Volume 5487 Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Space Telescopes

Chair/Editor: John C. Mather

Conference Committee

PLENARY PAPER

Buyer's guide to telescopes at the best sites: Dome A, L2, and Shackleton Rim [5487-500]

J. Angel

SESSION 1

SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE

The development and mission of the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF) [5487-1]

D. Gallagher, W. Irace, M. Werner

Flight cooling performance of the Spitzer Space Telescope cryogenic telescope assembly [5487-2]

P. Finley, R. Hopkins, R. Schweickart

On-orbit performance of the Spitzer Space Telescope [5487-3]

T. Roellig, M. Werner, D. Gallagher, W. Irace, G. Fazio, J. Houck, G. Rieke, R. Wilson, T. Soifer

On-orbit performance of the MIPS instrument [5487-4]

G. Rieke, E. Young, J. Cadien, C. Engelbracht, K. Gordon, D. Kelly, F. Low, K. Misselt, J. Morrison, J. Muzerolle, G. Rivlis, J. Stansberry, J. Beeman, E. Haller, D. Frayer, W. Latter, A. Noriega-Crespo, D. Padgett, D. Hines, D. Bean, W. Burmester, G. Heim, T. Glenn, R. Ordonez, J. Schwenker, S. Siewert, D. Strecker, S. Tennant, J. Troeltzsch, B. Unruh, R. Warden, P. Ade, A. Alonso-Herrero, M. Blaylock, H. Dole, E. Egami, J. Hinz, E. Le Floc’h, C. Papovich, P. Peréz-González, M. Rieke, P. Smith, K. Su, L. Bennett, D. Henderson, N. Lu, F. Masci, M. Pesenson, L. Rebull, J. Rho, J. Keene, S. Stolovy, S. Wachter, W. Wheaton, P. Richards, H. Garner, M. Hegge, M. Henderson, K. MacFeely, D. Michika, C. Miller, M. Neitenbach, J. Winghart, R. Woodruff, E. Arens, C. Beichman, S. Gaalema, T. Gautier, C. Lada, J. Mould, G. Neugebauer, K. Stapelfeldt

The infrared spectrograph on the Spitzer Space Telescope [5487-5]

J. Houck, T. Roellig, J. Van Cleve, W. Forrest, T. Herter, C. Lawrence, K. Matthews, H. Reitsema, B. Soifer, D. Watson, D. Weedman, M. Huisjen, J. Troeltzsch, D. Barry, J. Bernard-Salas, C. Blacken, B. Brandl, V. Charmandaris, D. Devost, G. Gull, P. Hall, C. Henderson, S. Higdon, B. Pirger, J. Schoenwald, G. Sloan, K. Uchida, P. Appleton, L. Armus, M. Burgdorf, S. Fajardo-Acosta, C. Grillmair, J. Ingalls, P. Morris, H. Teplitz

In-flight performance and calibration of the Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) for the Spitzer Space Telescope[5487-6]

J. Hora, G. Fazio, L. Allen, M. Ashby, P. Barmby, L. Deutsch, J. Huang, M. Marengo, S. Megeath, G. Melnick, M. Pahre, B. Patten, H. Smith, Z. Wang, S. Willner, W. Hoffmann, J. Pipher, W. Forrest, C. McMurtry, C. McCreight, M. McKelvey, R. McMurray, Jr., S. Moseley, R. Arendt, J. Mentzell, C. Marx, D. Fixsen, E. Tollestrup, P. Eisenhardt, D. Stern, V. Gorjian, B. Bhattacharya, S. Carey, W. Glaccum, M. Lacy, P. Lowrance, S. Laine, B. Nelson, W. Reach, J. Stauffer, J. Surace, G. Wilson, E. Wright

On-orbit performance testing of the pointing calibration and reference sensor for the Spitzer SpaceTelescope [5487-7]

A. Mainzer, E. Young

The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) [5487-223]

