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).
European Southern Observatory
updated 26Oct04
Rea, N. Testa, V. Israel, G. L. et. al.
Correlated Infrared and X-ray variability of the transient Anomalous X-ray Pulsar XTE J1810-197
A&A 425, L5
2004 Oct
VLT NAOS-CONICA
Hartung, M. Herbst, T. M. Close, L. M. et. al.
A new VLT surface map of Titan at 1.575 microns
A&A 42, L17
2004 July
VLT NAOS-CONICA
Grady, C. A. Woodgate, B. Torres, Carlos A. O. et. al.
The Environment of the Optically Brightest Herbig Ae Star, HD 104237
ApJ 608, 809
2004 June
VLT NAOS-CONICA
Clénet, Y. Rouan, D. Gendron, E. et. al.
The infrared L'-band view of the Galactic Center with NAOS-CONICA at VLT
A&A 417, L15
2004 April
VLT NAOS-CONICA
Lacombe, F. Gendron, E. Rouan, D. et. al.
VLT/NACO infrared adaptive optics images of small scale structures in OMC1
A&A 417, L5
2004 April
VLT NAOS-CONICA
Rouan, D. Lacombe, F. Gendron, E. et. al.
Hot Very Small dust Grains in NGC 1068 seen in jet induced structures thanks to VLT/NACO
adaptive optics
A&A 417, L1
2004 April
VLT NAOS-CONICA
Wittkowski, M. Kervella, P. Arsenault, R. et. al.
VLTI/VINCI observations of the nucleus of NGC 1068 using the adaptive optics system MACAO
A&A 418, L39
2004 April
VLT MACAO
Puga, E. Alvarez, C. Feldt, M. et. al.
AO-assisted observations of G61.48+0.09
A&A 425, 543
2004
Calar Alto 3.5-m VLT ALFA NAOS-CONICA
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
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
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
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
Shatsky, N.; Tokovinin, A.
The mass ratio distribution of B-type visual binaries in the Sco OB2 association
A&A 382, 92
2002
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Chauvin, G.; Fusco, T.; Lagrange, A.-M.; Mouillet, D.; Beuzit, J.-L.; Thomson, M.; Augereau, J.-C.;
Marchis, F.; Dumas, C.; Lowrance, P.
No disk needed around HD 199143 B
A&A 394, 219
2002
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Hestroffer, D.; Marchis, F.; Fusco, T.; Berthier, J.
Adaptive optics observations of asteroid (216) Kleopatra
A&A 394, 339
2002
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Köhler, Rainer; Petr-Gotzens, Monika G.
Close Binaries in the η Chamaeleontis Cluster
AJ 124, 2899
2002
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Brandeker, Alexis; Liseau, René; Artymowicz, Pawel; Jayawardhana, Ray
Discovery of a New Companion and Evidence of a Circumprimary Disk: Adaptive Optics Imaging of
the Young Multiple System VW Chamaeleon
ApJL 561 ,L199
2001
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Clénet, Y.; Rouan, D.; Gendron, E.; Montri, J.; Rigaut, F.; Léna, P.; Lacombe, F.
Adaptive optics L-band observations of the Galactic Center region
A&A 376,124
2001
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Els, S. G.; Sterzik, M. F.; Marchis, F.; Pantin, E.; Endl, M.; Kürster, M.
A second substellar companion in the Gliese 86 system. A brown dwarf in an extrasolar planetary
system
A&A 370, L1
2001
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Geoffray, H.; Monin, J.-L.
Circumstellar medium around close southern PMS binaries. New results with the ESO ADONIS +
COMIC/SHARP infrared system
A&A 369, 239
2001
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Henning, Th.; Feldt, M.; Stecklum, B.; Klein, R.
High-resolution imaging of ultracompact HII regions. III. G11.11-0.40 and G341.21-0.21
A&A 370, 100
2001
ESO 3.60m Calar Alto 3.5-m ADONIS ALFA
Hubrig, S.; Le Mignant, D.; North, P.; Krautter, J.
