High contrast at short separation with VLTI/GRAVITY: Bringing Gaia companions to light

Autor: Pourré, N., Winterhalder, T. O., Bouquin, J. -B. Le, Lacour, S., Bidot, A., Nowak, M., Maire, A. -L., Mouillet, D., Babusiaux, C., Woillez, J., Abuter, R., Amorim, A., Asensio-Torres, R., Balmer, W. O., Benisty, M., Berger, J. -P., Beust, H., Blunt, S., Boccaletti, A., Bonnefoy, M., Bonnet, H., Bordoni, M. S., Bourdarot, G., Brandner, W., Cantalloube, F., Caselli, P., Charnay, B., Chauvin, G., Chavez, A., Choquet, E., Christiaens, V., Clénet, Y., Foresto, V. Coudé du, Cridland, A., Davies, R., Defrère, D., Dembet, R., Dexter, J., Drescher, A., Duvert, G., Eckart, A., Eisenhauer, F., Schreiber, N. M. Föster, Garcia, P., Lopez, R. Garcia, Gendron, E., Genzel, R., Gillessen, S., Girard, J. H., Gonte, F., Grant, S., Haubois, X., Heißel, G., Henning, Th., Hinkley, S., Hippler, S., Hönig, S. F., Houllé, M., Hubert, Z., Jocou, L., Kammerer, J., Kenworthy, M., Keppler, M., Kervella, P., Kreidberg, L., Kurtovic, N. T., Lagrange, A. -M., Lapeyrère, V., Lutz, D., Mang, F., Marleau, G. -D., Mérand, A., Millour, F., Mollière, P., Monnier, J. D., Mordasini, C., Nasedkin, E., Oberti, S., Ott, T., Otten, G. P. L., Paladini, C., Paumard, T., Perraut, K., Perrin, G., Pfuhl, O., Pueyo, L., Ribeiro, D. C., Rickman, E., Rustamkulov, Z., Shangguan, J., Shimizu, T., Sing, D., Soulez, F., Stadler, J., Stolker, T., Straub, O., Straubmeier, C., Sturm, E., Sykes, C., Tacconi, L. J., van Dishoeck, E. F., Vigan, A., Vincent, F., von Fellenberg, S. D., Wang, J., Widmann, F., Yazici, S., Collaboration, the GRAVITY, Abad, J. A., Carpentier, E. Aller, Alonso, J., Andolfato, L., Barriga, P., Beuzit, J. -L., Bourget, P., Brast, R., Caniguante, L., Cottalorda, E., Darré, P., Delabre, B., Delboulbé, A., Delplancke-Ströbele, F., Donaldson, R., Dorn, R., Dupuy, C., Egner, S., Fischer, G., Frank, C., Fuenteseca, E., Gitton, P., Guerlet, T., Guieu, S., Gutierrez, P., Haguenauer, P., Haimerl, A., Heritier, C. T., Huber, S., Hubin, N., Jolley, P., Kirchbauer, J. -P., Kolb, J., Kosmalski, J., Krempl, P., Louarn, M. Le, Lilley, P., Lopez, B., Magnard, Y., Mclay, S., Meilland, A., Meister, A., Moulin, T., Pasquini, L., Paufique, J., Percheron, I., Pettazzi, L., Phan, D., Pirani, W., Quentin, J., Rakich, A., Ridings, R., Reyes, J., Rochat, S., Schmid, C., Schuhler, N., Shchekaturov, P., Seidel, M., Soenke, C., Stadler, E., Stephan, C., Suárez, M., Todorovic, M., Valdes, G., Verinaud, C., Zins, G., Zúñiga-Fernández, S., Collaboration, the NAOMI

Since 2019, GRAVITY has provided direct observations of giant planets and brown dwarfs at separations of down to 95 mas from the host star. Some of these observations have provided the first direct confirmation of companions previously detected by in

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04003

Four-of-a-kind? Comprehensive atmospheric characterisation of the HR 8799 planets with VLTI/GRAVITY