V. Duval, W. Irace, A. Mainzer, E. Wright

POSTER SESSION: SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE

Spitzer Space Telescope: observatory, description, and performance [5487-81]

K. Patel, S. Spath

Optimizing cryogen utilization on Spitzer Space Telescope [5487-82]

C. Lawrence, P. Finley

Execution of the Spitzer in-orbit checkout and science verification plan [5487-83]

J. Miles, S. Linick, C. Boyles, M. Garcia, J. Gilbert, S. Long, M. Werner, R. Wilson

An integrated optimal estimation approach to Spitzer Space Telescope focal plane survey [5487-84]

D. Bayard, B. Kang, P. Brugarolas, D. Boussalis

The Spitzer science operations system: how well are we really doing? [5487-85]

S. Dodd

The state of the focus and image quality of the Spitzer Space Telescope as measured in orbit [5487-86]

R. Gehrz, E. Romana, W. Hoffmann, J. Schwenker, J. Mentzell, J. Hora, P. Eisenhardt, B. Brandl, L. Armus, K. Stapelfeldt, D. Hines, A. Mainzer, E. Young, D. Elliott

Reduction algorithms for the multiband imaging photometer for Spitzer: 6 months of flight data [5487-87]

K. Gordon, C. Engelbracht, J. Muzerolle, J. Stansberry, K. Misselt, J. Morrison, G. Rieke, J. Cadien, E. Young, H. Dole, D. Kelly, A. Alonso-Herrero, E. Egami, K. Su, C. Papovich, P. Smith, D. Hines, M. Rieke, M. Blaylock, P. Pérez-González, E. Le Floc’h, J. Hinz, W. Latter, T. Hesselroth, D. Frayer, A. Noriega-Crespo, F. Masci, D. Padgett

Determination of Spitzer Space Telescope focus from IRAC images without a focus slew [5487-88]

W. Hoffmann, J. Hora, J. Mentzell, C. Marx, P. Eisenhardt, S. Carey, S. Megeath, J. Schwenker

Spitzer Space Telescope mission design [5487-89]

J. Kwok, M. Garcia, E. Bonfiglio, S. Long

Observing with the infrared array camera (IRAC) on the Spitzer Space Telescope [5487-90]

S. Carey, M. Lacy, S. Laine, W. Reach, J. Surace, W. Glaccum, J. Hora, S. Willner, R. Arendt, M. Ashby, L. Allen, P. Barmby, B. Bhattacharya, L. Deutsch, P. Eisenhardt, W. Hoffmann, J. Huang, P. Lowrance, M. Marengo, S. Megeath, B. Nelson, M. Pahre, B. Patten, J. Pipher, J. Stauffer, D. Stern, Z. Wang, G. Wilson, G. Fazio

Normal and unusual transient events in IRAC images [5487-91]

B. Patten, J. Hora, G. Fazio, P. Barmby, Z. Wang, D. Makovoz

Comparison of laboratory and in-flight performance of infared array camera (IRAC) detector arrays onSpitzer Space Telescope [5487-92]

J. Pipher, C. McMurtry, W. Forrest, C. McCreight, M. McKelvey, R. McMurray, Jr., R. Johnson, G. Fazio, J. Hora, L. Allen, M. Ashby, P. Barmby, L. Deutsch, J. Huang, M. Marengo, S. Megeath, M. Pahre, B. Patten, Z. Wang, S. Willner, W. Hoffmann, S. Moseley, R. Arendt, D. Krebs, P. Eisenhardt, D. Stern, V. Gorjian, B. Bhattacharya, W. Glaccum, M. Lacy, P. Lowrance, S. Carey, S. Laine, J. Stauffer, J. Surace, W. Reach, G. Wilson

Angle-of-incidence effects in the spectral performance of the infrared array camera of the SpitzerSpace Telescope [5487-93]

M. Quijada, C. Marx, R. Arendt, S. Moseley

Guide star catalog for the Spitzer Space Telescope pointing calibration and reference sensor [5487-95]

