Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer: Concept and phased implementation

D. Mawet; P. Wizinowich; R. Dekany; M. Chun; D. Hall; S. Cetre; O. Guyon; J. K. Wallace; B. Bowler; M. Liu; G. Ruane; E. Serabyn; R. Bartos; J. Wang; G. Vasisht; M. Fitzgerald; A. Skemer; M. Ireland; J. Fucik; J. Fortney; I. Crossfield; R. Hu; B. Benneke

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Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer: Concept and phased implementation

D. Mawet^*, P. Wizinowich, R. Dekany, M. Chun, D. Hall, S. Cetre, O. Guyon, J. K. Wallace, B. Bowler, M. Liu, G. Ruane, E. Serabyn, R. Bartos, J. Wang, G. Vasisht, M. Fitzgerald, A. Skemer, M. Ireland, J. Fucik, J. FortneyI. Crossfield, R. Hu, B. Benneke

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The Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) is a cost-effective upgrade path to the W.M. Keck observatory (WMKO) adaptive optics (AO) system, building on the lessons learned from first and second-generation extreme AO (ExAO) coronagraphs. KPIC will explore new scientific niches in exoplanet science, while maturing critical technologies and systems for future ground-based (TMT, EELT, GMT) and space-based planet imagers (HabEx, LUVOIR). The advent of fast low-noise IR cameras (IR-APD, MKIDS, electron injectors), the rapid maturing of efficient wavefront sensing (WFS) techniques (Pyramid, Zernike), small inner working angle (IWA) coronagraphs (e.g., vortex) and associated low-order wavefront sensors (LOWFS), as well as recent breakthroughs in high contrast high resolution spectroscopy, open new direct exoplanet exploration avenues that are complementary to planet imagers such as VLT-SPHERE and the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI). For instance, the search and detailed characterization of planetary systems on solar-system scales around late-Type stars, mostly beyond SPHERE and GPI's reaches, can be initiated now at WMKO.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Adaptive Optics Systems V
Editors	Enrico Marchetti, Jean-Pierre Veran, Laird M. Close
Publisher	SPIE
ISBN (Electronic)	9781510601970
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233658
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	Adaptive Optics Systems V - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 26 Jun 2016 → 1 Jul 2016

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Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	9909
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)	1996-756X

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Conference	Adaptive Optics Systems V
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Edinburgh
Period	26/06/16 → 1/07/16

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Mawet, D., Wizinowich, P., Dekany, R., Chun, M., Hall, D., Cetre, S., Guyon, O., Wallace, J. K., Bowler, B., Liu, M., Ruane, G., Serabyn, E., Bartos, R., Wang, J., Vasisht, G., Fitzgerald, M., Skemer, A., Ireland, M., Fucik, J., ... Benneke, B. (2016). Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer: Concept and phased implementation. In E. Marchetti, J.-P. Veran, & L. M. Close (Eds.), Adaptive Optics Systems V Article 99090F (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9909). SPIE. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2233658

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Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer: Concept and phased implementation. / Mawet, D.; Wizinowich, P.; Dekany, R. et al.
Adaptive Optics Systems V. ed. / Enrico Marchetti; Jean-Pierre Veran; Laird M. Close. SPIE, 2016. 99090F (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 9909).

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