Astronomy

A new PACO based method to push the exoplanets detection limits and to estimate their orbital parameters simultaneously by combining multi-epoch direct imaging observations

Exoplanets detection by direct imaging remains one of the most challenging field of astronomy. The very high contrast between the host star and its orbiting companions can prevent the exoplanets detection in a single dataset. However, combining the …

A scaled-up planetary system around a supernova progenitor

*Context.* Virtually all known exoplanets reside around stars with M < 2.3 M⊙ either due to the rapid evaporation of the protostellar disks or to selection effects impeding detections around more massive stellar hosts. *Aims.* To clarify if this …

Joint unmixing and deconvolution for angular and spectral differential imaging

Angular and spectral differential imaging is an observational technique used in astronomy to study the close environment of stars. The relative angular motion and spectral scaling between on axis and off-axis sources are exploited by processing …

REXPACO: An algorithm for high contrast reconstruction of the circumstellar environment by angular differential imaging

*Context.* Direct imaging is a method of choice for probing the close environment of young stars. Even with the coupling of adaptive optics and coronagraphy, the direct detection of off-axis sources such as circumstellar disks and exoplanets remains …

The SPHERE infrared survey for exoplanets (SHINE). II. Observations, data reduction and analysis, detection performances and early-results

*Context.* Over the past decades, direct imaging has confirmed the existence of substellar companions (exoplanets or brown dwarfs) on wide orbits (>10 au) from their host stars. To understand their formation and evolution mechanisms, we have …

Finding meaningful detections: false discovery rate control in correlated detection maps

The detection of faint sources is a key step in several areas of signal and image processing. The reliability of the detection depends on two key components: (i) the detection criterion used to derive detection maps in which the signature of a source …

Object detection, characterization and reconstruction from faint signals in images: applications in astronomy and microscopy

Astronomy is a field of study in which optical advances have driven the design of new generations of instruments always more efficient and dedicated to specific tasks. In particular, the detection of exoplanets and their characterization by direct …

PDS 70: update on post-processing developments

Exoplanet imaging data challenge: benchmarking the various image processing methods for exoplanet detection

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. For this purpose, it gathers on a dedicated repository …

Unveiling the β Pictoris system, coupling high contrast imaging, interferometric, and radial velocity data

*Context.* The nearby and young β Pictoris system hosts a well resolved disk, a directly imaged massive giant planet orbiting at ≃9 au, as well as an inner planet orbiting at ≃2.7 au, which was recently detected through radial velocity (RV). As such, …