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).

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W. M. Keck Observatory

updated 2006 May 03

Published: 2006
AO NIRC2
Schaller, E.; Brown, M.; Roe, H.; Bouchez, A.
A large cloud outburst at Titan's south pole
Icarus, 182, 224
article
2006 May

AO NIRSPEC
Spencer, J.; Grundy, W.; Dumas, C.; et. al.
The nature of Europa's dark non-ice surface material: Spatially-resolved high spectral resolution spectroscopy from the Keck telescope
Icarus, 182, 202
article
2006 May

AO IF
Millan-Gabet, R.; Monnier, J. D.; Akeson, R. L.; et. al.
Keck Interferometer Observations of FU Orionis Objects
ApJ 641:547
article
2006 April 10

AO NIRC2
Gelino, C.; Kulkarni, S. R.; Stephens, D.
Evidence of Orbital Motion in the Binary Brown Dwarf Kelu-1AB
PASP 118: 611
article
2006 April

AO NIRC2
Brown, M. E.; van Dam, M. A.; Bouchez, A. H.; et. al.
Satellites of the Largest Kuiper Belt Objects
ApJL 639:L43-L46
article
2006 March 1

AO IF
Eisner, J. A.; Chiang, E. I.; Hillenbrand, L. A.
Spatially Resolving the Inner Disk of TW Hydrae
ApJL 637:L133
article
2006 February 1

AO LGS
Marchis, F.; Hestroffer, D.; Descamps, P.; et. al.
A low density of 0.8gcm-3 for the Trojan binary asteroid 617Patroclus
Nature, 439, 565
2006 February

AO LGS NIRC2
van Dam, M. A.; Bouchez, A. H.; Le Mignant, D.; et. al.
The W. M. Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System: Performance Characterization
PASP 118: 310
article
2006 February

AO LGS NIRC2
Wizinowich, P.; Le Mignant, D.; Bouchez, A. H.; et. al.
The W. M. Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System: Overview
PASP 118: 297
article
2006 February

AO NIRC2
de Pater, I.; Gibbard, S.; Hammel, H. B.
Evolution of the dusty rings of Uranus
Icarus 180, 186
article
2006 January

2005
AO LGS
Ghez, A.; Hornstein, S.; Lu, J.; et. al.
The First Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Observations of the Galactic Center: Sgr A*'s Infrared Color and the Extended Red Emission in its Vicinity
ApJ 635, 1087
article
2005 December 20

AO IF
Boden, A.; Sargent, A.; Akeson, R.; et. al.
Dynamical Masses for Low-Mass Pre-Main-Sequence Stars: A Preliminary Physical Orbit for HD 98800 B
ApJ 635, 442
article
2005 December 10

AO IF
Mennesson, B.; Koresko, C.; Creech-Eakman, M.; et. al.
The Dusty AGB Star RS CrB: First Mid-Infrared Interferometric Observations with the Keck Telescopes
ApJL 634 L169
article
2005 December 1

AO IF
Akeson, R. L.; Boden, A. F.; Monnier, J. D; et. al.
Keck Interferometer Observations of Classical and Weak-line T Tauri Stars
ApJ 635, 1173
article
2005 December

AO NIRC2
Sromovsky, L. A.; Fry, P. M.
Dynamics of cloud features on Uranus
Icarus 179, 459
article
2005 December

AO LGS NIRC2
Cohen, J.; Matthews, K.; Cameron, P.
To Be or Not to Be: Very Young Globular Clusters in M31
ApJL 634, L45
article
2005 November 20

AO LGS
Liu, M.; Leggett, S.
Kelu-1 is a Binary L Dwarf: First Brown Dwarf Science from Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics
ApJ 634, 616
article
2005 November 20

AO NGS NIRC2
Marchis, F.; Hestroffer, D.; Descamps, P.; et. al.
Mass and density of asteroid 121 hermione from an analysis of its companion orbit
Icarus 178, 450
article
2005 November 15

AO LGS NIRC2
Muno, M.; Lu, J.; Baganoff, F.; et. al.
A Remarkable Low-Mass X-Ray Binary within 0.1 Parsecs of the Galactic Center
ApJ 633, 228
article
2005 November 1

