On-sky performance and recent results from the Subaru coronagraphic extreme adaptive optics system

Thayne Currie, Olivier Guyon, Julien Lozi, Ananya Sahoo, Sebastien Vievard, Vincent Deo, Jeffrey Chilcote, Tyler Groff, Timothy D. Brandt, Kellen Lawson, Nour Skaf, Frantz Martinache, N. Jeremy Kasdin

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Abstract

We describe the current on-sky performance of the Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO) instrument on the Subaru telescope on Maunakea, Hawaii. SCExAO is continuing to advance its AO performance, delivering H band Strehl ratios in excess of 0.9 for bright stars. We describe new advances with SCExAO's wavefront control that lead to a more stable corrected wavefront and diffraction-limited imaging in the optical, modifications to code that better handle read noise suppression within CHARIS, and tests of the spectrophotometric precision and accuracy within CHARIS. We outline steps in the CHARIS Data Processing Pipeline that output publication-grade data products. Finally, we note recent and upcoming science results, including the discovery of new directly-imaged systems and multiwavelength, deeper characterization of planet-forming disks, and upcoming technical advances that will improve SCExAO's sciencec capabilities.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationAdaptive Optics Systems VII
EditorsLaura Schreiber, Dirk Schmidt, Elise Vernet
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510636835
DOIs
StatePublished - 2020
EventAdaptive Optics Systems VII 2020 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: Dec 14 2020Dec 22 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11448
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceAdaptive Optics Systems VII 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period12/14/2012/22/20

Keywords

  • Adaptive optics
  • Extrasolar planets
  • Infrared

ASJC Scopus subject areas

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

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