Search for low-mass PMS companions around X-ray selected late B stars
A&A 372, 152
2001
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Huélamo, N.; Brandner, W.; Brown, A. G. A.; Neuhäuser, R.;
Zinnecker, H.
ADONIS observations of hard X-ray emitting late B-type stars in Lindroos systems
A&A 373, 657
2001
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Jayawardhana, Ray; Brandeker, Alexis
Discovery of Close Companions to the Nearby Young Stars HD 199143 and HD 358623
ApJL 561, L111
2001
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Marchis, Franck; Prangé, Renée; Fusco, Thierry
A survey of Io's vocanism by adaptive optics observations in the 3.8-µm thermal band (1996-1999)
JGeoRes 106, 33141
2001
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Mazeh, Tsevi.; Latham, David W.; Goldberg, Elad.; Torres,
Guillermo.; Stefanik, Robert P.; Henry, Todd J.; Zucker, Shay.;
Gnat, Orly.; Ofek, Eran O.
Studies of multiple stellar systems - III. Modulation of orbital elements in the triple-lined system HD
109648
MNRAS 325, 343
2001
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Paumard, T.; Maillard, J. P.; Morris, M.; Rigaut, F.
New results on the helium stars in the galactic center using BEAR spectro-imagery
A&A 366, 466
2001
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Vannier, L.; Lemaire, J. L.; Field, D.; Pineau des Forêts, G.; Pijpers, F. P.; Rouan, D.
H2 infrared emission and the formation of dense structures in the Orion molecular cloud
A&A 366, 65
2001
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Brandner, Wolfgang; Zinnecker, Hans; Alcalá, Juan M; et al.
Timescales of Disk Evolution and Planet Formation: HST, Adaptive Optics, and ISO Observations of
Weak-Line and Post-T Tauri Stars
AJ 120, 950
2000
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Hackenberg, W.; Eckart, A.; Davies, R. I.; Rabien, S.; Ott, T.; Kasper, M.; Hippler, S.;
Quirrenbach, A.
Near-infrared adaptive optics observations of galaxy clusters: Abell 262 at z=0.0157 J1836.3CR at
z=0.414 and PKS 0743-006 at z=0.994
A&A 363, 41
2000
ESO 3.60m Calar Alto 3.5-m ADONIS ALFA
Marchis, Franck Prangé, Renée Christou, Julian
Adaptive Optics Mapping of Io's Volcanism in the Thermal IR (3.8 &mu,m)
Icar 148, 384
2000
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Marco, O.; Alloin, D.
Adaptive optics images at 3.5 and 4.8 &mu, m of the core arcsec of NGC 1068: more evidence for a
dusty/molecular torus
A&A 353, 465
2000
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Pantin, E.; Waelkens, C.; Lagage, P. O.
ADONIS observations of the HD 100546 circumstellar dust disk
A&A 361, L9
2000
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Poulet, François; Sicardy, Bruno; Dumas, Christophe; Jorda, Laurent; Tiphène, Didier
The Crossings of Saturn Ring Plane by the Earth in 1995: Ring Thickness
Icar 145, 147
2000
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Poulet, François; Sicardy, Bruno; Nicholson, Philip D; Karkoschka, Erich; Caldwell, John
Saturn's Ring-Plane Crossings of August and November 1995: A Model for the New F-Ring
Objects
Icar 144, 135
2000
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Ségransan, D.; Delfosse, X.; Forveille, T.; Beuzit, J-L.; Udry, S.; Perrier, C.; Mayor, M.
Accurate masses of very low mass stars. III. 16 new or improved masses
A&A 364, 665
2000
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Walsh, J. R.; Ageorges, N.
High resolution near-infrared polarimetry of eta Carinae and the Homunculus Nebula
A&A 357, 255
2000
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Delfosse, X, Forveille, T, Beuzit, J.-L, Udry, S, Mayor, M,
Perrier, C.