R. van Bezooijen, L. Degen, H. Nichandros

SESSION 2

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

Status and performance of HST Wide Field Camera 3 [5487-8]

R. Kimble, J. MacKenty, R. O'Connell

NICMOS: lessons learned for future space infrared instrumentation [5487-10]

K. Noll, L. Bergeron, T. Wiklind, S. Arribas, R. de Jong, S. Malhotra, B. Mobasher, E. Roye, A. Schultz, C. Xu, D. Calzetti, M. Dickinson, M. Sosey

POSTER SESSION: HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

A study of hot pixel annealing in the Hubble Space Telescope Wide Field Camera 3 CCDs [5487-99]

E. Polidan, A. Waczynski, P. Marshall, S. Johnson, C. Marshall, R. Reed, R. Kimble, G. Delo, D. Schlossberg, A. Russell, T. Beck, Y. Wen, J. Yagelowich, R. Hill

The thermal background of HST as measured by HST-NICMOS [5487-101]

M. Sosey, A. Sivaramakrishnan

Wide Field Camera 3 optical bench integration, alignment, and test [5487-102]

J. Sullivan, G. Hartig, M. Martella, J. Seerveld, J. Turner-Valle, K. MacFeely, S. Willis, L. Seide, G. Moore, G. Young

Wide Field Camera 3 instrument optical design for the Hubble Space Telescope [5487-103]

J. Turner-Valle, J. Sullivan, J. Mentzell, R. Woodruff

SESSION 3

ASTRO-F

ASTRO-F Infrared Sky Survey mission [5487-11]

H. Murakami

The infrared camera (IRC) on board the ASTRO-F: laboratory tests and expected performance [5487-12]

T. Onaka, N. Fujishiro, C. Ihara, D. Ishihara, Y. Ita, H. Kataza, W. Kim, H. Matsuhara, T. Matsumoto, H. Murakami, I. Sakon, K. Uemizu, M. Ueno, T. Wada, H. Watarai

Mid-infrared all-sky survey with the infrared camera (IRC) on board the ASTRO-F [5487-13]

D. Ishihara, T. Wada, T. Onaka, H. Matsuhara, H. Kataza, M. Ueno, N. Fujishiro, W. Kim, H. Watarai, K. Uemizu, H. Murakami, T. Matsumoto, I. Yamamura

Far-Infrared Surveyor: design, operation, and performance [5487-14]

M. Kawada, H. Shibai, H. Kaneda, T. Nakagawa

POSTER SESSION: ASTRO-F

Preflight performance measurements of a monolithic Ge:Ga array detector for the Far-Infrared Surveyoronboard ASTRO-F [5487-116]

M. Shirahata, S. Matsuura, S. Makiuti, M. Patrashin, H. Kaneda, T. Nakagawa, M. Fujiwara, Y. Doi, M. Kawada, T. Hirao, T. Watabe, H. Shibai

Performance of the Fourier transform spectrometer (FTS) for FIS onboard ASTRO-F [5487-117]

N. Murakami, M. Kawada, H. Takahashi, K. Ozawa, T. Imamura, H. Shibai, T. Nakagawa

Optical design and performance of the 12- to 26-µm channel (MIR-L) of the infrared camera on boardASTRO-F [5487-118]

N. Fujishiro, H. Matsuhara, Y. Ikeda, T. Yamamuro, N. Takeyama, T. Onaka, H. Kataza, T. Wada, K. Uemizu, I. Sakon, C. Ihara, D. Ishihara, W. Kim, M. Ueno, H. Watarai, H. Murakami

SESSION 4

HERSCHEL SPACE OBSERVATORY

Herschel mission: status and observing opportunities [5487-15]

G. Pilbratt

The Herschel-SPIRE instrument [5487-16]

M. Griffin, B. Swinyard, L. Vigroux

The photodetector array camera and spectrometer (PACS) for the Herschel Space Observatory [5487-17]

