Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-07-10
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
The interferometric view on hot stars, Vi\~na del Mar : Chili (2009)
Scientific paper
What is long-baseline optical/IR stellar interferometry? A few years ago, many astronomers might not have been able to answer that question properly. This is today hopefully not the case anymore, because mainstream facilities, such as the VLTI, the Keck-I or the CHARA array, o?er now this delicate technique to an astronomer who wants to observe his favourite object at the highest angular resolution available. The large teaching e?ort on what is interferometry and for what purpose it can be used, together with weak, but already convincing imaging capabilities, make the technique reaching a ?mature? state. I will not discuss here the details of the technique, as already many booklets are now published on the subject, but rather describe what makes long-baseline stellar interferometry attractive for the ?eld of hot star astrophysics.
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