New neighbours I. 13 new companions to nearby M dwarfs
A&A 344, 897
1999
ADONIS PUEO
Feldt, M, Stecklum, B, Henning, Th, Launhardt, R, Hayward, T. L.
High-resolution imaging of ultracompact H II regions regions. II. G5.89-0.39 revisited
A&A 346, 243
1999
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Marchis, F, Boehnhardt, H, Hainaut, O, Le Mignant, D.
Adaptive optics observations of the innermost coma of comet C/1995 O1 Are there a Hale and a Bopp
in comet Hale-Bopp?
A&A 349, 985
1999
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Monnier, J. D, Tuthill, P. G, Lopez, B, Cruzalebes, P, Danchi, W. Haniff, C. A.
The Last Gasps of VY Canis Majoris: Aperture Synthesis and Adaptive Optics Imagery.
ApJ 512, 351
1999
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Tokovinin, A. A.; Chalabaev, A.; Shatsky, N. I.; Beuzit, J. L.
A Near IR Adaptive Optics Search for Faint Companions to Early-type Multiple Stars.
A&A 346, 481
1999
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Aretxaga, Itziar; Le Mignant, D.; Melnick, J.; Terlevich, R. J.; Boyle, B. J.
Adaptive optics observations of LBQS 0108+0028: K-band detection of the host galaxy of a radio-
quiet QSO at z~2
MNRAS 298, L13
1998
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Cruzalebes Lopez Bester Gendron Sams
Near-infrared adaptive optics imaging of dust shells around five late-type stars with COME-ON+
A&A 338, 132
1998
COME-ON+
Eisenhauer, F. Quirrenbach, A. Zinnecker, H. R. Genzel
Stellar Content of the Galactic Starburst Template NGC 3603 from Adaptive Optics Observations
ApJ 498, 278
1998
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Feldt, M, Stecklum, B, Henning, Th, Hayward, T. L, Lehmann,
Th. and Klein, R.
The ultracompact HII region G45.45+0.06. A pearl necklace in the sky.
A&A 339, 759
1998
ADONIS
Ledoux, C. ; Théodore, B.; Petitjean, P.; Bremer, M.; Lewis, G.; Ibata, R.; Irwin, M.; Totten, E.
Adaptive optics imaging and integral field spectroscopy of APM 08279+5255: Evidence for
gravitational lensing .
A&A 339, L77
1998
ADONIS
Marco, O, Alloin, D.
Hot dust in the active nucleus of NGC 7469 probed by adaptive optics observations.
A&A 336, 823
1998
ADONIS
Marco, O, Encrenaz, T, Gendron, E.
First images of a comet with adaptive optics.
PlanSpSci 46, 547
1998
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Schulte-Ladbeck, R.E, Hopp, U.
The Stellar Content of 10 Dwarf Irregular Galaxies.
AJ 116, 2886
1998
ADONIS
Stecklum, B.; Henning, T.; Feldt, M.; Hayward, T. L.; Hoare, M. G.; Hofner, P.; Richter, S.
The Ultracompact H ii Region G5.97-1.17: An Evaporating Circumstellar Disk in M8
AJ 115, 767
1998
ADONIS
Alloin, D. Marco, O.
The Elusive Dust Torus of NGC 1068 Unveiled by Adaptive Optics Observations from 2.2 microns TO
4.8 microns,.
Ap&SS 248, 237
1997
ESO 3.60m
Bedding, T.R. Minniti, D. Courbin, F. Sams, B.
Stellar populations from adaptive optics observations: four test cases
A&A 326, 936
1997
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Brandner, W. Chu, Y. Eisenhauer, F. Grebel, E. Points, S.
The Hourglass Nebulae of Sher 25 and SN 1987A: Two of a Kind?
ApJL 489, L153
1997
ADONIS
Combes, M, Vapillon, L, Gendron, E, Coustenis, A, Lai, O,
Wittemberg. R, Sirdey, R.
