1–5 Jul 2019
Geological Museum
Europe/Copenhagen timezone

Finding compact binaries with KPED

2 Jul 2019, 11:30
20m
Main Auditorium (Geological Museum)

Main Auditorium

Geological Museum

Øster Voldgade 5-7 DK-1350 Copenhagen

Speaker

Dr Michael Coughlin

Description

The Kitt Peak Electron Multiplying CCD (EMCCD) demonstrator is a new instrument that has been developed for use at the Kitt Peak National Observatory's 84-inch telescope. With frame rates greater than 1 Hz possible and a field-of-view of 4.4′ × 4.4,′ this camera, coupled with a fully roboticized telescope, it is ideal for follow-up of short period, white dwarf binary candidates, as well as short duration transient and periodic sources identified by large field-of-view all-sky surveys such as the Zwicky Transient Facility. We will discuss this system and its synergy with ZTF, including its high-cadence observation of select Galactic fields and moderate cadence observations of a 3000 square degree field at higher declination. We will describe how we are systematically following up and confirming periodic sources identified in ZTF data, and will highlight some of the binaries that have been found.

Primary authors

Dr Michael Coughlin Mr Kevin Burdge (California Institute of Technology) Mr Shri Kulkarni (California Institute of Technology) Dr Thomas Prince (California Institute of Technology) Dr Joannes Van Roestel (California Institute of Technology)

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