Review and scientific prospects of high-contrast optical stellar interferometry
| Autor: | Romain Laugier, Sylvestre Lacour, John D. Monnier, Marc A. Martinod, Joerg Uwe Pott, Frank Eisenhauer, Steve Ertel, Barnaby Norris, Eugene Serabyn, Guillermo Martin, Denis Defrere, Michael J. Ireland, Olivier Absil, Lucas Labadie, Adrian M. Glauser, Michael Nowak, Jordan Stone, Julien Woillez, William C. Danchi, Bertrand Mennesson, Jens Kammerer, Sascha P. Quanz, F. Martinache, Tyler Gardner, Jean-Philippe Berger, Stefan Kraus, Colin Dandumont, Peter G. Tuthill, Jerôme Loicq, Philip Hinz |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
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| Zdroj: | Optical and Infrared Interferometry and Imaging VII Proceedings of the SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering |
| DOI: | 10.1117/12.2561505 |
| Popis: | High-contrast optical stellar interferometry generally refers to instruments able to detect circumstellar emission at least a few hundred times fainter than the host star at high-angular resolution (typically within a few λ/D). While such contrast levels have been enabled by classical modal-filtered interferometric instruments such as VLTI/PIONIER, CHARA/FLUOR, and CHARA/MIRC the development of instruments able to filter out the stellar light has significantly pushed this limit, either by nulling interferometry for on-axis observations (e.g., PFN, LBTI, GLINT) or by off-axis classical interferometry with VLTI/GRAVITY. Achieving such high contrast levels at small angular separation was made possible thanks to significant developments in technology (e.g., adaptive optics, integrated optics), data acquisition (e.g., fringe tracking, phase chopping), and data reduction techniques (e.g., nulling self-calibration). In this paper, we review the current status of high-contrast optical stellar interferometry and present its key scientific results. We then present ongoing activities to improve current ground-based interferometric facilities for high-contrast imaging (e.g., Hi-5/VIKING/BIFROST of the ASGARD instrument suite, GRAVITY+) and the scientific milestones that they would be able to achieve. Finally, we discuss the long-term future of high-contrast stellar interferometry and, in particular, ambitious science cases that would be enabled by space interferometry (e.g., LIFE, space-PFI) and large-scale ground-based projects (PFI). |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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