High contrast imaging at the LBT: The LEECH exoplanet imaging survey

Andrew J. Skemer; Philip Hinz; Simone Esposito; Michael F. Skrutskie; Denis Defrère; Vanessa Bailey; Jarron Leisenring; Daniel Apai; Beth Biller; Mickaël Bonnefoy; Wolfgang Brandner; Esther Buenzli; Laird Close; Justin Crepp; Robert J. De Rosa; Silvano Desidera; Josh Eisner; Jonathan Fortney; Thomas Henning; Karl Heinz Hofmann; Taisiya Kopytova; Anne Lise Maire; Jared R. Males; Rafael Millan-Gabet; Katie Morzinski; Apurva Oza; Jenny Patience; Abhijith Rajan; George Rieke; Dieter Schertl; Joshua Schlieder; Kate Su; Amali Vaz; Kimberly Ward-Duong; Gerd Weigelt; Charles E. Woodward; Neil Zimmerman

doi:10.1117/12.2057277

High contrast imaging at the LBT: The LEECH exoplanet imaging survey

Andrew J. Skemer
, Philip Hinz
, Simone Esposito
, Michael F. Skrutskie
, Denis Defrère
, Vanessa Bailey
, Jarron Leisenring
, Daniel Apai
, Beth Biller
, Mickaël Bonnefoy
, Wolfgang Brandner
, Esther Buenzli
, Laird Close
, Justin Crepp
, Robert J. De Rosa
, Silvano Desidera
, Josh Eisner
, Jonathan Fortney
, Thomas Henning
, Karl Heinz Hofmann

Taisiya Kopytova, Anne Lise Maire, Jared R. Males, Rafael Millan-Gabet, Katie Morzinski, Apurva Oza, Jenny Patience, Abhijith Rajan, George Rieke, Dieter Schertl, Joshua Schlieder, Kate Su, Amali Vaz, Kimberly Ward-Duong, Gerd Weigelt, Charles E. Woodward, Neil Zimmerman

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Abstract

In Spring 2013, the LEECH (LBTI Exozodi Exoplanet Common Hunt) survey began its ∼130-night campaign from the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT) atop Mt Graham, Arizona. This survey benefits from the many technological achievements of the LBT, including two 8.4-meter mirrors on a single fixed mount, dual adaptive secondary mirrors for high Strehl performance, and a cold beam combiner to dramatically reduce the telescope's overall background emissivity. LEECH neatly complements other high-contrast planet imaging efforts by observing stars at L' (3.8 μm), as opposed to the shorter wavelength near-infrared bands (1-2.4 μm) of other surveys. This portion of the spectrum offers deep mass sensitivity, especially around nearby adolescent (∼0.1-1 Gyr) stars. LEECH's contrast is competitive with other extreme adaptive optics systems, while providing an alternative survey strategy. Additionally, LEECH is characterizing known exoplanetary systems with observations from 3-5μm in preparation for JWST.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Adaptive Optics Systems IV
Editors	Jean-Pierre Veran, Enrico Marchetti, Laird M. Close
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9780819496164
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057277
State	Published - 2014
Event	Adaptive Optics Systems IV - Montreal, Canada Duration: Jun 22 2014 → Jun 27 2014

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9148
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

Other

Other	Adaptive Optics Systems IV
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Montreal
Period	6/22/14 → 6/27/14

Keywords

adaptive optics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Instrumentation
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Skemer, A. J., Hinz, P., Esposito, S., Skrutskie, M. F., Defrère, D., Bailey, V., Leisenring, J., Apai, D., Biller, B., Bonnefoy, M., Brandner, W., Buenzli, E., Close, L., Crepp, J., De Rosa, R. J., Desidera, S., Eisner, J., Fortney, J., Henning, T., ... Zimmerman, N. (2014). High contrast imaging at the LBT: The LEECH exoplanet imaging survey. In J.-P. Veran, E. Marchetti, & L. M. Close (Eds.), Adaptive Optics Systems IV Article 91480L (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9148). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057277

High contrast imaging at the LBT: The LEECH exoplanet imaging survey. / Skemer, Andrew J.; Hinz, Philip; Esposito, Simone et al.
Adaptive Optics Systems IV. ed. / Jean-Pierre Veran; Enrico Marchetti; Laird M. Close. SPIE, 2014. 91480L (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9148).

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Skemer, AJ, Hinz, P, Esposito, S, Skrutskie, MF, Defrère, D, Bailey, V, Leisenring, J , Apai, D, Biller, B, Bonnefoy, M, Brandner, W, Buenzli, E, Close, L, Crepp, J, De Rosa, RJ, Desidera, S, Eisner, J, Fortney, J, Henning, T, Hofmann, KH, Kopytova, T, Maire, AL, Males, JR, Millan-Gabet, R, Morzinski, K, Oza, A, Patience, J, Rajan, A, Rieke, G, Schertl, D, Schlieder, J, Su, K, Vaz, A, Ward-Duong, K, Weigelt, G, Woodward, CE & Zimmerman, N 2014, High contrast imaging at the LBT: The LEECH exoplanet imaging survey. in J-P Veran, E Marchetti & LM Close (eds), Adaptive Optics Systems IV., 91480L, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 9148, SPIE, Adaptive Optics Systems IV, Montreal, Canada, 6/22/14. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2057277

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