Astronomical Science
with Adaptive Optics
Astronomical Science obtained with high order Adaptive Optics. This bibliography is limited to articles published
in refereed journals (e.g. no IAU telegrams, conference papers, etc).
2003
updated 26Oct04
Siegler , Nick; Close ,L.; Mamajek , E.; Freed, M.
An Adaptive Optics Survey of M6.0M7.5 Stars: Discovery of Three Very Low Mass Binary Systems
Including Two Probable Hyades Members
ApJ 598:1265
2003 December 1
Gillett Gemini (North)
UH Hokupa'a
Close, Laird M.; Wildi, F.; Lloyd-Hart, M.; Brusa, G.; et al.
High Resolution Images of Orbital Motion in the Trapezium Cluster: First Scientific Results from the
MMT Deformable Secondary Mirror Adaptive Optics System
ApJ 599..537
2003 December
MMT 6.5 Gillett Gemini (North)
Secondary AO UH Hokupa'a
Gustafsson, M.; Kristensen, L. E.; Clénet, Y.; Field, D.; Lemaire, J. L.; Pineau des Forêts, G.;
Rouan, D.; Le Coarer, E.
New insight into shocks and star formation in Orion: First light with GriF
A&A 411, 437
2003 December
CFHT
PUEO
Gibbard, S. G. ; de Pater, I.; Roe, H.; Martin,S.; Macintosh, B.; Max, C.
The altitude of Neptune cloud features from high-spatial-resolution near-infrared spectra
Icarus 166, 359
2003 December
Keck 2
K2 AO NIRC2
Close, Laird M.; Biller, Beth; Hoffmann, William F.; Hinz, Phil M.; Bieging, John H.; Wildi, Francois;
Lloyd-Hart, Michael; Brusa, Guido; Fisher, Don; Miller, Doug; Angel, Roger
Mid-Infrared Imaging of the Post-Asymptotic Giant Branch Star AC Herculis with the Multiple Mirror
Telescope Adaptive Optics System
ApJL 598:L35
2003 November 20
MMT
mid-IR AO
Canalizo, Gabriela; Max, C.; Whysong, D.; et al.
Adaptive Optics Imaging and Spectroscopy of Cygnus A. I. Evidence for a Minor Merger
ApJ 597:823
2003 November 10
Keck 2
K2 AO NIRC2
Eisenhauer, F.; Schödel, R.; Genzel, R.; Ott, T.; Tecza, M.; Abuter, R.; Eckart, A.; Alexander, T.
A Geometric Determination of the Distance to the Galactic Center
ApJL 597:L121
2003 November 10
VLT
NACO
Bogdanovic, Tamara; Ge, Jian; Max, Claire E.; Raschke, Lynne M.
Circumnuclear Shock and Starburst in NGC 6240: Near-Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy with
Adaptive Optics
AJ 126:2299
2003 November
Shane 3m
IRCAL
Furlan, Elise; Forrest, William J.; Watson, Dan M.; Uchida, Keven I.; Brandl, Bernhard R.; Keller,
Luke D.; Herter, Terry L.
Near-Infrared, Adaptive Optics Observations of the T Tauri Multiple-Star System
ApJL 596:L87
2003 October 10
Hale
PALAO
Brandeker, A Jayawardhana, R. Najita, J.
Keck Adaptive Optics Imaging of Nearby Young Stars: Detection of Close Multiple Systems
AJ 126:2009
2003 October
Keck 2
K2 AO
Schaefer , G. H. Simon, M. Nelan, E. Holfeltz, S.T.
Dynamical Masses of Young Stars in Multiple Systems
AJ 126:1971
2003 October
Keck 2
K2 AO NIRC2
van Boekel, R. Kervella, P. Schöller, M. et. al.
Direct measurement of the size and shape of the present-day stellar wind of eta Carinae
A&A 410, L37
2003 October
VLT
NAOS-CONICA
Genzel, R.; Schödel, R.; Ott, T.; Eisenhauer, F.; Hofmann, R.; Lehnert, M.; Eckart, A.; Alexander,
T.; Sternberg, A.; Lenzen, R. et al.
