Abstract
The Slicer Combined with Array of Lenslets for Exoplanet Spectroscopy (SCALES) instrument is a lenslet-based integral field spectrograph that will operate at 2 to 5 microns, imaging and characterizing colder (and thus older) planets than current high-contrast instruments. Its spatial resolution for distant science targets and/or close-in disks and companions could be improved via interferometric techniques such as sparse aperture masking. We introduce a nascent Python package, NRM-artist, that we use to design several SCALES masks to be nonredundant and to have uniform coverage in Fourier space. We generate high-fidelity mock SCALES data using the scalessim package for SCALES’ low spectral resolution modes across its 2 to 5 micron bandpass. We include realistic noise from astrophysical and instrument sources, including Keck adaptive optics and Poisson noise. We inject planet and disk signals into the mock datasets and subsequently recover them to test the performance of SCALES sparse aperture masking and to determine the sensitivity of various mask designs to different science signals.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets XI |
Editors | Garreth J. Ruane |
Publisher | SPIE |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9781510665743 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2023 |
Event | Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets XI 2023 - San Diego, United States Duration: Aug 21 2023 → Aug 24 2023 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering |
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Volume | 12680 |
ISSN (Print) | 0277-786X |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1996-756X |
Conference
Conference | Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets XI 2023 |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | San Diego |
Period | 8/21/23 → 8/24/23 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Computer Science Applications
- Applied Mathematics
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering