Dr. Deepashri Thatte Profile

Dr. Deepashri Thatte

at Space Telescope Science Institute

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Paper

Performance of near-infrared high-contrast imaging methods with JWST from commissioning

Jens Kammerer, Julien Girard, Aarynn Carter, Marshall Perrin, Rachel Cooper, Deepashri Thatte, Thomas Vandal, Jarron Leisenring, Jason Wang, William Balmer, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Laurent Pueyo, Kimberly Ward-Duong, Ben Sunnquist, Jéa Adams Redai

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121803N (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628865

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, James Webb Space Telescope, Target acquisition, Data processing, Telescopes, Calibration, Interferometry, Image registration

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will revolutionize the field of high-contrast imaging and enable both the direct detection of Saturn-mass planets and the characterization of substellar companions in the mid-infrared. While JWST will feature unprecedented sensitivity, angular resolution will be the key factor when competing with ground-based telescopes. Here, we aim to characterize the performance of several extreme angular resolution imaging techniques available with JWST in the 3–5 µm regime based on data taken during the instrument commissioning. Firstly, we introduce custom tools to simulate, reduce, and analyze JWST NIRCam and MIRI coronagraphy data and use these tools to extract companion detection limits from on-sky NIRCam round and bar mask coronagraphy observations. Secondly, we present on-sky JWST NIRISS aperture masking interferometry (AMI) and kernel phase imaging (KPI) observations from which we extract companion detection limits using the publicly available fouriever tool. Scaled to a total integration time of one hour and a target of the brightness of AB Dor (W1 ≈ 4.4 mag, W2 ≈ 3.9 mag), we find that NIRISS AMI and KPI reach contrasts of ∼ 7–8 mag at ∼ 70 mas and ∼ 9 mag at ∼ 200 mas. Beyond ∼ 250 mas, NIRCam coronagraphy reaches deeper contrasts of ∼ 13 mag at ∼ 500 mas and ∼ 15 mag at ∼ 2 arcsec. While the bar mask performs ∼ 1 mag better than the round mask at small angular separations ≲ 0.75 arcsec, it is the other way around at large angular separations ≳ 1.5 arcsec. Moreover, the round mask gives access to the full 360 deg field-of-view which is beneficial for the search of new companions. We conclude that already during the instrument commissioning, JWST high-contrast imaging in the L- and M-bands performs close to its predicted limits and is a factor of ∼ 10 times better at large separations than the best ground-based instruments operating at similar wavelengths despite its < 2 times smaller collecting area.

Proceedings Article | 14 December 2020 Presentation + Paper

The James Webb Space Telescope aperture masking interferometer

A. Soulain, A. Sivaramakrishnan, P. Tuthill, D. Thatte, K. Volk, R. Cooper, L. Albert, É. Artigau, N. Cook, R. Doyon, D. Johnstone, D. Lafrenière, A. Martel

Proceedings Volume 11446, 1144611 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2560804

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Interferometers, Infrared telescopes, Observatories, Stars, Infrared radiation, Mirrors, Observational astronomy, Imaging systems, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 16 September 2015 Paper

Astrometric accuracy of aperture making interferometry with JWST-NIRISS

Deepashri Thatte, Alexandra Greenbaum, André Martel, Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Étienne Artigau

Proceedings Volume 9605, 96052F (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188543

KEYWORDS: Point spread functions, Sensors, Interferometry, Planets, James Webb Space Telescope, Exoplanets, Space telescopes, Astronomy, Aerospace engineering, Data modeling

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Proceedings Article | 28 August 2014 Paper

Non-redundant masking ideas on JWST

Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Anthony Cheetham, Alexandra Greenbaum, Peter Tuthill, D. Scott Acton, Benjamin Pope, Frantz Martinache, Deepashri Thatte, Edmund Nelan

Proceedings Volume 9143, 91433S (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056639

KEYWORDS: Image segmentation, James Webb Space Telescope, Point spread functions, Wavefront sensors, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Mirrors, Sensors, Cameras, Wavefronts

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