Antonin Bouchez, Ph.D.

Palomar Adaptive Optics Lead
Optical/Infrared Instrumentation Group
California Institute of Technology

Caltech MC 105-24, Pasadena, California 91125
Email: abouchez@astro.caltech.edu
Phone: (626) 395-8915
Fax: (626) 568-1517
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Instrument Projects

Research

  • Adaptive Optics techniques and technologies
  • Titan atmosphere and surface (Ph.D. Thesis,Occultations)
  • Extrasolar planets

Publications

Updated 1/16/2010

Zimmerman, Neil, Oppenheimer, Ben R., Hinkley, Sasha, Brenner, Douglas, Parry, Ian R., Sivaramakrishnan, Anand, Hillenbrand, Lynne, Beichman, Charles, Crepp, Justin R., Vasisht, Gautam, Roberts, Lewis C., Burruss, Rick, King, David L., Soummer, Rémi, Dekany, Richard, Shao, Michael, Bouchez, Antonin, Roberts, Jennifer E., & Hunt, Stephanie 2010, Astrophysical Journal Parallactic Motion for Companion Discovery: An M-Dwarf Orbiting Alcor

Bouchez, Antonin H., Dekany, Richard G., Angione, John R., Baranec, Christoph, Bui, Khanh, Burruss, Rick S., Crepp, Justin R., Croner, Ernest E., Cromer, John L., Guiwits, Stephen R., Hale, David D. S., Henning, John R., Palmer, Dean, Roberts, Jennifer E., Troy, Mitchell, Truong, Tuan N., & Zolkower, Jeffry 2009, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series Status of the PALM-3000 high-order adaptive optics system

Truong, Tuan N., Bouchez, Antonin H., Dekany, Richard G., Shelton, Jean C., Troy, Mitchell, Angione, John R., Burruss, Rick S., Cromer, John L., Guiwits, Stephen R., & Roberts, Jennifer E. 2008, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series Real-time wavefront control for the PALM-3000 high order adaptive optics system

Roberts, Jennifer E., Bouchez, Antonin H., Angione, John, Burruss, Rick S., Cromer, John L., Dekany, Richard G., Guiwits, Stephen R., Henning, John R., Hickey, Jeff, Kibblewhite, Edward, McKenna, Daniel L., Moore, Anna M., Petrie, Harold L., Shelton, J. C., Thicksten, Robert P., Trinh, Thang, Tripathi, Renu, Troy, Mitchell, Truong, Tuan, & Velur, Viswa 2008, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series Facilitizing the Palomar AO laser guide star system

Wizinowich, P., Dekany, R., Gavel, D., Max, C., Adkins, S., Bauman, B., Bell, J., Bouchez, A., Britton, M., Chin, J., Flicker, R., Johansson, E., Kupke, R., Le Mignant, D., Lockwood, C., Medeiros, D., McGrath, E., Moore, A., Neyman, C., Reinig, M., & Velur, V. 2008, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series W. M. Keck Observatory's next-generation adaptive optics facility

Bouchez, Antonin H., Dekany, Richard G., Angione, John R., Baranec, Christoph, Britton, Matthew C., Bui, Khanh, Burruss, Rick S., Cromer, John L., Guiwits, Stephen R., Henning, John R., Hickey, Jeff, McKenna, Daniel L., Moore, Anna M., Roberts, Jennifer E., Trinh, Thang Q., Troy, Mitchell, Truong, Tuan N., & Velur, Viswa 2008, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series The PALM-3000 high-order adaptive optics system for Palomar Observatory

Bouchez, Antonin H., Dekany, R. G., Angione, J., Burruss, R., Cromer, J., Guiwits, S., Henning, J. R., Hickey, J., Kibblewhite, E., Moore, A., Petrie, H. L., Roberts, J., Shelton, J. C., Thicksten, R. P., Trinh, T., Tripathi, R., Troy, M., Truong, T., & Velur, V. 2007, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society Palomar Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Observations of Globular Cluster GLIMPSE-C01

Le Mignant, D., Sahai, R., Bouchez, A., Campbell, R., van Dam, M., Chin, J., Johansson, E., Hartman, S., Lafon, R., Lyke, J., Stomski, P., Summers, D., & Wizinowich, P. 2007, ArXiv e-prints Resolving the Multiple Outflows in the Egg Nebula with Keck II Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics

Clare, Richard M., van Dam, Marcos A., & Bouchez, Antonin H. 2007, Optics Express Modeling low order aberrations in laser guide star adaptive optics systems

Dekany, R., Bouchez, A., Roberts, J., Troy, M., Kibblewhite, E., Oppenheimer, B., Moore, A., Shelton, C., Smith, R., Trinh, T., & Velur, V. 2007, Advanced Maui Optical and Space Surveillance Technologies Conference High-contrast Adaptive Optics on the 200-in. Telescope at Palomar Mountain