Spatially resolved images of Titan by means of adaptive optics.
Icar 129, 482
1997
ADONIS
Haydari-Malayeri, M, Raauw, G, Esslinger, O. Beuzit, J.-L.
The Puzzling Luminous Blue Variable-like Object HD 5980 in the Small Magellanic Cloud.
A&A 322, 554
1997
COME-ON+
Heydari-Malayeri, M, Courbin, F, Rauw, G, Esslinger, O, Magain, P.
The LMC transition star R84 and the core of the LH 39 OB association.
A&A 326, 143
1997
ADONIS
Marco, O, Alloin, A, Beuzit, J.L.
Positioning the near-infrared versus optical emission peaks in NGC 1068 with adaptive optics.
A&A 320, 399
1997
La Silla COME-ON+
Mouillet, D, Lagrange, A.-M, Beuzit, J.-L, Renaud, N.
A Stellar Coronograph for the COME-ON PLUS Adaptive Optics System II. First Astronomical
Results.
A&A 324, 1083
1997
ADONIS
Mouillet, D, Larwood, J.D, Papaloizou, JCB, Lagrange, A.M.
A planet on an inclined orbit, as an explanation of the warp in the beta Pic disc.
MNRAS 292, 896
1997
ADONIS
Rouan, D, Field, D, Lemaire, J.-L, Lai, O, Pineau des Forets,
G, Falgarone, E, Deltorn, J.-M.
The power of adaptive optics: a close look at a molecular cloud in NGC 2023.
MNRAS 284, 385
1997
ADONIS
Thatte, N, Quirrenbach, A, Genzel, R, Maiolino, R, Tecza, M.
The Nuclear Stellar Core, the Hot Dust Source, and the Location of the Nucleus of NGC 1068
ApJ 490, 238
1997
ADONIS
Brandl, B. Sams, B.J. Bertoldi, F. Eckart, A.
Adaptive Optics Near-Infrared Imaging of R136 in 30 Doradus: The Stellar Population of a Nearby
Starburst.
ApJ 466, 254
1996
ESO 3.60m COME-ON
Schoeller, M. Brandner, W. Lehmann, T. Weigelt, G. Zinnecker,H.
Simultaneous optical speckle masking and NIR adaptive optics imaging of the 126mas Herbig Ae/Be
binary star NX Puppis.
A&A 315, 445
1996
ESO 3.60m ADONIS
Brandner, W. Bouvier, J. Grebel, E.K. Tessier, E. De Winter, D. Beuzit, J.-L.
Low-mass star formation in CG1: a diffraction limited search for pre-main sequence stars next to
NXPup.
A&A 298, 818
1995
La Silla COME-ON+
Rigaut, F. Gehring, G.
The Inner Core of Eta Carinae in the Near Infrared
RMxAC 2, 27
1995
La Silla COME-ON
Beuzit, J.-L. Thebault, P. Perrin, G. Rouan, D.
Adaptive optic imaging of the Frosty Leo nebula.
A&A 291, L1
1994
La Silla COME-ON+
Heydari-Malayeri, M. Beuzit, J.-L.
Further decomposition of a 'very massive' star.
A&A 287, L17
1994
La Silla COME-ON+
Malbet, F. Rigaut, F. Bertou, C. Lena, P.
Detection of a 400 AU disk-like structure surrounding the young stellar object of Z CMa.
A&A 271, L9
1993
La Silla COME-ON
Saint-Pe, O. Combes, M. Rigaut, F.
Ceres Surface Properties by High-Resolution Imaging from Earth.
Icar 105, 271
1993
La Silla COME-ON
Saint-Pe, O. Combes, M. Rigaut, F. Tomasko, M. Fulchignoni, M.
Demonstration of Adaptive Optics for Resolved Imagery of Solar System Objects: Preliminary Results
on Pallas and Titan.
Icar 105, 263
1993
La Silla COME-ON
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