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The Antarctic Planet Interferometer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Mark R. Swain
Mark R. Swain*
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

Abstract

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The Antarctic Planet Interferometer (API) is a concept for an infrared interferometer located at the best accessible site on Earth. Infrared interferometry is strongly effected by both the strength and vertical distribution of thermal and water vapor turbulence. The combination of low temperature, low wind speed, low elevation turbulence, and low precipitable water vapor make the Concordia base at Antarctic Dome C the best accessible site on Earth for infrared interferometry. The improvements in interferometer sensitivity with respect to other terrestrial sites are dramatic; an interferometer with two meter class telescopes could make unique infrared measurements of extra solar planets that might otherwise only be possible with a space-based interferometer.

Type
II. Special Scientific Sessions
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 13 , 2005 , pp. 962 - 963
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2005

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