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Imaging Performance Studies of a Compact Near-Infrared Interferometer.

DE2001764020

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	McGehee, P. M.; Loos, G. C.
Page Count	13
Abstract	Models of the instrument response and imaging quality are presented for a class of compact near-infrared interferometers. The defining features of this class tie 2 to 3 meter diameter telescopes with adaptive optics compensation, 3 to 6 collectors, and relatively short baselines of 50 meters or less. We will also study the effects of having at least one of the collecting apertures moveable along a 100 meter track. Estimates for the fringe visibilities are derived and the limiting K-band (2.2 micron) magnitudes are computed. Possible science programs are dicussed with specific emphasis on the imaging of young stellar object (YSO) accretion disks and optical jets.
Keywords	Interferometers Near infrared radiation Images Performance Size
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	46C - Optics & Lasers
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	200123
Contract Number	W-7405-ENG-36

Imaging Performance Studies of a Compact Near-Infrared Interferometer.

Imaging Performance Studies of a Compact Near-Infrared Interferometer.
DE2001764020

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	McGehee, P. M.; Loos, G. C.
Page Count	13
Abstract	Models of the instrument response and imaging quality are presented for a class of compact near-infrared interferometers. The defining features of this class tie 2 to 3 meter diameter telescopes with adaptive optics compensation, 3 to 6 collectors, and relatively short baselines of 50 meters or less. We will also study the effects of having at least one of the collecting apertures moveable along a 100 meter track. Estimates for the fringe visibilities are derived and the limiting K-band (2.2 micron) magnitudes are computed. Possible science programs are dicussed with specific emphasis on the imaging of young stellar object (YSO) accretion disks and optical jets.
Keywords	Interferometers Near infrared radiation Images Performance Size
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
NTIS Subject Category	46C - Optics & Lasers
Corporate Authors	Los Alamos National Lab., NM.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Conference Proceedings
NTIS Issue Number	200123
Contract Number	W-7405-ENG-36