A. Poglitsch, C. Waelkens, O. Bauer, J. Cepa, T. Henning, C. van Hoof, R. Katterloher, F. Kerschbaum, D. Lemke, E. Renotte, L. Rodriguez, P. Royer, P. Sarraceno

POSTER SESSION: HERSCHEL SPACE OBSERVATORY

Characterization of high- and low-stressed Ge:Ga array cameras for Herschel's PACS instrument [5487-104]

S. Birkmann, K. Eberle, U. Grözinger, D. Lemke, J. Schreiber, L. Barl, R. Katterloher, A. Poglitsch, J. Schubert, H. Richter

Optical alignment verification of the Herschel-SPIRE instrument [5487-105]

K. Dohlen, A. Origne, M. Ferlet

First results from Herschel-SPIRE performance tests [5487-107]

T. Lim, B. Swinyard, A. Aramburu, J. Bock, M. Ferlet, D. Griffin, M. Griffin, P. Hargrave, K. King, S. Leeks, D. Naylor, S. Ronayette, E. Sawyer, B. Schulz, S. Sidher, L. Spencer, D. Smith, A. Woodcraft

Simulation of the performance of ESA's Herschel/SPIRE imaging Fourier transform spectrometer [5487-108]

J. Lindner, D. Naylor, B. Swinyard

Herschel/PACS on-board reduction/compression software implementation [5487-109]

R. Ottensamer, A. Belbachir, H. Bischof, H. Feuchtgruber, F. Kerschbaum, A. Poglitsch, C. Reimers

A software simulator for the Herschel-SPIRE imaging photometer [5487-111]

B. Sibthorpe, A. Woodcraft, M. Griffin, S. Watkin

A Fourier transform spectrometer for ground testing of the Herschel/SPIRE instrument [5487-112]

L. Spencer, D. Naylor, B. Swinyard, A. Aramburu, T. Fulton, T. Lim, S. Ronayette, I. Schofield

SPIRE BSM hardware and software integration process [5487-113]

B. Stobie, D. Ferrand

SESSION 5

PLANCK SURVEYOR

Planck-HFI focal plane concept [5487-19]

B. Maffei, P. Ade, J. Bock, J. Brossard, E. Gleeson, J. Lamarre, A. Lange, Y. Longval, J. Murphy, G. Pisano, J. Puget, I. Ristorcelli, R. Sudiwala, V. Yurchenko

Planck low-frequency instrument: a study on the performances of the Planck millimeter space telescopecoupled with LFI feed horns [5487-20]

M. Sandri, F. Villa, N. Mandolesi, M. Bersanelli, R. Nesti

POSTER SESSION: PLANCK SURVEYOR

Ultrafast multireflector physical-optics beam simulations for the HFI instrument on the ESA PlanckSurveyor [5487-119]

V. Yurchenko, J. Murphy, J. Lamarre

SESSION 6

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE: GENERAL

An overview of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project [5487-21]

P. Sabelhaus, J. Decker

The science requirements of the James Webb Space Telescope [5487-22]

J. Gardner, J. Mather, M. Clampin, M. Greenhouse, H. Hammel, J. Hutchings, P. Jakobsen, S. Lilly, J. Lunine, M. McCaughrean, M. Mountain, G. Rieke, M. Rieke, E. Smith, M. Stiavelli, H. Stockman, R. Windhorst, G. Wright

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Observatory architecture and performance [5487-23]

J. Nella, P. Atcheson, C. Atkinson, D. Au, A. Bronowicki, E. Bujanda, A. Cohen, D. Davies, P. Lightsey, R. Lynch, R. Lundquist, M. Menzel, M. Mohan, J. Pohner, P. Reynolds, H. Rivera, S. Texter, D. Shuckstes, D. Fitzgerald Simmons, R. Smith, P. Sullivan, D. Waldie, R. Woods

POSTER SESSION: JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE: GENERAL

Integrated modeling activities for the James Webb Space Telescope: optical jitter analysis [5487-122]