Autor: Nasedkin, E., Mollière, P., Lacour, S., Nowak, M., Kreidberg, L., Stolker, T., Wang, J. J., Balmer, W. O., Kammerer, J., Shangguan, J., Abuter, R., Amorim, A., Asensio-Torres, R., Benisty, M., Berger, J. -P., Beust, H., Blunt, S., Boccaletti, A., Bonnefoy, M., Bonnet, H., Bordoni, M. S., Bourdarot, G., Brandner, W., Cantalloube, F., Caselli, P., Charnay, B., Chauvin, G., Chavez, A., Choquet, E., Christiaens, V., Clénet, Y., Foresto, V. Coudé du, Cridland, A., Davies, R., Dembet, R., Dexter, J., Drescher, A., Duvert, G., Eckart, A., Eisenhauer, F., Schreiber, N. M. Förster, Garcia, P., Lopez, R. Garcia, Gendron, E., Genzel, R., Gillessen, S., Girard, J. H., Grant, S., Haubois, X., Heißel, G., Henning, Th., Hinkley, S., Hippler, S., Houllé, M., Hubert, Z., Jocou, L., Keppler, M., Kervella, P., Kurtovic, N. T., Lagrange, A. -M., Lapeyrère, V., Bouquin, J. -B. Le, Lutz, D., Maire, A. -L., Mang, F., Marleau, G. -D., Mérand, A., Monnier, J. D., Mordasini, C., Ott, T., Otten, G. P. P. L., Paladini, C., Paumard, T., Perraut, K., Perrin, G., Pfuhl, O., Pourré, N., Pueyo, L., Ribeiro, D. C., Rickman, E., Ruffio, J. B., Rustamkulov, Z., Shimizu, T., Sing, D., Stadler, J., Straub, O., Straubmeier, C., Sturm, E., Tacconi, L. J., van Dishoeck, E. F., Vigan, A., Vincent, F., von Fellenberg, S. D., Widmann, F., Winterhalder, T. O., Woillez, J., Yazici, S., Collaboration, the GRAVITY

Publikováno v: A&A 687, A298 (2024)

With four companions at separations from 16 to 71 au, HR 8799 is a unique target for direct imaging, presenting an opportunity for the comparative study of exoplanets with a shared formation history. Combining new VLTI/GRAVITY observations obtained w

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2404.03776

A catalogue of dual-field interferometric binary calibrators

Autor: Nowak, M., Lacour, S., Abuter, R., Amorim, A., Asensio-Torres, R., Balmer, W. O., Benisty, M., Berger, J. -P., Beust, H., Blunt, S., Boccaletti, A., Bonnefoy, M., Bonnet, H., Bordoni, M. S., Bourdarot, G., Brandner, W., Cantalloube, F., Charnay, B., Chauvin, G., Chavez, A., Choquet, E., Christiaens, V., Clénet, Y., Foresto, V. Coudé du, Cridland, A., Davies, R., Dembet, R., Dexter, J., Drescher, A., Duvert, G., Eckart, A., Eisenhauer, F., Schreiber, N. M. Förster, Garcia, P., Lopez, R. Garcia, Gardner, T., Gendron, E., Genzel, R., Gillessen, S., Girard, J. H., Grant, S., Haubois, X., Heißel, G., Henning, T., Hinkley, S., Hippler, S., Houllé, M., Hubert, Z., Jocou, L., Kammerer, J., Keppler, M., Kervella, P., Kreidberg, L., Kurtovic, N. T., Lagrange, A. -M., Lapeyrère, V., Bouquin, J. -B. Le, Léna, P., Lutz, D., Maire, A. -L., Mang, F., Marleau, G. -D., Mérand, A., Monnier, J. D., Mordasini, C., Mouillet, D., Nasedkin, E., Ott, T., Otten, G. P. P. L., Paladini, C., Paumard, T., Perraut, K., Perrin, G., Pfuh, O., Pourré, N., Pueyo, L., Ribeiro, D. C., Rickman, E., Rustamkulov, Z., Shangguan, J., Shimizu, T., Sing, D., Stadler, J., Stolker, T., Straub, O., Straubmeier, C., Sturm, E., Subroweit, M., Tacconi, L. J., van Dishoeck, E. F., Vigan, A., Vincent, F., von Fellenberg, S. D., Wang, J. J., Widmann, F., Winterhalder, T. O., Woillez, J., Yazıcı, Ş., Young, A., Collaboration, the GRAVITY