AO LGS NIRC2
Brown, M.; Bouchez, A.; Rabinowitz, D.; et. al.
Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Discovery and Characterization of a Satellite to Large Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL61
ApJL 632:L45
article
2005 October 10

AO LGS
Roe, H.; Brown, M.; Schaller, E.; et. al.
Geographic Control of Titan's Mid-Latitude Clouds
Science 310, 477
2005 October

AO LGS NIRC2
Gal-Yam, A.; Fox, D.; Kulkarni, S.; et. al.
A High Angular Resolution Search for the Progenitor of the Type Ic Supernova 2004gt
ApJL 630, L29
article
2005 September 1

AO [K2]
Zellner, N.; Gibbard, S.; de Pater, I.; et. al.
Near-IR imaging of Asteroid 4 Vesta
Icarus 177, 190
article
2005 September

AO NIRC2 NIRSPEC
Duchene, G.; Ghez, A.; McCabe, C.; Ceccarelli, C.
The Circumstellar Environment of T Tauri S at High Spatial and Spectral Resolution
ApJ 628, 832
article
2005 August 1

AO
West, R.; Brown, M.; Salinas, S.; Bouchez, A.; Roe, H.
No oceans on Titan from the absence of a near-infrared specular reflection
Nature, 436, 670
2005 Aug

AO NIRC2
Marchis, F.; Le Mignant, D.; Chaffee, F.; et.al.
Keck AO survey of Io global volcanic activity between 2 and 5 µm
Icarus 176, 96
article
2005 July

AO NIRC2
Hammel, H.; Pater, I.; Gibbard, S; et. al.
Uranus in 2003: Zonal winds, banded structure, and discrete features
Icarus 175, 534
article
2005 June

AO LGS NIRC2
Melbourne, J.; Wright, S.; Barczys, M.; et. al.
Merging Galaxies in GOODS-S: First Extragalactic Results from Keck Laser Adaptive Optics
ApJL 625, L27
article
2005 May 20

AO IF
Monnier, J.; Millan-Gabet, R.; Billmeier, R.; et. al.
The Near-Infrared Size-Luminosity Relations for Herbig Ae/Be Disks
ApJ 624, 832
article
2005 May 10

AO NIRC2
Hammel, H.B.; de Pater, I.; Gibbard, S.G.; et. al.
New cloud activity on Uranus in 2004: First detection of a southern feature at 2.2 µm
Icarus 175, 284
2005 May

AO IF
Eisner, J.; Hillenbrand, L.; White, R.; et. al.
Observations of T Tauri Disks at Sub-AU Radii: Implications for Magnetospheric Accretion and Planet Formation
ApJ 623, 952
article
2005 April 20

AO NIRC2
Metchev, S.; Eisner, J.; Hillenbrand, L.; Wolf, S.
Adaptive Optics Imaging of the AU Microscopii Circumstellar Disk: Evidence for Dynamical Evolution
ApJ 622, 451
article
2005 March 20

AO [K2]
Max, C.; Canalizo, G.; Macintosh, B.; et. al.
The Core of NGC 6240 from Keck Adaptive Optics and Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS Observations
ApJ 621, 738
article
2005 March 10

AO [K2]
Siegler, N.; Close, L.; Cruz, K.; et. al.
Discovery of Two Very Low Mass Binaries: Final Results of an Adaptive Optics Survey of Nearby M6.0-M7.5 Stars
ApJ 621, 1023
article
2005 March 10

AO NIRC2
de Pater, I.; Gibbard, S.; Chiang, E.; Hammel, H.; et. al.
The dynamic neptunian ring arcs: evidence for a gradual disappearance of Liberté and resonant jump of courage
Icarus 174, 263
article
2005 March

AO NIRC2
Gibbard, S.; de Pater, I.; Hammel, H.
Near-infrared adaptive optics imaging of the satellites and individual rings of Uranus
Icarus 174, 253
article
2005 March

AO NIRC2
Sahai, R.; Le Mignant, D.; Sánchez Contreras, C.; Campbell, R.; Chaffee, F
Sculpting a Pre–planetary Nebula with a Precessing Jet: IRAS 16342-3814
ApJL 622:L53
article
2005 March

AO NIRC2
Roe, H.; Bouchez, A.; Trujillo, E.; et. al.
Discovery of Temperate Latitude Clouds on Titan
ApJL 618 L49
article
2005 January 1

2004
AO NIRC2
Metchev, S.; Hillenbrand, L.
Initial Results from the Palomar Adaptive Optics Survey of Young Solar-Type Stars: A Brown Dwarf and Three Stellar Companions
ApJ 617 1330
article
2004 December 20

AO NIRSPEC
Zapatero Osorio, M.; Lane, B.; Pavlenko, Y.; et. al.
Dynamical Masses of the Binary Brown Dwarf GJ 569 Bab
ApJ 615:958
article
2004 November 10

AO NIRC2
Steinbring, E.; Metevier, A.J.; Norton, Stuart A.; et. al.
Keck Adaptive Optics Imaging of 0.5 < z < 1 Field Galaxies from the Hubble Space Telescope Archive
ApJSS 155, 15
article
2004 Nov

AO NIRC2
Beck, T.; Schaefer, G.; Simon, M.; et. al.
A High Spatial Resolution Infrared View of the T Tauri Multiple System
ApJ 614:235
article
2004 October 10

AO NIRC2
Davies , R.; Tacconi , L.; Genzel, R.
The Nuclear Gas Dynamics and Star Formation of Markarian 231
ApJ 613:781
article
2004 October 1

AO
Beuzit, J.-L.; Ségransan, D.; Forveille, T.; et. al.
New neighbours. III. 21 new companions to nearby dwarfs, discovered with adaptive optics
A&A 425, 997
article
2004 October

AO NIRC2
Liu, M.
Substructure in the Circumstellar Disk Around the Young Star AU Microscopii
Science 305, 1442
article
2004 Sep

AO
Ádámkovics, M.; de Pater, I.; Roe, H.; et. al.
Spatially-resolved spectroscopy at 1.6 µm of Titan's atmosphere and surface
GeoRL 31
2004 Aug

AO
Gibbard, S.; de Pater, I.; Macintosh, B.; et. al.
Titan's 2 µm surface albedo and haze optical depth in 1996-2004
GeoRL
article
2004 July

AO NIRC2
Farihi, J.; Becklin, E.; Macintosh, B.; et al.
Mid-Infrared Observations of van Maanen 2: No Substellar Companion
ApJL 608, L109
article
2004 June 20

AO
Roe, H.; de Pater, I.; Gibbard, S.; et. al.
A new 1.6-micron map of Titan's surface
GeoRL 31
2004 Jun

AO NIRC2
Duchęne, G.; McCabe, C.; Ghez, A. M.; Macintosh, B. A.
A Multiwavelength Scattered Light Analysis of the Dust Grain Population in the GG Tauri Circumbinary Ring
ApJ 606:969
article
2004 May 10

AO NIRC2
de Pater, I.; Marchis, F.; Macintosh, B.; et al.
Keck AO observations of Io in and out of eclipse
Icarus 169, 250
article
2004 May

AO NIRC2
Mugrauer, M.; Neuhauser, R.; Guenther, E.; et al.
HD 77407 and GJ 577: Two new young stellar binaries Detected with the Calar Alto Adaptive Optics system ALFA
A&A 417, 1031
article
2004 April

AO NIRSPEC
Davies, R. I.; Tacconi, L. J; Genzel, R.
The Nuclear Gas Dynamics and Star Formation of NGC 7469
ApJ 602:148
article
2004 February 10

AO NIRC2
Ghez, A.; Wright, S.; Matthews, K.; et al.
Variable Infrared Emission from the Supermassive Black Hole at the Center of the Milky Way
ApJL 601, L159
article
2004 February 1

AO NIRSPEC
Stockton, A.; Canalizo, G.; Nelan, E.; et al.
Two Active Nuclei in 3C 294
ApJ 600, 626
article
2004 January 10

AO NIRSPEC
Kaisler, D.; Zuckerman, B.; Song, I.; et. al.
HD 199143 and HD 358623: Two recently identified members of the ß Pictoris moving group
A&A 414, 175
article
2004 January

