Kernel Phase Interferometry with SCExAO/CHARIS: Proof of Concept and Calibration Strategies

Dr Alexander Chaushev

Dr Alexander Chaushev

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A. Chaushev et al. (2022) Spectral differential imaging using kernel phase with CHARIS/SCExAO: technique performance and current limitation.
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Spectrally-Dispersed Kernel Phase Interferometry with SCExAO/CHARIS: Proof of Concept and Calibration Strategies
Dr Alexander Chaushev
Alexander Chaushev
University of California, Irvine

Discovering new actively-accreting protoplanets is crucial to answering open questions about planet formation. However, identifying such planets on true Solar System scales is technically challenging. The large distances to star-forming regions require moderate contrast at high angular resolutions which is difficult to achieve even with today's largest telescopes and extreme adaptive optics (AO) systems. Novel approaches are needed to process AO-corrected data to reach these planets. Kernel phase interferometry (KPI) is a data processing technique that allows for the detection of asymmetries arising from companions or disks in high-Strehl AO-corrected images, close to or beyond the classical diffraction limit of the telescope. KPI allows us to access a region of parameter space interior to current direct imaging studies using coronagraphy, where planet formation is thought to be more efficient. Here I will present results from a program which validates the use of KPI with the SCExAO/CHARIS instrument on the Subaru telescope. As well as demonstrating KPI and characterising SCExAO/CHARIS for future observations with the technique, I will also present a search for signs of Br-gamma accretion around multiple young stars with candidate protoplanets.

References
  • 1.
    A. Chaushev et al. (2022) Spectral differential imaging using kernel phase with CHARIS/SCExAO: technique performance and current limitation.
  • 2.
    A. Chaushev et al. (2023) Spectrally dispersed kernel phase interferometry with SCExAO/CHARIS: proof of concept and calibration strategies. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems
Grants
    Heising-Simons Foundation2020-1825
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A. Chaushev (2023, May 31), Spectrally-Dispersed Kernel Phase Interferometry with SCExAO/CHARIS: Proof of Concept and Calibration Strategies
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