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5 July 2000 Astrophysical potentials of the MIDI VLTI instrument
Bruno Lopez, Christoph Leinert, Uwe Graser, Laurens B.F.M. Waters, Guy S. Perrin, Thomas M. Herbst, Huub J. A. Roettgering, Daniel Rouan, Bringfried Stecklum, Reinhard Mundt, Hans Zinnecker, Patrick de Laverny, Markus Feldt, Jeffrey A. Meisner, Anne Dutrey, Thomas Henning, Farrokh Vakili
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Abstract
The mid-infrared interferometric instrument (MIDI) is planned to become operative at the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) during the year 2001. The first version of MIDI is designed for use of two telescope beams at 10 micrometers wavelength. We here present an overview of some of the scientific objectives. The preparatory work under progress, before first VLTI observations, consists in studying the feasibility of different astrophysical projects (expected visibility, required absolute accuracy of the measurement, required observing time, procedure of observation, and VLTI baseline configuration). As examples we will discuss the observations of disks around young stellar objects, of active galactic nuclei, of extrasolar planets and of some evolved stars.
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Bruno Lopez, Christoph Leinert, Uwe Graser, Laurens B.F.M. Waters, Guy S. Perrin, Thomas M. Herbst, Huub J. A. Roettgering, Daniel Rouan, Bringfried Stecklum, Reinhard Mundt, Hans Zinnecker, Patrick de Laverny, Markus Feldt, Jeffrey A. Meisner, Anne Dutrey, Thomas Henning, and Farrokh Vakili "Astrophysical potentials of the MIDI VLTI instrument", Proc. SPIE 4006, Interferometry in Optical Astronomy, (5 July 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.390246
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KEYWORDS
Visibility

Stars

Planets

Spatial frequencies

Telescopes

Astatine

Interferometry

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