2003
AO NIRC2
Gibbard, S. G.; de Pater, I.; Roe, H. G.; et. al.
The altitude of Neptune cloud features from high-spatial-resolution near-infrared spectra
Icarus 166, 359
2003 December

AO NIRC2 NIRSPEC
Canalizo, Gabriela; Max, Claire; Whysong, David; et. al.
Adaptive Optics Imaging and Spectroscopy of Cygnus A. I. Evidence for a Minor Merger
ApJ 597:823
2003 November 10

AO IF
Swain, M.; Vasisht, G.; Akeson, R.; et. al.
Interferometer Observations of Subparsec-Scale Infrared Emission in the Nucleus of NGC 4151
ApJL 596:L163
article
2003 October 20

AO
Brandeker, Alexis; Jayawardhana, Ray; Najita, Joan
Keck Adaptive Optics Imaging of Nearby Young Stars: Detection of Close Multiple Systems
AJ, 126, 2009
2003 October

AO NIRC2
Schaefer, G. H.; Simon, M.; Nelan, E.; Holfeltz, S. T.
Dynamical Masses of Young Stars in Multiple Systems
AJ 126, 1971
2003 October

AO NIRC2
Macintosh, Bruce A.; Becklin, E. E.; Kaisler, Denise; et. al.
Deep Keck Adaptive Optics Searches for Extrasolar Planets in the Dust of epsilon Eridani and Vega
ApJ 594:538
2003 September 1

AO NIRC2
Ghez, A. M.; Becklin, E.; Duchęne, G.; et. al.
Full Three Dimensional Orbits for Multiple Stars on Close Approaches to the Central Supermassive Black Hole
Astron. Nachr. 324, 3
2003 September

AO IF
Colavita, M.; Akeson, R.; Wizinowich, P.; et. al.
Observations of DG Tauri with the Keck Interferometer
ApJL 592:L83
2003 August 1

AO NIRSPEC
Duchene, G.; Ghez, A. M.; McCabe, C.; Weinberger, A. J.
No Fossil Disk in the T Tauri Multiple System V773 Tauri
ApJ 592:288
2003 July 20

AO NIRSPEC
Margot, J. L.; Brown, M. E.
A Low-Density M-type Asteroid in the Main Belt
Science 300, 1939
2003 June

AO NIRC2
Ghez, A. M.; Duchene, G.; Matthews, K; 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
ApJ 586, L127
2003 April 1

AO
Max, C. E.; Macintosh, B. A.; Gibbard, S. G.; et. al.
Cloud Structures on Neptune Observed with Keck Telescope Adaptive Optics
AJ 125 364-375
2003 January

2002
AO
Glassman, T. M.; Larkin, J. E.; Lafreniere, D.
Morphological Evolution of Distant Galaxies from Adaptive Optics Imaging
ApJ 581 865-875
2002 December 20

AO NIRC2
Roe, H. G.; de Pater, I.; Macintosh, B. A.; McKay, C. P.
Titan's Clouds from Gemini and Keck Adaptive Optics Imaging
ApJ 581 1399-1406
2002 December 20

AO NIRSPEC
Patience, J.; White, R. J.; Ghez, A. M.; et. al.
Stellar Companions to Stars with Planets
ApJ 581 654-665
2002 December 10

AO NIRSPEC
Millan-Gabet, R.; Monnier, J. D.
Discovery of a Near-Infrared Jetlike Feature in the Z Canis Majoris System
ApJ, 580, L167
2002 December 1

AO
Brown, Michael E.; Bouchez, Antonin H; Griffith, Caitlin A.
Direct detection of variable tropospheric clouds near Titan's south pole
Nature 420, 795
2002 December

AO
de Pater, I.; Macintosh, B.; Roe, H.; et. al.
Keck Adaptive Optics Images of Uranus and its Rings.
Icarus 160, 359
2002 December

AO NIRC2
König, B.; Fuhrmann, K.; Neuhäuser, R.; Charbonneau, D.; Jayawardhana, R.
Direct detection of the companion of chi ^ 1 Orionis
A&A 394, p.L43
2002 November

AO
Marchis, F.; de Pater, I.; Davies, A.G.; et. al.
High-resolution Keck Adaptive Optics Imaging of Violent Volcanic Activity on Io
Icarus 160, 124
2002 November

