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Stellar amplitude interferometry is limited by the need to have optical distances fixed and known to a fraction of the wavelength. We suggest reviving intensity interferometry, which requires hardware which is many orders of magnitude less…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Aviv Ofir , Erez N. Ribak

Experiments are in progress to prepare for intensity interferometry with arrays of air Cherenkov telescopes. At the Bonneville Seabase site, near Salt Lake City, a testbed observatory has been set up with two 3-m air Cherenkov telescopes on…

Although the Cherenkov light contains mostly short-wavelength components, it is beneficial in the aspect of imaging to visualize it in the second near-infrared (NIR-II) window. In this study, Cherenkov imaging was performed within the…

Medical Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Xiangxi Meng , Yi Du , Ziyuan Li , Sihao Zhu , Hao Wu , Changhui Li , Weiqiang Chen , Shuming Nie , Qiushi Ren , Yanye Lu

We present data from mid-infrared Keck Telescope imaging of 18 radio-selected ultra-compact HII region candidates at diffraction-limited resolution. The goal of these observations is to determine the sizes, luminosities, and morphologies of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Uriel Giveon , Matthew J. Richter , Robert H. Becker , Richard L. White

In recent years, imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) have emerged as promising platforms for optical interferometry through the use of intensity interferometry. IACTs combine large segmented mirrors, photodetectors with…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-21 Juan Cortina , Alejo Cifuentes-Santos , Tarek Hassan , Fernando Frias

A simple analysis technique is described which allows to intercalibrate the response of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes in stereoscopic telescope arrays at a level of 1-2%.

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Werner Hofmann

We present the successful measurement of the squared visibility of Sirius at a telescope separation of 3.3 m using small 0.25 m Newtonian-style telescopes in an urban backyard setting. The primary science goal for small-scale intensity…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-20 Thomas J. Mozdzen , Richard M. Scott , Ricardo R. Rodriguez , Philip D. Mauskopf

Radio emission from stars can be used, e.g., to study ionized winds or stellar flares. The radio emission is faint and studies have been limited to few objects. The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) will bring a survey ability to the topic of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-27 Bin Yu , Albert Zijlstra , Biwei Jiang

Intensity interferometry is a reemerging astronomical technique for performing high angular resolution studies at visible wavelengths, benefiting immensely from the recent improvements in (single) photon detection instrumentation. We…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-08 Verena G. Leopold , Sebastian Karl , Jean-Pierre Rivet , Joachim von Zanthier

The near-infrared (NIR) wavelength range offers some unique spectral features, and it is less prone to the extinction than the optical one. Recently, the first flux calibrated NIR library of cool stars from the NASA Infrared Telescope…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-13 Mary Cesetti , A. Pizzella , V. D. Ivanov , L. Morelli , E. M. Corsini , E. Dalla Bonta`

In this paper we present Spitzer Infrared Spectrograph spectroscopy for 14 intermediate-mass young stellar objects. We use Spitzer spectroscopy to investigate the physical properties of these sources and their environments. Our sample can…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Jan Pitann , Martin Hennemann , Stephan Birkmann , Jeroen Bouwman , Oliver Krause , Thomas Henning

The apparent size of stars is a crucial benchmark for fundamental stellar properties such as effective temperatures, radii and surface gravities. While interferometric measurements of stellar angular diameters are the most direct method to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-23 L. Casagrande , L. Portinari , I. S. Glass , D. Laney , V. Silva Aguirre , J. Datson , J. Andersen , B. Nordström , J. Holmberg , C. Flynn , M. Asplund

The stereoscopic imaging atmospheric Cherenkov technique, developed in the 1980s and 1990s, is now used by a number of existing and planned gamma-ray observatories around the world. It provides the most sensitive view of the very high…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-21 Jamie Holder

The Cherenkov Telescope Array will provide unprecedented sensitivity and angular resolution to gamma rays across orders of magnitude in energy. Above 1 TeV up to around 300 TeV an array of Small-Sized Telescopes (SSTs) will cover several…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-17 Richard White

We suggest a new approach to study the cosmis ray (CR) mass composition in the energy region from 30 TeV/nucleus up to the "knee" region, i.e. up to a few PeV/nucleus, using an array of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 F. A. Aharonian , V. V. Bugayov , J. Kettler , A. V. Plyasheshnikov , H. J. Voelk

The Atmospheric Cherenkov Imaging Technique has opened up the gamma-ray spectrumfrom 100 GeV to 50 TeV to astrophysical exploration. The development of the technique is described as are the basic principles underlying its use. The current…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Trevor C. Weekes

The study of Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) is one of the most exciting topics that can be undertaken by long baseline optical interferometry. The magnitudes of these objects are at the edge of capabilities of current optical interferometers,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Fabien Malbet

Millimter (mm) frequencies are primarily sensitive to thermal emission from layers across the stellar chromosphere up to the transition region, while metrewave (radio) frequencies probe the coronal heights. Together the mm and radio band…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-16 Atul Mohan

Optical interferometry provides us with a unique opportunity to improve our understanding of stellar structure and evolution. Through direct observation of rotationally distorted photospheres at sub-milliarcsecond scales, we are now able to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-04-13 Gerard T. van Belle

Stellar Intensity Interferometry is a technique based on the measurement of the second order spatial correlation of the light emitted from a star. The physical information provided by these measurements is the angular size and structure of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-13 Luca Zampieri , Giampiero Naletto , Aleksandr Burtovoi , Michele Fiori , Cesare Barbieri