The W. M. Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System: Overview

By P. Wizinowich, D. Le Mignant, A. Bouchez, R. Campbell, J. Chin, A. Contos, M. V. van Dam, S. Hartman, E. Johansson, R. Lafon and 7 more. 2006

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Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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• A T8.5 BROWN DWARF MEMBER OF THE ξ URSAE MAJORIS SYSTEM (2012, methodology): “High resolution imaging observations of WISE 1118+31 were obtained using the Keck II LGS-AO system (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006) with NIRC2 on 14 April 2012 (UT).”
• DISCOVERY OF PRECURSOR LUMINOUS BLUE VARIABLE OUTBURSTS IN TWO RECENT OPTICAL TRANSIENTS: THE FITFULLY VARIABLE MISSING LINKS UGC 2773-OT AND SN 2009ip (2009, methodology): “On 2009 Sep. 9, we observed SN 2009ip in the K ′ band with the Near-Infrared Camera 2 (NIRC2) using the laser guide star (LGS) adaptive optics (AO) system (Wizinowich et al. 2006) on the 10-m Keck II telescope.”
• The W. M. Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System: Performance Characterization (2006, methodology): “Initial engineering science results can be found in Bouchez et al. (2004), while Wizinowich et al. (2006) provides a detailed description of the system and its operation.”
• THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT: THE MBH–σ* RELATION FOR REVERBERATION-MAPPED ACTIVE GALAXIES (2010, methodology): “Imaging Spectrograph (OSIRIS; Larkin et al. 2006) at the Keck-II telescope, operated with the laser guide-star adaptive optics (LGS-AO) system (Wizinowich et al. 2006).”
• THE HAWAII INFRARED PARALLAX PROGRAM. I. ULTRACOOL BINARIES AND THE L/T TRANSITION, (2012, methodology): “Depending on the target and observing conditions (see Table 5), we used laser guide star (LGS) AO (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006) or natural guide star (NGS) AO (Wizinowich et al. 2000, 2004).”
• OUTFLOWS FROM ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI: KINEMATICS OF THE NARROW-LINE AND CORONAL-LINE REGIONS IN SEYFERT GALAXIES, (2011, methodology): “The OSIRIS galaxies were observed between 2006 April and 2008 January using both the NGS and LGS AO systems (van Dam et al. 2004, 2006; Wizinowich et al. 2006).”
• HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION INTEGRAL-FIELD SPECTROSCOPY OF THE GALAXY'S NUCLEAR CLUSTER: A MISSING STELLAR CUSP? (2009, methodology): “Near-IR spectra of the central 4′′ of the Galaxy were obtained between 2006 and 2008 using the OSIRIS integral field spectrograph (Larkin et al. 2006) in conjunction with the laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system on the Keck II telescope (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006).”
• Adaptive Optics for Astronomy (2012, background): “Still it took another ten years until the technology had matured enough to be installed at 8–10-m class telescopes such as Keck II (Wizinowich et al. 2006), VLT (Bonaccini Calia et al. 2006), Gemini North (Boccas et al. 2006), and Subaru (Hayano et al. 2010).”
• Resolved spectroscopy of gravitationally lensed galaxies: recovering coherent velocity fields in subluminous z ~ 2-3 galaxies (2009, methodology): “…observations of the targets listed in Table 1 were made with the near-infrared integral field spectrograph OSIRIS (Larkin et al. 2006) on the 10 meter Keck II telescope using the laser guide star adaptive optics (LGSAO) system (Wizinowich et al. 2006) to correct for atmospheric distortion.”
• THE HAWAII INFRARED PARALLAX PROGRAM. II. YOUNG ULTRACOOL FIELD DWARFS (2016, methodology): “6−0945AB on 2014 March 14 UT using the facility camera NIRC2 in concert with the laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system on the Keck II telescope (Bouchez et al. 2004; Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006).”
• Optically pumped VECSELs: review of technology and progress (2017, background): “To date, different technological approaches have been proposed, such as Raman-shifted fiber lasers [419], sum-frequency generation from Nd:YAG lasers [420], and dye lasers [421].”
• A STUDY OF THE DIVERSE T DWARF POPULATION REVEALED BY WISE (2013, methodology): “Additional high-resolution images of WISE J1542+2230 were obtained using the Keck II LGS-AO system (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006) with NIRC2 on 2012 April 14 (UT).”
• Subtle Signatures of Multiplicity in Late-type Dwarf Spectra: The Unresolved M8.5 + T5 Binary 2MASS J03202839–0446358 (2008, methodology): “High Angular Resolution Imaging In an attempt to search for faint companions, 2MASS J0320−0446 was imaged on 2008 January 15 (UT) with the sodium LGS AO system (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006) and facility near-infrared camera NIRC2 on the 10m Keck Telescope.”
• PLANETS AROUND LOW-MASS STARS (PALMS). IV. THE OUTER ARCHITECTURE OF M DWARF PLANETARY SYSTEMS (2014, methodology): “A single target, NLTT 13844 (R∼14.8 mag), was observed with laser guide star AO (LGS-AO; Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006).”
• Measuring Distance and Properties of the Milky Way’s Central Supermassive Black Hole with Stellar Orbits (2008, methodology): “With the advent of laser guide-star adaptive optics (LGSAO) in 2004 on the 10 mW. M. Keck II telescope (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006), we have made measurements of the Galaxy’s central stellar cluster with much higher Strehl ratios (Ghez et al. 2005b).”
• On the Progenitor of SN 2005gl and the Nature of Type IIn Supernovae (2006, methodology): “…observed SN 2005gl on 2005 November 11 with the widefield channel (plate scale 0.0400 pixel 1) of the Near Infrared Camera 2 (NIRC2) operated behind the laser guide star assisted adaptive optics system (LGSAO;Wizinowich et al. 2006) on the Keck II 10 m telescope on Mauna Kea, Hawaii.”
• AN IMPROVED DISTANCE AND MASS ESTIMATE FOR SGR A* FROM A MULTISTAR ORBIT ANALYSIS (2016, methodology): “New high-resolution images of the central ∼ 10′′× 10′′ of our galaxy were taken in 2012 and 2013 using the laser guide star adaptive optics system (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006) on the Keck II telescope.”
• A DISK OF YOUNG STARS AT THE GALACTIC CENTER AS DETERMINED BY INDIVIDUAL STELLAR ORBITS (2008, methodology): “The two adaptive optics imaging observations used the facility LGS AO system (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006) and the near-infrared camera, NIRC2 (PI: K. Matthews) with a plate scale of 9.963 ± 0.006 mas per pixel (Ghez et al. 2008) and a 10.”