T. Hyde, K. Ha, J. Johnston, J. Howard, G. Mosier

Integrated modeling activities for the James Webb Space Telescope: structural-thermal-optical analysis[5487-123]

J. Johnston, J. Howard, G. Mosier, K. Parrish, M. McGinnis, A. Bluth, K. Kim, K. Ha

SESSION 7

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE: INSTRUMENTS

The James Webb Space Telescope science instrument suite: an overview of optical designs [5487-24]

P. Davila, B. Bos, J. Contreras, C. Evans, M. Greenhouse, G. Hobbs, W. Holota, L. Huff, J. Hutchings, T. Jamieson, P. Lightsey, C. Morbey, R. Murowinski, M. Rieke, N. Rowlands, B. Steakley, M. Wells, M. te Plate, G. Wright

The near-infrared camera (NIRCam) for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) [5487-25]

S. Horner, M. Rieke

Performance modeling of JWST near-infrared multi-object spectrograph [5487-26]

F. Zamkotsian, K. Dohlen

Microshutters arrays for the JWST near-infrared spectrometer [5487-27]

S. Moseley, R. Arendt, R. Boucarut, M. Jhabvala, T. King, G. Kletetschka, A. Kutyrev, M. Li, S. Meyer, D. Rapchun, R. Silverberg

The JWST MIRI instrument concept [5487-28]

G. Wright, G. Rieke, L. Colina, E. van Dishoeck, G. Goodson, T. Greene, P. Lagage, A. Karnik, S. Lambros, D. Lemke, M. Meixner, H. Norgaard, G. Oloffson, T. Ray, M. Ressler, C. Waelkens, D. Wright, A. Zhender

The JWST fine guidance sensor [5487-29]

N. Rowlands, D. Aldridge, R. Allen, C. Evans, P. Gregory, E. Hartwig, B. Mackay, J. Metcalfe, G. Richardson, D. Caldwell, R. Deschambault, T. Girard, J. Hackett, D. Henry, J. Hutchings, C. Morbey, R. Murowinski, R. Doyon, R. Alexander

POSTER SESSION: JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE: INSTRUMENTS

Tunable filters for JWST Fine Guidance Sensor [5487-125]

N. Rowlands, C. Evans, E. Greenberg, P. Gregory, A. Scott, S. Thibault, M. Poirier, R. Doyon, J. Hutchings, R. Alexander

NIRSpec: near-infrared spectrograph for the JWST [5487-126]

W. Posselt, W. Holota, E. Kulinyak, G. Kling, T. Kutscheid, O. Le Fèvre, E. Prieto, P. Ferruit

Radiation-induced transient effects in HgCdTe IR focal plane arrays [5487-127]

J. Pickel, R. Reed, P. Marshall, A. Waczynski, E. Polidan, S. Johnson, R. McMurray, M. McKelvey, K. Ennico, R. Johnson, G. Gee

Detectors for the James Webb Space Telescope near-infrared spectrograph [5487-128]

B. Rauscher, D. Figer, M. Regan, T. Böker, J. Garnett, R. Hill, G. Bagnasco, J. Balleza, R. Barney, L. Bergeron, C. Brambora, J. Connelly, R. Derro, M. DiPirro, C. Doria-Warner, A. Ericsson, S. Glazer, C. Greene, D. Hall, S. Jacobson, P. Jakobsen, E. Johnson, S. Johnson, C. Krebs, D. Krebs, S. Lambros, B. Likins, S. Manthripragada, R. Martineau, E. Morse, S. Moseley, D. Mott, T. Muench, H. Park, S. Parker, E. Polidan, R. Rashford, K. Shakoorzadeh, R. Sharma, P. Strada, A. Waczynski, Y. Wen, S. Wong, J. Yagelowich, M. Zuray

Slit function measurements of an imaging spectrograph using Fourier transform techniques [5487-129]

