Spectrally dispersed non-redundant aperture-masking interferometry in the thermal infrared with LBTI/ALES

arXiv:2608.07738 · astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.EP · Submitted 2026-08-07 · Read on arXiv

T. A. Stuber, J. M. Stone, J. W. Isbell, T. De Prins, J. P. Scott, J. A. Eisner, J. Carlson, S. Ertel

Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona · Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Wyoming · Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona · Astrophysics and Space Technologies Research Centre, Macquarie University · Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona · Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona · Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory, The University of Arizona · Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, The University of Arizona

astro-ph.IM, astro-ph.EP

Submitted: 2026-08-07

Updated: 2026-08-11

Comments: To appear in SPIE Conference Proceedings, Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2026, Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging X, 21 pages, 6 figures

Code: https://github.com/jordan-stone/SAMpy

License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/

Terminology

• Aperture — 47× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Large Binocular Telescope — 19× in this paper
• Calibration — 9× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer — 6× in this paper
• Core — 3× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers — 3× in this paper
• Alignment — 2× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Large Interferometer for Exoplanets — 2× in this paper
• Arizona Lenslets for Exoplanet Spectroscopy — 1× in this paper
• Bayesian Inference — 1× in this paper · explained in 5 episodes
• Generative AI — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration — 1× in this paper
• Redundancy — 1× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes

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• NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program (ExEP) Science Gap List
• Habitable Worlds Observatory's Concept and Technology Maturation: Initial Feasibility and Trade Space Exploration
• Bringing SOUL on sky

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