Stellar intensity interferometry: Experimental steps toward long-baseline observations

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7734, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Leboheca, Stephan ^a   Adams, Ben ^a   Bond, Isobel ^b   Bradbury, Stella ^b   Dravins, Dainis ^c   Jensen, Hannes ^c   Kieda, David B ^a   Kress, Derrick ^a   Munford, Edward ^a   Nuñez, Paul D ^a   Price, Ryan ^a   Ribak, Erez ^d   Rose, Joachim ^b   Simpson, Harold ^a   Smith, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-CHERENKOV TELESCOPES; CONTROL ELECTRONICS; DIGITAL CORRELATOR; ON-LINE ANALYSIS; SALT LAKE CITY; SEABASES; TECHNION; TIME RESOLUTION; UNIVERSITY OF UTAH;

BUILDINGS; CORRELATORS; OBSERVATORIES; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; STARS;

INTERFEROMETRY;

EID: 79953039595     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.857098     Document Type: Conference Paper

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