Spectroscopy below the diffraction limit with FIRST at the Subaru Telescope

Elsa Huby; Sébastien Vievard; Gaspard Duchene; Olivier Guyon; Sylvestre Lacour; Guy Perrin; Kevin Barjot; Vincent Deo; Nemanja Jovanovic; Harry-Dean Kenchington Goldsmith; Takayuki Kotani; Manon Lallement; Vincent Lapeyrere; Julien Lozi; Franck Marchis; Guillermo Martin; Daniel Rouan

doi:10.1117/12.3019806

19 July 2024 Spectroscopy below the diffraction limit with FIRST at the Subaru Telescope

Elsa Huby, Sébastien Vievard, Gaspard Duchene, Olivier Guyon, Sylvestre Lacour, Guy Perrin, Kevin Barjot, Vincent Deo, Nemanja Jovanovic, Harry-Dean Kenchington Goldsmith, Takayuki Kotani, Manon Lallement, Vincent Lapeyrere, Julien Lozi, Franck Marchis, Guillermo Martin, Daniel Rouan

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Proceedings Volume 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X; 130960O (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019806
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2024, Yokohama, Japan

Abstract

FIRST (Fibered Imager foR a Single Telescope instrument) is a post-AO instrument that enables high-contrast imaging and spectroscopy at spatial scales below the diffraction limit. FIRST achieves sensitivity and accuracy through a unique combination of sparse aperture masking, spatial filtering by single-mode fibers and cross-dispersion in the visible. On-sky commissioning data taken with the instrument installed on the SCExAO platform at the 8-m Subaru telescope show the detection of several stellar companions, including two binary systems with an angular separation of 0.6 λ/D (11mas). Even at such a close separation, FIRST delivers information on the companion spectrum, providing valuable constraints on the stellar parameters, such as the effective temperatures and surface gravity. As a spectro-interferometer fed by a highly effective AO system such as SCExAO, FIRST offers unique capabilities in the context of the spectral characterization of close companions. The discussion concludes with insights into the future of the FIRST instrument, with the move to visible photonic technologies and further advancements in the instrument's capabilities to detect newly formed exoplanets.

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Elsa Huby, Sébastien Vievard, Gaspard Duchene, Olivier Guyon, Sylvestre Lacour, Guy Perrin, Kevin Barjot, Vincent Deo, Nemanja Jovanovic, Harry-Dean Kenchington Goldsmith, Takayuki Kotani, Manon Lallement, Vincent Lapeyrere, Julien Lozi, Franck Marchis, Guillermo Martin, and Daniel Rouan "Spectroscopy below the diffraction limit with FIRST at the Subaru Telescope", Proc. SPIE 13096, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X, 130960O (19 July 2024); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3019806

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