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dc.contributor.advisorMorzinski, Katie M.
dc.contributor.authorSpalding, Eckhart Arthur
dc.creatorSpalding, Eckhart Arthur
dc.date.accessioned2020-09-25T01:57:10Z
dc.date.available2020-09-25T01:57:10Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/645810
dc.description.abstractThis work demonstrates the use of two different observing modes with the twin apertures of the LBT. One pointing mode involves the incoherent juxtaposition of two filled-aperture PSFs to perform differential photometry in the thermal infrared. This is "wall-eyed" pointing, which is used to perform differential photometry on three sets of test targets. To test the possibility of applying this to the study of atmospheres of low-mass objects, one of the targets involves an exoplanet transit in front of its host star, and another involves a secondary occultation. Though the photometric precision in differential mode is increased compared to single-aperture mode, it remains limited by line-of-sight systematics possibly stemming from water vapor variations. The remainder (and majority) of the thesis involves the long-anticipated Fizeau mode---the coherent and multiaxial combination of the LBT beams. Compared to a single filled aperture, the Fizeau mode can generate a PSF that can in principle increase the resolution by a factor of ~3 along the long baseline. A number of technical challenges are described, and a science dataset of a nearby star in Fizeau mode is reduced in a first-ever trial of this mode to perform high-contrast imaging. The PSF remains unstable, particularly in phase. A new codebase was written to perform the requisite angular differential imaging of a Fizeau PSF with highly time-dependent optical aberrations. I describe the results of this process and outline avenues of possible future work.
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.
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dc.subjectexoplanets
dc.subjectFizeau
dc.subjectinfrared
dc.subjectinterferometry
dc.subjectLarge Binocular Telescope
dc.titleCommissioning Fizeau Interferometry with the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer
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dc.typeElectronic Dissertation
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizona
thesis.degree.leveldoctoral
dc.contributor.committeememberHinz, Philip M.
dc.contributor.committeememberRieke, George
dc.contributor.committeememberClose, Laird
dc.contributor.committeememberApai, Dániel
dc.contributor.committeememberMales, Jared
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate College
thesis.degree.disciplineAstronomy
thesis.degree.namePh.D.
refterms.dateFOA2020-09-25T01:57:10Z


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