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Science opportunities enabled by the era of Visible Band Stellar Imaging with sub-100 {\mu}arc-sec angular resolution

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2019-08-09 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Abstract

This white paper briefly summarizes stellar science opportunities enabled by ultra-high resolution (sub-100 {\mu} arc-sec) astronomical imaging in the visible (U/V) wavebands. Next generation arrays of Imaging Cherenkov telescopes, to be constructed in the next decade, can provide unprecedented visible band imaging of several thousand bright (m< 6), hot (O/B/A) stars using a modern implementation of Stellar Intensity Interferometry (SII). This white paper describes the astrophysics/astronomy science opportunities that may be uncovered in this new observation space during the next decade.

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@article{arxiv.1908.03164,
  title  = {Science opportunities enabled by the era of Visible Band Stellar Imaging with sub-100 {\mu}arc-sec angular resolution},
  author = {D. Kieda and Monica Acosta and Anastasia Barbano and Colin Carlile and Michael Daniel and Dainis Dravins and Jamie Holder and Nolan Matthews and Teresa Montaruli and Roland Walter and Luca Zampieri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.03164},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

8 pages, 5 figures, Astro 2020 Science White paper