Infrared Fringe Tracking with the CHARA Interferometer: Imaging YSO Disks and Faint Companions

该奖项将支持佐治亚州立大学高角度分辨率天文干涉仪中心红外条纹跟踪器的开发。干涉仪是一个位于山上的6望远镜阵列。威尔逊。在原理上与自适应光学相似，条纹跟踪器可以稳定波动大气的影响，从而允许科学仪器进行长时间积分。这将使干涉仪和相关仪器的极限震级提高至少四个震级。

AST-0352723/Monnier, U. Michigan/Ann ArborThe award will support the development of an infrared fringe tracker for the Georgia State University Center for High Angular Resolution Astronomy interferometer. The interferometer is a 6-telescope array located on Mt. Wilson. Similar in principle to adaptive optics, a fringe tracker stabilizes the effects of a fluctuating atmosphere to allow long integrations by the science instrument. This will improve the limiting magnitude of the interferometer and associated instruments by at least four magnitudes.