The Stellar Cusp around the Supermassive Black Hole in the Galactic Center
ApJ 594:812
2003 September 10
VLT
NACO
Macintosh, Bruce A.; Becklin, E. E.; Kaisler, Denise; Konopacky, Quinn; Zuckerman, B.
Deep Keck Adaptive Optics Searches for Extrasolar Planets in the Dust of Eridani and Vega
ApJ 594, 538
2003 September 1
Keck 2
K2 AO NIRC2
Colavita, M.; Akeson, R.; Wizinowich, P.; et al.
Observations of DG Tauri with the Keck Interferometer
ApJL 592:L83
2003 August 1
K1 & K2
Interferometer
Martín, Eduardo L.
A New Multiple Stellar System in the Solar Neighborhood
AJ 126:918
2003 August
Subaru
CIAO
Duchene, G. Ghez, A. McCabe Weinberger
No Fossil Disk in the T Tauri Multiple System V 773 Tau
ApJ 592:288
2003 July 20
Keck 2
NIRSPEC
López-Martín, L.; Cabrit, S.; Dougados, C.
Proper motions and velocity asymmetries in the RW Aur jet
A&A 405, L1
2003 July
CFHT
OASIS
Chauvin, G.; Lagrange, A.-M.; Beust, H.; Fusco, T.; Mouillet, D.; Lacombe, F.; Pujet, P.; Rousset,
G.; Gendron, E.; Conan, J.-M.; Bauduin, D.; Rouan, D.; Brandner, W.; Lenzen, R.; Hubin, N.;
Hartung, M.
VLT/NACO adaptive optics imaging of the TY CrA system. A fourth stellar component candidate
detected
A&A 406, L51
2003 July
VLT
NACO
Pyo, Tae-Soo; Kobayashi, Naoto; Hayashi, Masahiko; Terada, Hiroshi; Goto, Miwa; Takami, Hideki;
Takato, Naruhisa; Gaessler, Wolfgang; Usuda, Tomonori; Yamashita, Takuya; Tokunaga, Alan T.;
Hayano, Yutaka; Kamata, Yukiko; Iye, Masanori; Minowa, Yosuke
Adaptive Optics Spectroscopy of the (Fe II) Outflow from DG Tauri
ApJ 590:340
2003 June 10
Subaru
AO IRCS
Fukagawa, Misato; Tamura, Motohide; Itoh, Yoichi; Hayashi, Saeko S.; Oasa, Yumiko
Near-Infrared Imaging of the Circumstellar Disk around Herbig Ae Star HD 150193A
ApJL 590:L49
2003 June 10
Subaru
CIAO
Margot, J. L.; Brown, M. E.
A Low-Density M-type Asteroid in the Main Belt
Science, 300, 1939
2003 June
Chauvin, G.; Thomson, M.; Dumas, C.; Beuzit, J.-L.; Lowrance, P.; Fusco, T.; Lagrange, A.-M.;
Zuckerman, B.; Mouillet, D.
Adaptive optics imaging survey of the Tucana-Horologium association
A&A 404, p.157
2003 Jun
Calar Alto 3.5-m
ADONIS / SHARP II
Davidge, T. J.
The Metallicity of the Red Giant Branch in the Disk of NGC 6822
PASP 115: 635
2003 June
CFHT
AOB
Stapelfeldt, Karl R.; Ménard, François; Watson, Alan M.; Krist, John E.; Dougados, Catherine; P
adgett, Deborah L.; Brandner, Wolfgang
Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 Imaging of the Disk and Jet of HV Tauri C
ApJ 589:410
2003 May 20
CFHT
PUEO
article
Goto, Miwa ; Gaessler, W.; Hayano, Y.; et al.
Spatially Resolved 3 m Spectroscopy of IRAS 22272+5435: Formation and Evolution of Aliphatic
Hydrocarbon Dust in Proto-Planetary Nebula
ApJ 589, 419
2003 May
Subaru
Subaru AO
Baliunas, Sallie; Donahue, Robert; Rampino, Michael R.; Gaffey, Michael J.; Shelton, J. Christopher;
Mohanty, Subhanjoy
Multispectral analysis of asteroid 3 Juno taken with the 100-inch telescope at Mount Wilson
Observatory
Icarus 163, 135
2003 May
100" Hooker
ADOPT
Chanover, N. J.; Anderson, C. M.; McKay, C. P.; Rannou, P.; Glenar, D. A.; Hillman, J. J.; Blass, W.