H. Park, B. Swinyard, P. Jakobsen, S. Moseley, M. Greenhouse

The James Webb Space Telescope instrument suite layout: optical system engineering considerationsfor a large deployable space telescope [5487-130]

B. Bos, P. Davila, M. Jurotich, G. Hobbs, P. Lightsey, J. Contreras, T. Whitman

High-contrast imaging performance of the JWST fine guider sensor tunable filter coronagraph [5487-132]

R. Doyon, D. LaFrenière, N. Rowlands, C. Evans, R. Murowinski, J. Hutchings, R. Alexander

The James Webb Space Telescope integrated science instrument module [5487-133]

M. Greenhouse, P. Sullivan, L. Boyce, S. Glazer, E. Johnson, J. McCloskey, M. Voyton

Mechanical slit mask mechanism for the James Webb Space Telescope spectrometer [5487-134]

S. Henein, P. Spanoudakis, P. Schwab, L. Giriens, L. Lisowski, E. Onillon, L. Myklebust

A unique IFU capability for JWST in the near infrared [5487-135]

E. Prieto, P. Ferruit, J. Cuby, P. Blanc, O. Le Fèvre

Sensitivity estimates for the mid-infrared instrument (MIRI) on the JWST [5487-136]

B. Swinyard, G. Rieke, M. Ressler, A. Glasse, G. Wright, M. Ferlet, M. Wells

The design and fabrication of multiple dichroic beamsplitters for the MIRI spectrometer (4.8–29 µm)[5487-137]

M. Wells, G. Hawkins, G. Olofsson

The MIRI cold telescope simulator [5487-138]

L. Colina, E. Diaz, A. Aricha, M. Alcacera, A. Balado, J. Barandiarán, D. Barrado y Navascues, T. Belenguer, J. Blanco, I. Figueroa, G. García, L. Gonzalez, R. Heredero, F. Herrada, C. Laviada, M. March, M. Menendez, C. Pastor, M. Reina, A. Sánchez

SESSION 8

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE: OPTICAL TELESCOPE ELEMENT

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Optical Telescope Element (OTE) development status [5487-30]

L. Feinberg

JWST primary mirror material selection [5487-31]

H. Stahl, L. Feinberg, S. Texter

Optical performance for the James Webb Space Telescope [5487-124]

P. Lightsey, A. Barto, J. Contreras

Results of the beryllium AMSD mirror cryogenic optical testing [5487-33]

D. Chaney, R. Brown, S. Kendrick, P. Reardon, J. Hadaway, J. Carpenter, R. Eng

POSTER SESSION: JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE: OPTICAL TELESCOPE ELEMENT

Nominal performance and sensitivity of the James Webb Space Telescope: Optical Telescope Element[5487-140]

J. Contreras, P. Lightsey

Optical modeling activities for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project: II. Determining imagemotion and wavefront error over an extended field of view with a segmented optical system [5487-142]

J. Howard, K. Ha

Assembly integration and ambient testing of the James Webb Space Telescope primary mirror [5487-143]

C. Wells, T. Whitman, J. Hannon, A. Jensen

Optical performance modeling of the James Webb Space Telescope [5487-144]

A. Barto, P. Lightsey

SESSION 9

JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE: WAVEFRONT SENSING AND CONTROL

JWST testbed telescope: a functionally accurate scaled version of the flight optical telescope elementused to develop the flight wavefront sensing and control algorithm [5487-155]

L. Kingsbury, P. Atcheson

James Webb Space Telescope wavefront sensing and control algorithms [5487-35]

D. Acton, P. Atcheson, M. Cermak, L. Kingsbury, F. Shi, D. Redding

Performance of segmented mirror coarse phasing with a dispersed fringe sensor: modeling and simulations[5487-36]

F. Shi, D. Redding, J. Green, C. Ohara

POSTER SESSION: JAMES WEBB SPACE TELESCOPE: WAVEFRONT SENSING AND CONTROL

Limits on routine wavefront sensing with NIRCam on JWST [5487-149]

