Optical intensity interferometry with the Cherenkov Telescope Array

Astroparticle Physics

Volumn 43, Issue , 2013, Pages 331-347

  Dravins, Dainis ^a   LeBohec, Stephan ^b   Jensen, Hannes ^a,c   Nuñez, Paul D ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cherenkov telescopes; Hanbury Brown Twiss; Intensity interferometry; Optical interferometry; Photon statistics; Stars: individual

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC TURBULENCE; CORRELATION DETECTORS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; PHOTONS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STARS;

CHERENKOV TELESCOPE; HANBURY-BROWN TWISS; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTON STATISTICS; STARS: INDIVIDUAL;

TELESCOPES;

EID: 84886100930     PISSN: 09276505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.astropartphys.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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