E.
Probing Titan's lower atmosphere with acousto-optic tuning
Icarus 163 150
2003 May
100" Hooker
Scharringhausen, Britt R.; Nicholson, Philip D.; Brandl, Bernhard; Hayward, Thomas L.; Dekany,
Richard G.; Troy, Mitchell; Bloemhof, Eric E.
Adaptive optics observations of small moons of saturn*
Icarus 162, 385
2003 April
Hale
PALAO
Boccaletti, A.; Augereau, J.-C.; Marchis, F.; Hahn, J.
Ground-based Near-Infrared Imaging of the HD 141569 Circumstellar Disk
ApJ 585,494
2003 March 1
Hale
PALAO
Freed, Melanie ; Close, L.; Siegler, N.
Discovery of a Tight Brown Dwarf Companion to the Low Mass Star LHS 2397a
ApJ 584, 453
2003
Gillett Gemini (North)
UH Hokupa'a
Beck, T. L. ; Simon, M.; Close, L.
Near Infrared Adaptive Optics Imaging of the Embedded Cluster NGC 2024
ApJ 583, 358
2003
CFHT
PUEO
Metchev, Stanimir; Hillenbrand, L.; White, R.
Adaptive Optics Observations of Vega: Eight Detected Sources and Upper Limits to Planetary-Mass
Companions
ApJ 582, 1102
2003
Hale
PALAO
Max, C. E.; Macintosh, B. A.; Gibbard, S. G.; Gavel, D. T.; Roe, H. G.; de Pater, I.; Ghez, A. M.;
Acton, D. S.; Lai, O.; Stomski, P.; Wizinowich, P. L.
Cloud Structures on Neptune Observed with Keck Telescope Adaptive Optics
AJ 125, 364
2003
Keck 2
K2 AO
Ghez, A. M. ; Becklin, E.; Duchêne, G. ; et al.
Full Three Dimensional Orbits for Multiple Stars on Close Approaches to the Central Supermassive
Black Hole
Astron. Nachr. 324, 3
2003
Keck 2
K2 AO NIRC2
Close, Laird M. ; Siegler, N.; Freed, M.; Biller, B.
Detection of Nine M8.0-L0.5 Binaries: The Very Low Mass
Binary Population and its Implications for Brown Dwarf and VLM Star Formation
ApJ 587 407
2003
Gillett Gemini (North)
UH Hokupa'a
Ghez, A. M, Duchêne, G.; Matthews, K.; Hornstein, S.; et al.
The First Measurement of Spectral Lines in a Short-Period Star Bound to the Galaxy's Central Black
Hole: A Paradox of Youth
ApJL 586, L127
2003
Keck 2
K2 AO NIRC2
Drummond , Jack; Milster, S.; Ryan, P.
Cassiopeiae: Orbit, Masses, and Photometry from
Adaptive Optics Imaging in the I and H Bands
ApJ 585, 1007
2003
AEOS 3.67m
AEOS AO
Gerbaldi, M.; Faraggiana, R.; Lai, O.
The heterogeneous class of lambda Bootis stars
A&A 412, 447
2003
CFHT
PUEO
Gratadour, D.; Clénet, Y.; Rouan, D.; Lai, O.; Forveille, T.
High angular resolution K-band spectroscopy of the nucleus of NGC 1068 with PUEO-GRIF (CFHT)
A&A 411, 335
2003
CFHT
PUEO
Masciadri, E.; Brandner, W.; Bouy, H.; Lenzen, R.; Lagrange, A. M.; Lacombe, F.
First NACO observations of the Brown Dwarf LHS 2397aB
A&A 411, 157
2003
VLT
NACO
Boccaletti, A.; Chauvin, G.; Lagrange, A.-M.; Marchis, F.
Near-IR coronagraphic imaging of the companion to HR 7672
A&A 410, 283
2003
Hale
PALAO
Butler, D. J
The RR Lyrae star period - K-band luminosity relation of the globular cluster M 3
A&A 405, 981
2003
Calar Alto 3.5-m
ALFA
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