2020MNRAS.491.1540A

Query : 2020MNRAS.491.1540A

2020MNRAS.491.1540A - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 491, 1540-1547 (2020/January-2)

Optical intensity interferometry observations using the MAGIC Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes.

ACCIARI V.A., BERNARDOS M.I., COLOMBO E., CONTRERAS J.L., CORTINA J., DE ANGELIS A., DELGADO C., DIAZ C., FINK D., MARIOTTI M., MANGANO S., MIRZOYAN R., POLO M., SCHWEIZER T. and WILL M.

Abstract (from CDS):

Imaging Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescopes (IACTs) currently in operation feature large mirrors and order of 1 ns time response to signals of a few photo-electrons produced by optical photons. This means that they are ideally suited for optical interferometry observations. Thanks to their sensitivity to visible wavelengths and long baselines optical intensity interferometry with IACTs allows reaching angular resolutions of tens to microarcseconds. We have installed a simple optical setup on top of the cameras of the two 17 m diameter Major Atmospheric Gamma-Ray Imaging Cherenkov (MAGIC) IACTs and observed coherent fluctuations in the photon intensity measured at the two telescopes for three different stars. The sensitivity is roughly 10 times better than that achieved in the 1970s with the Narrabri interferometer.

Abstract Copyright: © 2019 The Author(s) Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): instrumentation: high angular resolution - instrumentation: interferometers - stars: fundamental parameters - stars: imaging

Simbad objects: 7

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Number of rows : 7
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 * bet CMa bC* 06 22 41.9853527 -17 57 21.307352 0.77 1.73 1.97 2.11 2.35 B1II-III 748 0
2 * alf CMa SB* 06 45 08.91728 -16 42 58.0171 -1.51 -1.46 -1.46 -1.46 -1.43 A0mA1Va 1610 0
3 * eps CMa * 06 58 37.54876 -28 58 19.5102 0.36 1.29 1.50 1.59 1.80 B1.5II 519 0
4 * eta CMa s*b 07 24 05.70228 -29 18 11.1798 1.65 2.37 2.45 2.38 2.44 B5Ia 379 0
5 * gam Crv PM* 12 15 48.37081 -17 32 30.9496 2.12 2.47 2.58 2.62 2.71 B8III 249 1
6 * eta UMa PM* 13 47 32.43776 +49 18 47.7602 0.99 1.67 1.86 1.98 2.16 B3V 630 0
7 * del Sco SB* 16 00 20.00528 -22 37 18.1431 1.30 2.20 2.32 2.36 2.49 B0.3IV 776 0

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