AO NIRC
Hornstein, S. D.; Ghez, A. M.; Tanner, A.; et. al.
Limits on the Short-Term Variability of Sagittarius A* in the Near-Infrared
ApJL 577 L9-L13
2002 September 20

AO
Gezari, S.; Ghez, A. M.; Becklin, E. E.; et. al.
Adaptive Optics Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Sagittarius A* Cluster
ApJ 576 790-797
2002 September 10

AO
Rages, Kathy; Hammel, Heidi B.; Lockwood, G. W.
A Prominent Apparition of Neptune's South Polar Feature
Icarus, 159, 262
2002 September

AO MIRLIN NIRC
Tanner, A.; Ghez, A. M.; Morris, M.; et. al.
Spatially Resolved Observations of the Galactic Center Source, IRS 21
ApJ 575:860
2002 August 20

AO
Liu, Michael C.; Fischer, Debra; Graham, James R.; et. al.
Crossing the Brown Dwarf Desert Using Adaptive Optics. A Very Close L-Dwarf Companion to the Nearby Solar Analog HR 7672
ApJ 571:519
2002 May 20

AO
Roe, Henry G.,; Pater, Imke de; Macintosh, Bruce A.; et. al.
NOTE: Titan's Atmosphere in Late Southern Spring Observed with Adaptive Optics on the W. M. Keck II 10-meter Telescope
Icarus, 157, 254
2002 May

AO NIRSPEC
Prato, L.; Simon, M.; Mazeh, T.; et. al.
The Smallest Mass Ratio Young Star Spectroscopic Binaries
ApJ 569, 863
2002 April 20

AO NIRSPEC
Duchęne, G.; Ghez, A. M.; McCabe, C.
Resolved Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Mysterious Pre-Main-Sequence Binary System T Tauri S
ApJ , 568 771
2002 April

AO NIRSPEC
Potter, D.; Martín, E. L.; Cushing, M. C.; Baudoz, P.; Brandner, W.; Guyon, O.; Neuhäuser, R.
Hokupa'a-Gemini Discovery of Two Ultracool Companions to the Young Star HD 130948
ApJL, 567, L133
2002 March 10

AO
Luhman, K. L.; Jayawardhana, Ray
An Adaptive Optics Search for Companions to Stars with Planets
ApJ, 566, 1132
2002 February 20

2001
AO NIRSPEC
Lane, B. F.; Zapatero Osorio, M. R.; Britton, M. C.; Martín, E. L.; Kulkarni, S. R.
The Orbit of the Brown Dwarf Binary Gliese 569B
ApJ, 560, 390
2001 October 10

AO
Hammel, H.B.; Rages, K.; Lockwood, G.W.; et. al.
New Measurements of the Winds of Uranus
Icarus, 153, 2, 229
2001 October

AO
Quirrenbach, A.; Roberts, J.E.; Fidkowski, K.; et. al.
Keck Adaptive Optics Observations of the Radio Galaxy 3C294 a Merging System at z=1.786?
ApJ, 556, 108
2001 July 20

AO HIRES
Marcy, Geoffrey W.; Butler, R. Paul; Vogt, Steven S.; et. al.
Two Substellar Companions Orbiting HD 168443
ApJ 555, 418
2001 July 1

AO OSCIR NIRC
Prato, L.; Ghez, A. M.; Pińa, R. K.; et. al.
Keck Diffraction-limited Imaging of the Young Quadruple Star System HD 98800
ApJ, 549, 590
2001 March 1

2000
AO
Larkin, J. E.; Glassman, T. M.; Wizinowich, P.; et. al.
Exploring the Structure of Distant Galaxies with Adaptive Optics on the Keck II Telescope
PASP, 112, 1526
2000 December

AO
Wizinowich, P.; Acton, D.S.; Shelton, C.; et. al.
First Light Adaptive Optics Images from the Keck II Telescope. A New Era of High Angular Resolution Imagery
PASP 112, 315
2000 March

AO
Martin, E. L.; Koresko, C. D.; Kulkarni, S. R.; et. al.
The Discovery of a Companion to the Very Cool Dwarf Gliese 569B with the Keck Adaptive Optics Facility
ApJL, 529, L37
2000 January 20
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