GRAVITY: Getting to the event horizon of Sgr A

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7013, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Eisenhauer, F ^a   Perrin, G ^b   Brandner, W ^c   Straubmeier, C ^d   Richichi, A ^f   Gillessen, S ^a   Berger, J P ^e   Hippler, S ^c   Eckart, A ^d   Scholler M ^f   Rabien, S ^a   Cassaing, F ^b   Lenzen, R ^c   Thiel, M ^a   Clenet Y ^b   Ramos, J R ^c   Kellner, S ^a   Fedou P ^b   Baumeister, H ^c   Hofmann, R ^a   Gendron, E ^b   Boehm, A ^c   Bartko, H ^a   Haubois, X ^b   Klein, R ^c   Dodds Eden, K ^a   Houairi, K ^b   Hormuth, F ^c   Grater A ^a   Jocou, L ^e   Naranjo, V ^c   Genzel, R ^a   Kervella, P ^b   Henning, T ^c   Hamaus, N ^a   Lacour, S ^e   Neumann, U ^c   Haug, M ^a   Malbet, F ^e   Laun, W ^c   Kolmeder, J ^a   Paumard, T ^b   Rohloff, R R ^c   Pfuhl, O ^a   Perraut, K ^e   Ziegleder, J ^a   Rouan, D ^b   Rousset, G ^b   more..

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR ASTRONOMIE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^e LABORATOIRE D ASTROPHYSIQUE   (France)

^f EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Black hole; Galactic center; Interferometry; Near infrared; Sgr A*; VLTI

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTIVE METALLURGY; GEODETIC SATELLITES; GRAVITATION; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHOTONICS; TELESCOPES;

BEAM COMBINERS; BLACK HOLE; CRYOGENIC VESSEL; DESIGN FEATURES; DUAL-FEED; EVENT HORIZON; FIELD OF VIEWS; FRINGE TRACKING; GALACTIC CENTER; INFRA RED INTERFEROMETRY; MASSIVE BLACK HOLES; MILKY WAY; NEAR-INFRARED; OPTICAL-; PHASE REFERENCING; PRELIMINARY DESIGN PHASE; SECONDARY SOURCES; SGR A; VLTI;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS;

EID: 52249084753     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.788407     Document Type: Conference Paper

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