Interferometry and Stellar Interferometers

Theo ten Brummelaar (Georgia State University)
Peter Lawson (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Abstract:

The fundamentals of long baseline stellar interferometry will be presented from both a theoretical and practical viewpoint with an emphasis on the engineering and design considerations of optical/infrared interferometric arrays. The history of stellar interferometry, the current state of the art, and future prospects will be described. This lecture will draw heavily on the course notes from the 1999 Michelson Summer School and serve as a brief review of that material.

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References:

• Principles of Long Baseline Stellar Interferometry
  P.R. Lawson, ed.
  JPL Publication 00-9 (JPL Publications: Pasadena, California, 2000).

• Selected Papers on Long Baseline Stellar Interferometry
  P.R. Lawson, ed.
  SPIE Milestone vol. 139 (SPIE Press: Bellingham, WA, 1997).

• Interferometry in Optical Astronomy
  P.J. Lena and A. Quirrenbach, eds.
  Proc. SPIE 4006 (SPIE Press: Bellingham WA, 2000).

• Observing with Optical/Infrared Long Baseline Interferometers
  J. Davis
  in High Angular Resolution in Astrophysics
  A.-M. Lagrange, D. Mourard, and P. Lena, eds.
  (Kluwer Academic: Dordrecht, 1997), pp. 49-79.

• Optical Long Baseline Interferomety Newsletter (OLBIN)
  P.R. Lawson, ed.
  (Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Pasadena, CA)