Stellar intensity interferometry: Prospects for sub-milliarcsecond optical imaging

• Published in: New astronomy reviews Vol. 56; no. 5; pp. 143 - 167
• Main Authors: Dravins, Dainis, LeBohec, Stephan, Jensen, Hannes, Nuñez, Paul D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.11.2012
• Subjects: Astronomi, astrofysik och kosmologi; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology; Atmospheric turbulence; Fysik; Natural Sciences; Naturvetenskap; Physical Sciences

Using kilometric arrays of air Cherenkov telescopes at short wavelengths, intensity interferometry may increase the spatial resolution achieved in optical astronomy by an order of magnitude, enabling images of rapidly rotating hot stars with structures in their circumstellar disks and winds, or mapp...