Title:
10-um interferometry on the VLTI with the MIDI instrument: a preview
Authors:
Leinert, Christopher; Graser, Uwe; Waters, Laurens B.; Perrin, Guy; Lopez, Bruno; Coude du Foresto, Vincent; Glazenborg-Kluttig, Annelie W.; de Haas, Johannes C.; Herbst, Thomas M.; Jaffe, Walter; Lena, Pierre J.; Lenzen, Rainer; le Poole, Rudolf S.; Ligori, Sebastiano; Mundt, Reinhard; Pel, Jan-Willem; Porro, Irene L.; von der Luehe, Oskar
Affiliation:
AA(Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie) AC(Univ. of Amsterdam) AD(Observatoire de Paris-Meudon) AE(Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur) AF(Observatoire de Paris-Meudon) AG(Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy) AI(Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie) AJ(Univ. of Leiden) AK(Observatoire de Paris-Meudon) AL(Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie) AM(Univ. of Leiden) AN(Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie) AP(Univ. of Groningen) AQ(Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics) AR(Kiepenheuer-Institut fuer Sonnenphysik)
Journal:
Proc. SPIE Vol. 4006, p. 43-53, Interferometry in Optical Astronomy, Pierre J. Lena; Andreas Quirrenbach; Eds. (SPIE Homepage)
Publication Date:
07/2000
Origin:
SPIE
Abstract Copyright:
(c) 2000 SPIE--The International Society for Optical Engineering. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
Bibliographic Code:
2000SPIE.4006...43L

Abstract

We describe principles, design and present status of MIDI, the mid-infrared interferometric instrument for the VLTI, which is planned to come into operation at the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer during the second half of 2001.