Schaller, Emily L., Brown, Michael E., Roe, Henry G., Bouchez, Antonin H., & Trujillo, Chadwick A. 2006, Icarus Dissipation of Titan's south polar clouds

van Dam, Marcos A., Sasiela, Richard J., Bouchez, Antonin H., Le Mignant, David, Campbell, Randy D., Chin, Jason C. Y., Hartman, Scott K., Johansson, Erik M., Lafon, Robert E., Stomski, Paul J., Jr., Summers, Douglas M., & Wizinowich, Peter L. 2006, Advances in Adaptive Optics II. Edited by Ellerbroek, Brent L.; Bonaccini Calia, Domenico. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6272, pp. 627231 (2006). Angular anisoplanatism in laser guide star adaptive optics

Dekany, Richard, Bouchez, Antonin, Britton, Matthew, Velur, Viswa, Troy, Mitchell, Shelton, J. Chris, & Roberts, Jennifer 2006, Advances in Adaptive Optics II. Edited by Ellerbroek, Brent L.; Bonaccini Calia, Domenico. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6272, pp. 62720G (2006). PALM-3000: visible light AO on the 5.1-meter Telescope

Le Mignant, David, van Dam, Marcos A., Bouchez, Antonin H., Chin, Jason C. Y., Chock, Elizabeth, Campbell, Randall D., Conrad, Al, Doyle, Steve, Goodrich, Robert W., Johansson, Erik M., Kwok, Shui H., Lafon, Robert E., Lyke, James E., Melcher, Christine, Mouser, Ronald P., Summers, Douglas M., Stomski, Paul J., Jr., Wilburn, Cynthia, & Wizinowich, Peter L. 2006, Advances in Adaptive Optics II. Edited by Ellerbroek, Brent L.; Bonaccini Calia, Domenico. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6272, pp. 627201 (2006). LGS AO at W.M. Keck Observatory: routine operations and remaining challenges

Le Mignant, David, Campbell, Randall D., Bouchez, Antonin H., Chin, Jason C. Y., Chock, Elizabeth, Conrad, Al, van Dam, Marcos A., Doyle, Steve, Goodrich, Robert E., Johansson, Erik M., Lafon, Robert E., Lyke, James E., Melcher, Christine, Mouser, Ronald P., Summers, Douglas M., Wilburn, Cynthia, & Wizinowich, Peter L. 2006, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems. Edited by Silva, David R.; Doxsey, Rodger E.. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 6270, pp. 62700C (2006). LGS AO operations at the W.M. Keck Observatory

Witasse, Olivier, Lebreton, Jean-Pierre, Bird, Michael K., Dutta-Roy, Robindro, Folkner, William M., Preston, Robert A., Asmar, Sami W., Gurvits, Leonid I., Pogrebenko, Sergei V., Avruch, Ian M., Campbell, Robert M., Bignall, Hayley E., Garrett, Michael A., van Langevelde, Huib Jan, Parsley, Stephen M., Reynolds, Cormac, Szomoru, Arpad, Reynolds, John E., Phillips, Chris J., Sault, Robert J., Tzioumis, Anastasios K., Ghigo, Frank, Langston, Glen, Brisken, Walter, Romney, Jonathan D., Mujunen, Ari, Ritakari, Jouko, Tingay, Steven J., Dodson, Richard G., van't Klooster, C. G. M., Blancquaert, Thierry, Coustenis, Athena, Gendron, Eric, Sicardy, Bruno, Hirtzig, Mathieu, Luz, David, Negrao, Alberto, Kostiuk, Theodor, Livengood, Timothy A., Hartung, Markus, de Pater, Imke, Ádámkovics, Mate, Lorenz, Ralph D., Roe, Henry, Schaller, Emily, Brown, Michael, Bouchez, Antonin H., Trujillo, Chad A., Buratti, Bonnie J., Caillault, Lise, Magin, Thierry, Bourdon, Anne, & Laux, Christophe 2006, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets) Overview of the coordinated ground-based observations of Titan during the Huygens mission

de Pater, Imke, Ádámkovics, Máte, Bouchez, Antonin H., Brown, Michael E., Gibbard, Seran G., Marchis, Franck, Roe, Henry G., Schaller, Emily L., & Young, Eliot 2006, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets) Titan imagery with Keck adaptive optics during and after probe entry

Schaller, Emily L., Brown, Michael E., Roe, Henry G., & Bouchez, Antonin H. 2006, Icarus A large cloud outburst at Titan's south pole

Brown, M. E., van Dam, M. A., Bouchez, A. H., Le Mignant, D., Campbell, R. D., Chin, J. C. Y., Conrad, A., Hartman, S. K., Johansson, E. M., Lafon, R. E., Rabinowitz, D. L., Stomski, P. J., Jr., Summers, D. M., Trujillo, C. A., & Wizinowich, P. L. 2006, Astrophysical Journal Satellites of the Largest Kuiper Belt Objects

van Dam, Marcos A., Bouchez, Antonin H., Le Mignant, David, Johansson, Erik M., Wizinowich, Peter L., Campbell, Randy D., Chin, Jason C. Y., Hartman, Scott K., Lafon, Robert E., Stomski, Paul J., Jr., & Summers, Douglas M. 2006, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific The W. M. Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System:

Wizinowich, Peter L., Le Mignant, David, Bouchez, Antonin H., Campbell, Randy D., Chin, Jason C. Y., Contos, Adam R., van Dam, Marcos A., Hartman, Scott K., Johansson, Erik M., Lafon, Robert E., Lewis, Hilton, Stomski, Paul J., Summers, Douglas M., Brown, Curtis G., Danforth, Pamela M., Max, Claire E., & Pennington, Deanna M. 2006, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific The W. M. Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System: Overview

Marchis, Franck, Hestroffer, Daniel, Descamps, Pascal, Berthier, Jérôme, Bouchez, Antonin H., Campbell, Randall D., Chin, Jason C. Y., van Dam, Marcos A., Hartman, Scott K., Johansson, Erik M., Lafon, Robert E., Le Mignant, David, de Pater, Imke, Stomski, Paul J., Summers, Doug M., Vachier, Frédéric, Wizinovich, Peter L., & Wong, Michael H. 2006, Nature A low density of 0.8gcm<SUP>-3</SUP> for the Trojan binary asteroid 617Patroclus

van Dam, Marcos A., Bouchez, Antonin H., Le Mignant, David, & Wizinowich, Peter L. 2006, Optics Express Quasi-static aberrations induced by laser guide stars in adaptive optics

Ghez, A. M., Hornstein, S. D., Lu, J. R., Bouchez, A., Le Mignant, D., van Dam, M. A., Wizinowich, P., Matthews, K., Morris, M., Becklin, E. E., Campbell, R. D., Chin, J. C. Y., Hartman, S. K., Johansson, E. M., Lafon, R. E., Stomski, P. J., & Summers, D. M. 2005, Astrophysical Journal The First Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Observations of the Galactic Center: Sgr A*'s Infrared Color and the Extended Red Emission in its Vicinity

Roe, Henry G., Brown, Michael E., Schaller, Emily L., Bouchez, Antonin H., & Trujillo, Chadwick A. 2005, Science Geographic Control of Titan's Mid-Latitude Clouds

Barnes, Jason W., Brown, Robert H., Turtle, Elizabeth P., McEwen, Alfred S., Lorenz, Ralph D., Janssen, Michael, Schaller, Emily L., Brown, Michael E., Buratti, Bonnie J., Sotin, Christophe, Griffith, Caitlin, Clark, Roger, Perry, Jason, Fussner, Stephanie, Barbara, John, West, Richard, Elachi, Charles, Bouchez, Antonin H., Roe, Henry G., Baines, Kevin H., Bellucci, Giancarlo, Bibring, Jean-Pierre, Capaccioni, Fabrizio, Cerroni, Priscilla, Combes, Michel, Coradini, Angioletta, Cruikshank, Dale P., Drossart, Pierre, Formisano, Vittorio, Jaumann, Ralf, Langevin, Yves, Matson, Dennis L., McCord, Thomas B., Nicholson, Phillip D., & Sicardy, Bruno 2005, Science A 5-Micron-Bright Spot on Titan: Evidence for Surface Diversity

Brown, M. E., Bouchez, A. H., Rabinowitz, D., Sari, R., Trujillo, C. A., van Dam, M., Campbell, R., Chin, J., Hartman, S., Johansson, E., Lafon, R., Le Mignant, D., Stomski, P., Summers, D., & Wizinowich, P. 2005, Astrophysical Journal Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics Discovery and Characterization of a Satellite to the Large Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL<SUB>61</SUB>

West, R. A., Brown, M. E., Salinas, S. V., Bouchez, A. H., & Roe, H. G. 2005, Nature No oceans on Titan from the absence of a near-infrared specular reflection

Melbourne, J., Wright, S. A., Barczys, M., Bouchez, A. H., Chin, J., van Dam, M. A., Hartman, S., Johansson, E., Koo, D. C., Lafon, R., Larkin, J., Le Mignant, D., Lotz, J., Max, C. E., Pennington, D. M., Stomski, P. J., Summers, D., & Wizinowich, P. L. 2005, Astrophysical Journal Merging Galaxies in GOODS-S: First Extragalactic Results from Keck Laser Adaptive Optics

Bouchez, Antonin H. & Brown, Michael E. 2005, Astrophysical Journal Statistics of Titan's South Polar Tropospheric Clouds

Roe, H. G., Bouchez, A. H., Trujillo, C. A., Schaller, E. L., & Brown, M. E. 2005, Astrophysical Journal Discovery of Temperate Latitude Clouds on Titan

Summers, Douglas, Bouchez, Antonin H., Chin, Jason, Contos, Adam, Hartman, Scott, Johansson, Erik, Lafon, Robert, Le Mignant, David, Stomski, Paul, van Dam, Marcos A., & Wizinowich, Peter L. 2004, Advancements in Adaptive Optics. Edited by Domenico B. Calia, Brent L. Ellerbroek, and Roberto Ragazzoni. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5490, pp. 1117-1128 (2004). Focus and pointing adjustments necessary for laser guide star adaptive optics at the W.M. Keck Observatory

Bouchez, Antonin H., Le Mignant, David, van Dam, Marcos A., Chin, Jason, Hartman, Scott, Johansson, Erik, Lafon, Robert, Stomski, Paul, Summers, Douglas, & Wizinowich, Peter L. 2004, Advancements in Adaptive Optics. Edited by Domenico B. Calia, Brent L. Ellerbroek, and Roberto Ragazzoni. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5490, pp. 321-330 (2004). Keck laser guide star adaptive optics: science verification results

Wizinowich, Peter L., Le Mignant, David, Bouchez, Antonin, Chin, Jason, Contos, Adam, Hartman, Scott, Johansson, Erik, Lafon, Robert, Neyman, Chris, Stomski, Paul, Summers, Doug, & van Dam, Marcos A. 2004, Advancements in Adaptive Optics. Edited by Domenico B. Calia, Brent L. Ellerbroek, and Roberto Ragazzoni. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 5490, pp. 1-11 (2004). Adaptive optics developments at Keck Observatory

Bouchez, Antonin Henri 2004, Ph.D. Thesis Seasonal trends in Titan's atmosphere: Haze, wind, and clouds

Roe, H. G., de Pater, I., Gibbard, S. G., Macintosh, B. A., Max, C. E., Young, E. F., Brown, M. E., & Bouchez, A. H. 2004, Geophysical Research Letters A new 1.6-micron map of Titan's surface

Bouchez, Antonin H., Brown, Michael E., Troy, Mitchell, Burruss, Rick S., Dekany, Richard G., & West, Robert A. 2003, Adaptive Optical System Technologies II. Edited by Wizinowich, Peter L.; Bonaccini, Domenico. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 4839, pp. 1045-1054 (2003). Adaptive optics imaging of a stellar occultation by Titan

Brown, Michael E., Bouchez, Antonin H., & Griffith, Caitlin A. 2002, Nature Direct detection of variable tropospheric clouds near Titan's south pole

Burger, M. H., Schneider, N. M., de Pater, I., Brown, M. E., Bouchez, A. H., Trafton, L. M., Sheffer, Y., Barker, E. S., & Mallama, A. 2001, Astrophysical Journal Mutual Event Observations of Io's Sodium Corona

Bouchez, Antonin H., Brown, Michael E., & Schneider, Nicholas M. 2000, Icarus Eclipse Spectroscopy of Io's Atmosphere

Dekany, Richard G., Banfield, Donald J., Oppenheimer, Ben R., Bouchez, A., Brown, Michael E., Hayward, Thomas L., Brandl, Bernhard, Troy, Mitchell, Brack, Gary, Trinh, Thang, & Shi, Fang 2000, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series Solar system science with subarcsecond slit spectroscopy

Vasavada, A. R., Bouchez, A. H., Ingersoll, A. P., Little, B., Anger, C. D., & The Galileo SSI Team 1999, Journal of Geophysical Research Jupiter's visible aurora and Io footprint

Bouchez, Antonin H., Brown, Michael E., Spinrad, Hyron, & Misch, Anthony 1999, Icarus Observations of the Ion Pile-up in Comets Hale-Bopp and Hyakutake

Brown, M. E., Bouchez, A. H., Spinrad, H., & Misch, A. 1998, Icarus Sodium Velocities and Sources in Hale-Bopp

Brown, M. E. & Bouchez, A. H. 1997, Science The response of Jupiter's magnetosphere to an outburst on Io.

Brown, M. E., Bouchez, A. H., Spinrad, A. H., & Johns-Krull, C. M. 1996, Astronomical Journal A high-Resolution Catalog of Cometary Emission Lines

Brown, M. E., Bouchez, A. H., Spinrad, H., & Johns-Krull, C. M. 1995, Astronomy and Astrophysics Non-detection of the OH Meinel system in comet P/Swift-Tuttle

Brown, Michael E., Moyer, Elisabeth J., Bouchez, Antonin H., & Spinrad, Hyron 1995, Geophysical Research Letters Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9: No effect on the Io plasma torus