The StarLight interferometer architecture and operational concepts

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4852, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 451-462

  Duren, Riley ^a   Lay, Oliver ^a   Wette, Matt ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Formation flying; Planet detection; Stellar interferometry; Terrestrial Planet Finder

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; INTERFEROMETRY; SPACE RESEARCH; SPACECRAFT;

STELLAR INTERFEROMETRY; TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 0037612563     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.460933     Document Type: Conference Paper

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