Data processing constitutes a critical component of high-contrast exoplanet imaging. Its role is almost as important as the choice of a coronagraph or a wavefront control system, and it is intertwined with the chosen observing strategy. Among the data processing techniques for angular differential imaging (ADI), the most recent is the family of principal component analysis (PCA) based algorithms. PCA serves, in this case, as a subspace projection technique for constructing a reference point spread function (PSF) that can be subtracted from the science data for boosting the detectability of potential companions present in the data. Unfortunately, when building this reference PSF from the science data itself, PCA comes with certain limitations such as the sensitivity of the lower dimensional orthogonal subspace to non-Gaussian noise. Inspired by recent advances in machine learning algorithms such as robust PCA, we aim to propose a localized subspace projection technique that surpasses current PCA-based post-processing algorithms in terms of the detectability of companions at near real-time speed, a quality that will be useful for future direct imaging surveys. We used randomized low-rank approximation methods recently proposed in the machine learning literature, coupled with entry-wise thresholding to decompose an ADI image sequence locally into low-rank, sparse, and Gaussian noise components (LLSG). This local three-term decomposition separates the starlight and the associated speckle noise from the planetary signal, which mostly remains in the sparse term. We tested the performance of our new algorithm on a long ADI sequence obtained on beta Pictoris with VLT/NACO. Compared to a standard PCA approach, LLSG decomposition reaches a higher signal-to-noise ratio and has an overall better performance in the receiver operating characteristic space. (abridged).
Analysis of Angular-Differential Post-Processing Algorithms for Exoplanet Direct Detection with a Photonic Lantern Nuller
California Institute of Technology(加州理工学院);University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign(伊利诺伊大学厄巴纳-香槟分校);Leiden Observatory(莱顿天文台);University of California, Los Angeles(加州大学洛杉矶分校)
Combining angular differential imaging and accurate polarimetry with SPHERE/IRDIS to characterize young giant exoplanets
年轻的巨大系外行星发出的红外辐射可以被线性偏振到百分之几。这种线性偏振可以追踪:1)大气云和霾层的存在,2)空间结构,例如云带和旋转扁平化,3)自旋轴方向和4)颗粒大小和云顶压力。我们介绍了一种新的高对比度的成像方案,结合角度差分成像(ADI)和精确的近红外偏振来表征自发光的巨型系外行星。我们在VLT/SPHERE-IRDIS上实现了这一技术,并开发了相应的观测策略、偏振校正和数据处理方法。通过结合ADI和偏振测量,我们可以表征行星,可以直接成像具有非常高的信噪比。我们使用IRDIS的光瞳跟踪模式,并结合ADI和主成分分析,以减少斑点噪声。我们利用IRDIS的双光束偏振模式来消除严重限制偏振灵敏度的差分效应(平场误差、差分像差和视宁度),从而进一步抑制斑点噪声。为了纠正仪器的偏振效应,我们应用一个详细的米勒矩阵模型,描述了望远镜和仪器,并具有绝对的偏振精度$\leq0.1\%$。使用这种技术,我们已经观察到HR 8799的行星和(亚恒星)伴星PZ Tel B。不幸的是,我们在第一次分析中没有检测到偏振信号。我们估计初步$1σ$的$\sim1\%$和$\sim0.1\%$的HR 8799和PZ Tel B的行星的线性偏振度的上限。所实现的低于百分之一的灵敏度和准确度表明,我们的技术在通过直接成像偏振测量来表征系外行星方面具有巨大的前景。
Planet detection down to a few $λ$/D: an RSDI/TLOCI approach to PSF subtraction
大多数当前的高对比度成像点扩散函数(PSF)减法算法使用某种形式的最小二乘噪声最小化来找到系外行星,在后处理之前,通常隐藏在仪器斑点噪声之下。在当前标准PSF减法算法中,使用角度和/或同时光谱差分成像(分别为ADI、SSDI)从目标图像序列导出一组参考图像以减去每个目标图像。然而,为了避免过多的系外行星自减影,ADI和SSDI(在没有强光谱特征的情况下)严格限制了小分离处的参考图像的可用数量。这限制了最小二乘算法的性能,导致在小角度分离时对系外行星的灵敏度较低。可能的解决方案是通过获取更长的序列来使用额外的参考图像,如果预计系外行星将显示出强烈的光谱特征,则使用SSDI,或者使用在其他目标上获取的图像。后一种选择称为参考星差分成像,它依赖于使用与目标图像高度相关的参考图像,在以前的地面高对比度成像调查中效果不佳。我们提出的工作结果,以优化PSF减法与GPIES参考库使用最小二乘算法,旨在最大限度地减少斑点噪声和最大限度地提高行星吞吐量,从而最大限度地提高行星信噪比(SNR)。使用2014年12月51 Eri GPI数据,在内部100 mas到300 mas环中,我们发现当使用RSDI和/或我们的优化方案时,SNR没有明显的改善。这一结果虽然仍在研究中,但似乎表明ADI+SSDI数据集上的当前算法得到了优化,并且通过使用PSF存档可以实现有限的增益。
Coherence differential imaging using gradient-boosted decision trees for the direct detection of exoplanets
LIRA, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Sorbonne Université, Université Paris Cité, CY Cergy Paris Université, CNRS(拉伊尔实验室,巴黎天文台,巴黎文理研究大学,索邦大学,巴黎西岱大学,塞吉-蓬图瓦兹大学,法国国家科学研究中心);Department of Computer Science (DCC), Universidad de Chile(智利大学计算机系);Université Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange(蔚蓝海岸大学,蔚蓝海岸天文台,法国国家科学研究中心,拉格兰日实验室)
A Statistical Framework for the Utilization of Simultaneous Pupil Plane and Focal Plane Telemetry for Exoplanet Imaging, Part I: Accounting for Aberrations in Multiple Planes
MODEL&CO: Exoplanet detection in angular differential imaging by learning across multiple observations
CNRS(法国国家科学研究中心);Inria(法国国家信息与自动化研究所);Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon(里昂天体物理研究中心);Univ. de Lyon(里昂大学);Univ. Claude Bernard Lyon 1(里昂第一大学(克洛德·贝尔纳));ENS de Lyon(里昂高等师范学院);Univ. Grenoble Alpes(格勒诺布尔阿尔卑斯大学);Grenoble INP(格勒诺布尔理工学院);LJK(让·昆廷诺实验室);Center for Data Science, New York Univ.(纽约大学数据科学中心);Laboratoire d’Études Spatiales et d’Instrumentation en Astrophysique, Observatoire de Paris(巴黎天文台空间与天体物理仪器实验室);Univ. PSL(巴黎文理大学);Sorbonne Univ.(索邦大学);Univ. Paris Diderot(巴黎狄德罗大学);Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble(格勒诺布尔行星与天体物理研究所)
Three Years of High-Contrast Imaging of the PDS 70 b and c Exoplanets at Hα with MagAO-X: Evidence of Strong Protoplanet Hα Variability and Circumplanetary Dust
New substellar candidates identified through deep learning in the F150 sample of the large-scale SHINE direct imaging survey
Geneva Observatory, University of Geneva(日内瓦天文台,日内瓦大学);STAR Institute, Université de Liège(STAR研究所,列日大学);Montefiore Institute, Université de Liège(蒙特菲奥雷研究所,列日大学);IPAG, Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS(IPAG,格勒诺布尔阿尔卑斯大学,法国国家科学研究中心)