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A Long-Term Vision for Space-Based Interferometry
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 2019.
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Abstract
- The processes leading to the formation of planets; the extreme physics occurring near the event horizon of black holes; detailed studies of exoplanets through spectral-spatial mapping: new and unique insights into the physical processes involved across nearly the whole gamut of astrophysics await discovery at small angular scales. The fine spatial resolution needed to explore these processes, however, lies beyond the capabilities of current astronomical facilities and nearly all proposed future facilities. Interferometers can crack this angular resolution problem, and space-based interferometry missions promise to explore entirely new regions of scientific phase space, providing unique new insights into the physical processes lurking at small angular scales.
- Subjects :
- Astrophysics
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- NASA Technical Reports
- Notes :
- 80GSFC17M0002
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsnas.20190028276
- Document Type :
- Report