A survey of the linear polarization of directly imaged exoplanets and brown dwarf companions with SPHERE-IRDIS. First polarimetric detections revealing disks around DH Tau B and GSC 6214-210 B

no code implementations • 11 Jan 2021 • R. G. van Holstein, T. Stolker, R. Jensen-Clem, C. Ginski, J. Milli, J. de Boer, J. H. Girard, Z. Wahhaj, A. J. Bohn, M. A. Millar-Blanchaer, M. Benisty, M. Bonnefoy, G. Chauvin, C. Dominik, S. Hinkley, C. U. Keller, M. Keppler, M. Langlois, S. Marino, F. Ménard, C. Perrot, T. O. B. Schmidt, A. Vigan, A. Zurlo, F. Snik

The presence of these disks as well as the misalignment of the disk of DH Tau B with the disk around its primary star suggest in situ formation of the companions.

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Exoplanet Imaging Data Challenge: benchmarking the various image processing methods for exoplanet detection

no code implementations • 13 Jan 2021 • F. Cantalloube, C. Gomez-Gonzalez, O. Absil, C. Cantero, R. Bacher, M. J. Bonse, M. Bottom, C. -H. Dahlqvist, C. Desgrange, O. Flasseur, T. Fuhrmann, Th. Henning, R. Jensen-Clem, M. Kenworthy, D. Mawet, D. Mesa, T. Meshkat, D. Mouillet, A. Mueller, E. Nasedkin, B. Pairet, S. Pierard, J. -B. Ruffio, M. Samland, J. Stone, M. Van Droogenbroeck

The Exoplanet Imaging Data Challenge is a community-wide effort meant to offer a platform for a fair and common comparison of image processing methods designed for exoplanet direct detection.

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics