Ashley Baker

Instrument Scientist and Astronomer

Papers

This page contains selections of recent publications. For a full list of all first author and co-author publications, use the button below.

Full Publications List

First Author

  • Baker, A., Ruane, G., Jovanovic, N., et al. (2024). Mitigating differential limb coupling as an RV error term in diffraction-limited spectrographs on large telescopes. In Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X (pp. 52). SPIE.
  • Baker, A., Gibson, S., Grillo, J., Ishikawa, Y., et al. (2022). A UV double pass spectrograph for monitoring stellar activity for the Keck Planet Finder. In Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX (pp. 206). SPIE.
  • Baker, A., Blake, C., & Reiners, A. (2020). The IAG Solar Flux Atlas: Telluric Correction with a Semiempirical Model. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 247(1), 24.
  • Baker, A., Blake, C., & Halverson, S. (2019). The Oxyometer: A Novel Instrument Concept for Characterizing Exoplanet Atmospheres. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 131(1000), 064402.
  • Baker, A., Blake, C., & Sliski, D. (2017). Monitoring Telluric Absorption with CAMAL. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 129, 085002.
  • Baker, A., Uzair, T., Jovanovic, N., Halverson, S., Howard, A., Mawet, D., & Fahey, L. (2024). Differential high precision photometry with narrowband filters using HIRAX: instrument overview. In Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X (pp. 311). SPIE.

Select Non-primary Author Publications

  • Jovanovic, N., Baker, A., Roberts, M., Franco, A., et al. (2024). Overview and status of the front-end instrument (FEI) Keck/HISPEC, the diffraction-limited y-K band spectrograph for exoplanet characterization. In Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X (pp. 250). SPIE.
  • Wood-Vasey, W., Perrefort, D., & Baker, A. (2022). GPS Measurements of Precipitable Water Vapor Can Improve Survey Calibration: A Demonstration from KPNO and the Mayall z-band Legacy Survey. The Astronomical Journal, 163(6), 283.
  • Konopacky, Q., Baker, A., Mawet, D., et al. (2023). The development of HISPEC for Keck and MODHIS for TMT: science cases and predicted sensitivities.
  • Horstman, K., Ruffio, J.B., Wang, J., Hsu, C.C., Baker, A., et al. (2024). Fringing analysis and forward modeling of Keck Planet Imager and Characterizer (KPIC) spectra. In Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy X (pp. 87). SPIE.