3 papers
astro-ph.IM2012
PIONIER: a status report
J. -B. Le Bouquin, J. -P. Berger, G. Zins +33
The visitor instrument PIONIER provides VLTI with improved imaging capabilities and sensitivity. The instrument started routinely delivering scientific data in November 2010, that…
astro-ph.IM2011
PIONIER: a 4-telescope visitor instrument at VLTI
Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, J. -P. Berger, B. Lazareff +43
PIONIER stands for Precision Integrated-Optics Near-infrared Imaging ExpeRiment. It combines four 1.8m Auxilliary Telescopes or four 8m Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope…
astro-ph.IM2010
PIONIER: a visitor instrument for the VLTI
J. -P. Berger, G. Zins, B. Lazareff +35
PIONIER is a 4-telescope visitor instrument for the VLTI, planned to see its first fringes in 2010. It combines four ATs or four UTs using a pairwise ABCD integrated optics combine…