Astronomical adaptive optics: a review

C Rao, L Zhong, Y Guo, M Li, L Zhang, K Wei - PhotoniX, 2024‏ - Springer
Since the concept of adaptive optics (AO) was proposed in 1953, AO has become an
indispensable technology for large aperture ground-based optical telescopes aimed at high …

Extreme adaptive optics

O Guyon - Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2018‏ - annualreviews.org
Over the last two decades, several thousand exoplanets have been identified, and their
study has become a high scientific priority. Direct imaging of nearby exoplanets and the …

Images of embedded Jovian planet formation at a wide separation around AB Aurigae

T Currie, K Lawson, G Schneider, W Lyra… - Nature …, 2022‏ - nature.com
Direct images of protoplanets embedded in disks around infant stars provide the key to
understanding the formation of gas giant planets such as Jupiter. Using the Subaru …

Discovery of a planetary-mass companion within the gap of the transition disk around PDS 70

M Keppler, M Benisty, A Müller, T Henning… - Astronomy & …, 2018‏ - aanda.org
Context. Young circumstellar disks are the birthplaces of planets. Their study is of prime
interest to understand the physical and chemical conditions under which planet formation …

The Gemini Planet Imager Exoplanet Survey: giant planet and brown dwarf demographics from 10 to 100 au

EL Nielsen, RJ De Rosa, B Macintosh… - The Astronomical …, 2019‏ - iopscience.iop.org
We present a statistical analysis of the first 300 stars observed by the Gemini Planet Imager
Exoplanet Survey. This subsample includes six detected planets and three brown dwarfs; …

The sphere infrared survey for exoplanets (shine)-iii. the demographics of young giant exoplanets below 300 au with sphere

A Vigan, C Fontanive, M Meyer, B Biller… - Astronomy & …, 2021‏ - aanda.org
The SpHere INfrared Exoplanet (SHINE) project is a 500-star survey performed with
SPHERE on the Very Large Telescope for the purpose of directly detecting new substellar …

Direct imaging and astrometric detection of a gas giant planet orbiting an accelerating star

T Currie, GM Brandt, TD Brandt, B Lacy, A Burrows… - Science, 2023‏ - science.org
Direct imaging of gas giant exoplanets provides information on their atmospheres and the
architectures of planetary systems. However, few planets have been detected in blind …

AF Lep b: The lowest-mass planet detected by coupling astrometric and direct imaging data

D Mesa, R Gratton, P Kervella, M Bonavita… - Astronomy & …, 2023‏ - aanda.org
Aims. Using the direct-imaging technique, we searched for low-mass companions around
the star AF Lep, which presents a significant proper-motion anomaly (PMa) signal obtained …

Direct imaging discovery of a super-Jovian around the young Sun-like star AF Leporis

RJ De Rosa, EL Nielsen, Z Wahhaj, JB Ruffio… - Astronomy & …, 2023‏ - aanda.org
Context. Expanding the sample of directly imaged companions to nearby, young stars that
are amenable to detailed astrometric and spectroscopic studies is critical for the continued …

The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS)-I. Bern global model of planet formation and evolution, model tests, and emerging planetary systems

A Emsenhuber, C Mordasini, R Burn, Y Alibert… - Astronomy & …, 2021‏ - aanda.org
Context. The explosion of observational data on exoplanets gives many constraints on
theoretical models of planet formation and evolution. Observational data probe very large …