Interferometry of the intensity fluctuations in light IV. A test of an intensity interferometer on Sirius A

R. H. Brown; R. Twiss

DOI:10.1098/rspa.1958.0240

Corpus ID: 124546373

Interferometry of the intensity fluctuations in light IV. A test of an intensity interferometer on Sirius A

@article{Brown1958InterferometryOT,
  title={Interferometry of the intensity fluctuations in light IV. A test of an intensity interferometer on Sirius A},
  author={R. H. Brown and R. Twiss},
  journal={Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences},
  year={1958},
  volume={248},
  pages={222 - 237}
}

R. H. Brown, R. Twiss

Published 1958

Physics

Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences

An experimental intensity interferometer has been constructed with two searchlight mirrors and tested on Sirius. The correlation observed with the two mirrors close together was found to be in good agreement with that expected theoretically. This result supports the prediction, made in part III of the present series, that the performance of an intensity interferometer should not be significantly affected by atmospheric scintillation. Observations of Sirius were carried out with four different… CONTINUE READING

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