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The Planet Formation Imager
John D. Monnier, Stefan Kraus, Michael J. Ireland +36
The Planet Formation Imager (PFI, www.planetformationimager.org) is a next-generation infrared interferometer array with the primary goal of imaging the active phases of planet for…
Planet Formation Imager: Project Update
John D. Monnier, Michael J. Ireland, Stefan Kraus +2
The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) is a near- and mid-infrared interferometer project with the driving science goal of imaging directly the key stages of planet formation, including…
Beam combination schemes and technologies for the Planet Formation Imager (PFI)
Stefano Minardi, Sylvestre Lacour, Jean-Philippe Berger +4
The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) initiative aims at developing the next generation large scale facility for imaging astronomical optical interferometry operating in the mid-infrar…
Planet Formation Imager (PFI): science vision and key requirements
Stefan Kraus, John D. Monnier, Michael J. Ireland +75
The Planet Formation Imager (PFI) project aims to provide a strong scientific vision for ground-based optical astronomy beyond the upcoming generation of Extremely Large Telescopes…
The Science Case for the Planet Formation Imager (PFI)
Stefan Kraus, John Monnier, Tim Harries +16
Among the most fascinating and hotly-debated areas in contemporary astrophysics are the means by which planetary systems are assembled from the large rotating disks of gas and dust…
Planet Formation Imager (PFI): Introduction and Technical Considerations
John D. Monnier, Stefan Kraus, David Buscher +13
Complex non-linear and dynamic processes lie at the heart of the planet formation process. Through numerical simulation and basic observational constraints, the basics of planet fo…