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Alfio Puglisi
Researcher at INAF
Publications - 190
Citations - 4707
Alfio Puglisi is an academic researcher from INAF. The author has contributed to research in topics: Adaptive optics & Large Binocular Telescope. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 171 publications receiving 4196 citations. Previous affiliations of Alfio Puglisi include Carnegie Institution for Science & University of Arizona.
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FIRST LIGHT LBT AO IMAGES OF HR 8799 bcde AT 1.6 AND 3.3 μm: NEW DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN YOUNG PLANETS AND OLD BROWN DWARFS*
Andrew J. Skemer,Philip M. Hinz,Simone Esposito,Adam Burrows,Jarron Leisenring,Michael F. Skrutskie,Silvano Desidera,Dino Mesa,Carmelo Arcidiacono,Filippo Mannucci,Timothy J. Rodigas,Laird M. Close,Donald W. McCarthy,Craig Kulesa,Guido Agapito,Daniel Apai,Javier Argomedo,Vanessa P. Bailey,K. Boutsia,Runa Briguglio,Guido Brusa,Lorenzo Busoni,Riccardo Claudi,Joshua Eisner,Luca Fini,Katherine B. Follette,Peter M. Garnavich,Raffaele Gratton,J. C. Guerra,John M. Hill,William F. Hoffmann,Terry J. Jones,M. Krejny,Jared R. Males,Elena Masciadri,Michael Meyer,Douglas L. Miller,Katie M. Morzinski,Matthew J. Nelson,Enrico Pinna,Alfio Puglisi,Sascha P. Quanz,Fernando Quiros-Pacheco,Armando Riccardi,P. Stefanini,Vidhya Vaitheeswaran,John C. Wilson,Marco Xompero +47 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the spectral energy distribution of the HR 8799 planets is modeled as a mixture of clouds of varying opacity, similar to the patchy cloud structures on Jupiter and L/T transition brown dwarfs.
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First Light LBT AO Images of HR 8799 bcde at 1.65 and 3.3 Microns: New Discrepancies between Young Planets and Old Brown Dwarfs
Andrew J. Skemer,Philip M. Hinz,Simone Esposito,Adam Burrows,Jarron Leisenring,Michael F. Skrutskie,Silvano Desidera,Dino Mesa,Carmelo Arcidiacono,Filippo Mannucci,Timothy J. Rodigas,Laird M. Close,Donald W. McCarthy,Craig Kulesa,Guido Agapito,Daniel Apai,Javier Argomedo,Vanessa P. Bailey,K. Boutsia,Runa Briguglio,Guido Brusa,Lorenzo Busoni,Riccardo Claudi,Joshua Eisner,Luca Fini,Katherine B. Follette,Peter M. Garnavich,Raffaele Gratton,Juan Carlos Guerra,John M. Hill,William F. Hoffmann,Terry Jones,Megan Krejny,Jared R. Males,Elena Masciadri,Michael Meyer,Douglas L. Miller,Katie M. Morzinski,Matthew J. Nelson,Enrico Pinna,Alfio Puglisi,Sascha P. Quanz,Fernando Quiros-Pacheco,Armando Riccardi,P. Stefanini,Vidhya Vaitheeswaran,John C. Wilson,Marco Xompero +47 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the LBT adaptive optics system, PISCES, and LBTI/LMIRCam to image all four of the HR 8799 planets at H-band and 3.3 microns.
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Discovery of H-alpha Emission from the Close Companion Inside the Gap of Transitional Disk HD142527
Laird M. Close,Katherine B. Follette,J. Males,Alfio Puglisi,Marco Xompero,Daniel Apai,Joan Najita,Alycia J. Weinberger,Katie M. Morzinski,T. J. Rodigas,P. M. Hinz,Vanessa P. Bailey,Runa Briguglio +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Magellan Adaptive Optics System (MAGAO) was used to obtain very high-resolution visible light images of HD142527 with MagAO's VisAO science camera.
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First light AO (FLAO) system for LBT: final integration, acceptance test in Europe, and preliminary on-sky commissioning results
Simone Esposito,Armando Riccardi,Luca Fini,Alfio Puglisi,Enrico Pinna,Marco Xompero,Runa Briguglio,Fernando Quiros-Pacheco,P. Stefanini,Juan Carlos Guerra,Lorenzo Busoni,Andrea Tozzi,F. Pieralli,Guido Agapito,Guido Brusa-Zappellini,Richard A. Demers,Joar Brynnel,Carmelo Arcidiacono,Piero Salinari +18 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the laboratory characterization and performance evaluation of the First Light Adaptive Optics (FLAO) the Natural Guide Star adaptive optics system for the Large Binocular Telescope (LBT), which uses an adaptive secondary mirror with 672 actuators and a pyramid wavefront sensor with adjustable sampled pupil from 30×30 down to 4×4 subapertures.
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DISCOVERY OF Hα EMISSION FROM THE CLOSE COMPANION INSIDE THE GAP OF TRANSITIONAL DISK HD 142527
Laird M. Close,Katherine B. Follette,Jared R. Males,Alfio Puglisi,Marco Xompero,Daniel Apai,Joan Najita,Alycia J. Weinberger,Katie M. Morzinski,Timothy J. Rodigas,Philip M. Hinz,Vanessa P. Bailey,Runa Briguglio +12 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the Magellan Adaptive Optics System (MAGAO) was used to obtain very high-resolution visible light images of HD 142527 with MagAO's VisAO science camera.