Laird M. Close

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Best Publications

• Analysis of isoplanatic high resolution stellar fields by Starfinder code

  E. Diolaiti;O. Bendinelli;D. Bonaccini;L. Close

  564
  Citations

• Detection of Nine M8.0-L0.5 Binaries: The Very Low Mass Binary Population and its Implications for Brown Dwarf and VLM Star Formation

  Laird M. Close;Nick Siegler;Melanie Freed;Beth Biller

  493
  Citations

• Analysis of isoplanatic high resolution stellar fields by the StarFinder code

  E. Diolaiti;O. Bendinelli;D. Bonaccini;L. Close

  488
  Citations

• The Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics System: Enabling High-Contrast Imaging on Solar-System Scales

  N. Jovanovic;N. Jovanovic;F. Martinache;O. Guyon;O. Guyon;C. Clergeon

  432
  Citations

• DETECTION OF NINE M8.0-L0.5 BINARIES: THE VERY LOW MASS BINARY POPULATION AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR BROWN DWARF AND VERY LOW MASS STAR FORMATION

  Laird M. Close;Nick Siegler;Melanie Freed;Beth Biller

  403
  Citations

• Accreting protoplanets in the LkCa 15 transition disk

  S. Sallum;K. B. Follette;J. A. Eisner;L. M. Close

  340
  Citations

• Epsilon Indi Ba/Bb: the nearest binary brown dwarf

  M. J. McCaughrean;L. M. Close;R.-D. Scholz;R. Lenzen

  264
  Citations

• 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

  260
  Citations

• Discovery of H-alpha Emission from the Close Companion Inside the Gap of Transitional Disk HD142527

  L. M. Close;K. B. Follette;J. R. Males;A. Puglisi

  240
  Citations

• THE GEMINI/NICI PLANET-FINDING CAMPAIGN: THE FREQUENCY OF PLANETS AROUND YOUNG MOVING GROUP STARS*

  Beth A. Biller;Michael C. Liu;Zahed Wahhaj;Eric L. Nielsen

  233
  Citations

• HD?106906?b: A Planetary-mass Companion Outside a Massive Debris Disk

  Vanessa Bailey;Tiffany Meshkat;Megan Reiter;Katie Morzinski

  220
  Citations

• A dynamical calibration of the mass–luminosity relation at very low stellar masses and young ages

  Laird M. Close;Rainer Lenzen;Jose C. Guirado;Eric L. Nielsen

  220
  Citations

• ε Indi Ba,Bb: The nearest binary brown dwarf

  M. J. McCaughrean;L. M. Close;R.-D. Scholz;R. Lenzen

  219
  Citations

• Astronomical demonstration of an optical vortex coronagraph.

  Grover A. Swartzlander;Erin L. Ford;Rukiah S. Abdul-Malik;Laird M. Close

  209
  Citations

• 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

  205
  Citations

• An Imaging Survey for Extrasolar Planets around 45 Close, Young Stars with the Simultaneous Differential Imager at the Very Large Telescope and MMT

  Beth A. Biller;Laird M. Close;Elena Masciadri;Eric Nielsen

  201
  Citations

• Stellar Kinematics and the Black Hole in the Galactic Center

  Joseph W. Haller;M. J. Rieke;G. H. Rieke;P. Tamblyn

  191
  Citations

• An Enigmatic Pointlike Feature within the HD 169142 Transitional Disk

  Beth A. Biller;Jared Males;Timothy Rodigas;Katie Morzinski

  191
  Citations

• StarFinder: an IDL GUI-based code to analyze crowded fields with isoplanatic correcting PSF fitting

  Emiliano Diolaiti;Orazio Bendinelli;Domenico Bonaccini;Laird Miller Close

  172
  Citations

• The Gemini NICI Planet-Finding Campaign: The Frequency of Giant Planets Around Debris Disk Stars

  Zahed Wahhaj;Michael C. Liu;Eric L. Nielsen;Beth A. Biller

  171
  Citations