Publikováno v: A&A 687, A248 (2024)

Dual-field interferometric observations with VLTI/GRAVITY sometimes require the use of a "binary calibrator", a binary star whose individual components remain unresolved by the interferometer, with a separation between 400 and 2000 mas for observatio

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.05019

Polarimetry and Astrometry of NIR Flares as Event Horizon Scale, Dynamical Probes for the Mass of Sgr A*

Autor: The GRAVITY Collaboration, Abuter, R., Aimar, N., Seoane, P. Amaro, Amorim, A., Bauböck, M., Berger, J. P., Bonnet, H., Bourdarot, G., Brandner, W., Cardoso, V., Clénet, Y., Davies, R., de Zeeuw, P. T., Dexter, J., Drescher, A., Eckart, A., Eisenhauer, F., Feuchtgruber, H., Finger, G., Schreiber, N. M. Förster, Foschi, A., Garcia, P., Gao, F., Gelles, Z., Gendron, E., Genzel, R., Gillessen, S., Hartl, M., Haubois, X., Haussmann, F., Heißel, G., Henning, T., Hippler, S., Horrobin, M., Jochum, L., Jocou, L., Kaufer, A., Kervella, P., Lacour, S., Lapeyrère, V., Bouquin, J. -B. Le, Léna, P., Lutz, D., Mang, F., More, N., Ott, T., Paumard, T., Perraut, K., Perrin, G., Pfuhl, O., Rabien, S., Ribeiro, D. C., Bordoni, M. Sadun, Scheithauer, S., Shangguan, J., Shimizu, T., Stadler, J., Straub, O., Straubmeier, C., Sturm, E., Tacconi, L. J., Vincent, F., von Fellenberg, S., Widmann, F., Wielgus, M., Wieprecht, E., Wiezorrek, E., Woillez, J.

Publikováno v: A&A 677, L10 (2023)

We present new astrometric and polarimetric observations of flares from Sgr A* obtained with GRAVITY, the near-infrared interferometer at ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI), bringing the total sample of well-covered astrometric flares t

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2307.11821

Where intermediate-mass black holes could hide in the Galactic Centre: A full parameter study with the S2 orbit

Autor: The GRAVITY Collaboration, Straub, O., Bauböck, M., Abuter, R., Aimar, N., Seoane, P. Amaro, Amorim, A., Berger, J. P., Bonnet, H., Bourdarot, G., Brandner, W., Cardoso, V., Clénet, Y., Dallilar, Y., Davies, R., de Zeeuw, P. T., Dexter, J., Drescher, A., Eisenhauer, F., Schreiber, N. M. Förster, Foschi, A., Garcia, P., Gao, F., Gendron, E., Genzel, R., Gillessen, S., Habibi, M., Haubois, X., Heißel, G., Henning, T., Hippler, S., Horrobin, M., Jochum, L., Jocou, L., Kaufer, A., Kervella, P., Lacour, S., Lapeyrère, V., Bouquin, J. -B. Le, Léna, P., Lutz, D., Ott, T., Paumard, T., Perraut, K., Perrin, G., Pfuhl, O., Rabien, S., Ribeiro, D. C., Bordoni, M. Sadun, Scheithauer, S., Shangguan, J., Shimizu, T., Stadler, J., Straubmeier, C., Sturm, E., Tacconi, L. J., Vincent, F., von Fellenberg, S., Widmann, F., Wieprecht, E., Wiezorrek, E., Woillez, J.

Publikováno v: A&A 672, A63 (2023)

In the Milky Way the central massive black hole, SgrA*, coexists with a compact nuclear star cluster that contains a sub-parsec concentration of fast-moving young stars called S-stars. Their location and age are not easily explained by current star f

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2303.04067