Two-Dimensional Infrared Speckle Imaging
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This award will support the continuation of a program to develop                and utilize techniques for diffraction-limited imaging of                       infrared astronomical objects from large aperture, ground-based                 telescopes.  Recent developments in detector and telescope                      technology and also in image processing now allow large                         improvements to be made in observing efficiency, angular                        resolution, and scientific productivity.  For this purpose, a                   specially constructed, two-dimensional camera will be used in the               wavelength range from 1 to 5.5 microns to utilize both the                      unsurpassed angular resolution of the cophased 6.86m Multiple                   Mirror Telescope (MMT) and the availability of conventional                     telescopes in the northern and southern hemispheres.  This                      instrumentation will be used to characterize the masses and                     luminosities of low mass stars and substellar objects which are                 only barely observable at the present time.  It will also help                  examine the innermost regions of circumstellar material around                  both young and evolved stars and produce high spatial resolution                maps of volcanic activity on Jupiter's moon Io.  To provide more                accurate, higher contrast images and to detect wavelength-                      dependent structures, new techniques will be developed for                      differential speckle interferometry, more powerful bispectrum                   analysis, and for more accurate calibration of atmospheric                      seeing.                                                                                                                                                         In a continuation of a very successful outreach program, high                   school teachers and students will also be involved directly in                  this research program.
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