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Measuring Stars with High Angular Resolution: Current Status and Future Prospects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

John Davis
John Davis*
Affiliation:
Chatterton Astronomy Department, University of Sydney

Abstract

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The current state of knowledge of angular diameters of stars is reviewed and, based on this review and the requirements for the determination of surface fluxes, effective temperatures, radii and masses, targets of sensitivity, angular resolution and accuracy for future programs of stellar angular diameter measurements are established. Long baseline interferometry is the only technique with the potential to meet all the targets. The necessary improvements in sensitivity, angular resolution and accuracy are promised by the approach adopted in the modern Michelson stellar interferometer under development at the University of Sydney and the prototype instrument, which is currently nearing completion, is briefly described to illustrate how the atmospheric and mechanical problems which have inhibited the development of amplitude interferometry may be overcome using modern technology. This program together with the developments taking place at CERGA lead to the conclusion that the prospects for contributions by high angular resolution measurements to the determination of fundamental stellar quantities during the next decade are excellent.

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1. Review Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 111: Calibration of Fundamental Stellar Quantities , 1985 , pp. 193 - 208
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1985 

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