Interferometry Basics in Practice: Exercises
Abstract
The following exercises aim to learn the link between the object intensity distribution and the corresponding visibility curves of a long-baseline ptical interferometer. They are also intended to show the additional constraints on observability that an interferometer has. This practical session is meant to be carried out with the ASPRO software, from the Jean-Marie Mariotti Center, but can also be done using other observation preparation software, such as viscalc from ESO. There are two main parts with series of exercises and the exercises corrections. The first one aims at understanding the visibility and its properties by practicing with simple examples, and the second one is about UV coverage.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0804.2604,
title = {Interferometry Basics in Practice: Exercises},
author = {Florentin Millour and Damien Ségransan and G. Duvert and Fabien Malbet and Jean-Philippe Berger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0804.2604},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
33 pages, to be published in New Astronomy Reviews, Elsevier