Simulation of the final image produced by GPI. A bright star is observed, but the light is greatly diminished due to the adaptive optics system and coronagraph. A faint point of light (circled) simulates the existence of a planet near the star.


Publications


2008

Erickson, D., Roberts, S. Pazder, J. S. and Fletcher, J. M. 2008, Integrated modeling for the GPI flexure sensitive structure, SPIE , in press -- pdf

Graham, J.R., Macintosh, B., Doyon, R. et al. 2008, Ground-based direct detection of exoplanets with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), B.A.A.S. , 211, 134.02-- abstract -- poster

Macintosh, B. A., Graham, J.R., Palmer, D.W. et al. 2008, The Gemini Planet Imager: From science to design to construction, SPIE , in press -- pdf

Morzinski, K. M., Macintosh, B. A., Dillon, D., Gavel, D., Palmer, D., and Norton, A. 2008, Empirical measurements of MEMS stroke saturation with implications for woofer-tweeter architectures, SPIE , in press -- pdf

Poyneer, L. A. and Veran, J.-P. 2008, Towards feasible and effective predictive wavefront control for adaptive optics, SPIE , in press -- pdf

Reshetov, V. and Fitzsimmons, J. 2008, Design of high-resolution variable size spatial filter for Gemini Planet Imager using flexure elements, SPIE , in press -- pdf

Soummer, R., Sivaramkrishnan, A., Oppenheimer B.R. et al. 2008, The Gemini Planet Imager: Coronagraph design & testbed, B.A.A.S. , 211, 134.01-- pdf


2007

Graham, J. R., Macintosh, B., Doyon, R., et al., 2007, Ground-based direct detection of exoplanets with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI), Exoplanet Task Force White Paper, http://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1454 -- pdf

Jensen, J. 2007, New Instrumentation for the Gemini Telescopes, Gemini Focus Newsletter (June), pp. 6 - 12 -- pdf




2006

Macintosh, B., Graham, J. R., Palmer, D., et al. 2006, The Gemini Planet Imager, Advances in Adaptive Optics II, Proc. of SPIE Vol 672 (eds. B. L. Ellerbroek and D. B. Calia), pp. 62720L -- pdf

Macintosh, B. and Graham, J. R., 2006, The Gemini Planet Imager, Gemini Focus Newsletter (December), pp. 73 - 76 -- pdf