3 papers
physics.optics2008★ 29 cited
A self-calibration approach for optical long baseline interferometry imaging
Serge Meimon, Laurent M. Mugnier, Guy Le Besnerais
Current optical interferometers are affected by unknown turbulent phases on each telescope. In the field of radio-interferometry, the self-calibration technique is a powerful tool…
astro-ph2008★ 114 cited
DARWIN - A Mission to Detect, and Search for Life on, Extrasolar Planets
C. S. Cockell, A. Leger, M. Fridlund +47
The discovery of extra-solar planets is one of the greatest achievements of modern astronomy. The detection of planets with a wide range of masses demonstrates that extra-solar pla…
astro-ph2008★ 52 cited
The limb-darkened Arcturus; Imaging with the IOTA/IONIC interferometer
S. Lacour, S. Meimon, E. Thiebaut +14
This paper is an H band interferometric examination of Arcturus, a star frequently used as a spatial and spectral calibrator. Using the IOTA 3 telescope interferometer, we performe…