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Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer: Concept and phased implementation

Mawet, D; Wizinowich, Peter; Dekany, Richard G; Chun, Mark; Hall, Donald; Cetre, S; Guyon, Olivier; Wallace, L; Bowler, B; Liu, Michael C; Ireland, Michael

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The Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) is a cost-effective upgrade path to the W.M. Keck observatory (WMKO) adaptive optics (AO) system, building on the lessons learned from first and second-generation extreme AO (ExAO) coronagraphs. KPIC will explore new scientific niches in exoplanet science, while maturing critical technologies and systems for future ground-based (TMT, EELT, GMT) and space-based planet imagers (HabEx, LUVOIR). The advent of fast low-noise IR cameras (IR-APD, MKIDS,...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorMawet, D
dc.contributor.authorWizinowich, Peter
dc.contributor.authorDekany, Richard G
dc.contributor.authorChun, Mark
dc.contributor.authorHall, Donald
dc.contributor.authorCetre, S
dc.contributor.authorGuyon, Olivier
dc.contributor.authorWallace, L
dc.contributor.authorBowler, B
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Michael C
dc.contributor.authorIreland, Michael
dc.coverage.spatialEdinburgh, United Kingdom
dc.date.accessioned2018-11-30T01:19:21Z
dc.date.available2018-11-30T01:19:21Z
dc.date.createdJune 26 - July 1 2016
dc.identifier.isbn9781510601970
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/154035
dc.description.abstractThe Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) is a cost-effective upgrade path to the W.M. Keck observatory (WMKO) adaptive optics (AO) system, building on the lessons learned from first and second-generation extreme AO (ExAO) coronagraphs. KPIC will explore new scientific niches in exoplanet science, while maturing critical technologies and systems for future ground-based (TMT, EELT, GMT) and space-based planet imagers (HabEx, LUVOIR). The advent of fast low-noise IR cameras (IR-APD, MKIDS, electron injectors), the rapid maturing of efficient wavefront sensing (WFS) techniques (Pyramid, Zernike), small inner working angle (IWA) coronagraphs (e.g., vortex) and associated low-order wavefront sensors (LOWFS), as well as recent breakthroughs in high contrast high resolution spectroscopy, open new direct exoplanet exploration avenues that are complementary to planet imagers such as VLT-SPHERE and the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI). For instance, the search and detailed characterization of planetary systems on solar-system scales around late-type stars, mostly beyond SPHERE and GPI’s reaches, can be initiated now at WMKO.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.publisherSPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAdaptive Optics Systems V
dc.sourceProceedings of SPIE Volume 9909: The International Society for Optical Engineering
dc.titleKeck Planet Imager and Characterizer: Concept and phased implementation
dc.typeConference paper
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
dc.date.issued2016
local.identifier.absfor020110 - Stellar Astronomy and Planetary Systems
local.identifier.ariespublicationa383154xPUB4923
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationIreland, Michael, College of Science, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationMawet, D, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationWizinowich, Peter, WM Keck Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationDekany, Richard G, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationChun, Mark, University of Hawaii
local.contributor.affiliationHall, Donald, University of Hawaii
local.contributor.affiliationCetre, S, W. M. Keck Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationGuyon, Olivier, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
local.contributor.affiliationWallace, L, California Institute of Technology
local.contributor.affiliationBowler, B, McDonald Observatory and the University of Texas at Austin
local.contributor.affiliationLiu, Michael C, University of Hawaii
local.identifier.doi10.1117/12.2233658
dc.date.updated2018-11-29T08:20:17Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85002131213
local.identifier.thomsonID000387429700012
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