A. Sivaramakrishnan, E. Morse, R. Makidon, L. Bergeron, S. Casertano, D. Figer, D. Acton, P. Atcheson, M. Rieke

Wavefront control testbed experimental results [5487-150]

L. Burns, S. Basinger, S. Campion, J. Faust, L. Feinberg, J. Green, W. Hayden, A. Lowman, C. Ohara, P. Petrone III, D. Redding, F. Shi, D. Van Buren, B. Zukowski

Wavefront sensing using a multi-object spectrograph (NIRSpec) [5487-151]

B. Dean, R. Boucarut, S. Smith, T. Hadjimichael

Target selection and imaging requirements for JWST fine phasing [5487-152]

J. Green, B. Dean, C. Ohara, D. Redding, Y. Zhang

Phase Retrieval Camera optical testing of the Advanced Mirror System Demonstrator (AMSD) [5487-153]

C. Ohara, J. Faust, A. Lowman, J. Green, D. Redding, S. Basinger, D. Cohen, F. Shi

SESSION 10

WAVEFRONT SENSING AND CONTROL

Fizeau interferometry testbed: wavefront control [5487-37]

R. Lyon, K. Carpenter, L. Mazzuca, H. Huet, P. Cottle, P. Petrone III, P. Dagoda, P. Liiva, J. Marzouk, G. Solyar, D. Mozurkewich, X. Zhang, T. Armstrong

A pupil plane technique for sensing and correcting large phase aberrations [5487-38]

G. Vasudevan, R. Reardon

POSTER SESSION: WAVEFRONT SENSING AND CONTROL

Phasing software for a free flyer space-based sparse mirror array not requiring laser interferometry[5487-146]

D. Maker

SESSION 11

MIRROR TECHNOLOGY I

Development of space infrared telescope for the SPICA mission [5487-39]

H. Kaneda, T. Nakagawa, T. Onaka, T. Matsumoto, H. Murakami, K. Enya, H. Kataza, H. Matsuhara, Y. Yui

The 3.5-m all-SiC telescope for SPICA [5487-40]

Y. Toulemont, J. Breysse, D. Pierot, E. Sein, T. Nakagawa, H. Kaneda, T. Onaka, M. Hirabayashi, K. Narasaki, H. Sakuta, S. Miura

SiC ultralight mirror for large space telescope and for extremely huge ground-based telescope II [5487-41]

N. Ebizuka, H. Eto, Y. Dai, T. Suzuki, W. Lin, H. Omori, T. Ebisuzaki, H. Takami

Cryogenic performance of lightweight SiC and C/SiC mirrors [5487-44]

J. Hadaway, R. Eng, H. Stahl, J. Carpenter, J. Kegley, W. Hogue

SESSION 12

MIRROR TECHNOLOGY II

The role of humans and robots in the assembly of large infrared observatories [5487-48]

E. Friedman, T. Espero

Development and testing of an actively controlled large-aperture Cassegrain Telescope for spacecraftdeployment [5487-50]

B. Boone, J. Bruzzi, B. Kluga, E. Rogala, P. Chen, R. Hale

Design aspects of a 30-m Giant Infrared and Submillimeter Observatory in space (GISMO): a newflavor for SAFIR? [5487-51]

T. Hawarden, M. Cliffe, D. Henry, J. Stevens, T. Greve

POSTER SESSION: MIRROR TECHNOLOGY

Damping characteristics of composite petal structure for an 8-m diameter telescope at cryogenictemperature [5487-157]

A. Carrier, B. Romney, R. Mihara

Development of ultra-light-weight mirror with carbon/carbon composites for optical-IR astronomy [5487-158]

H. Takeya, M. Kume, S. Hahn, T. Ozaki, N. Kohara, M. Otsubo, S. Tsuneta

Optical quality of C/SiC composite for the SPICA telescope [5487-159]

K. Enya, T. Nakagawa, H. Kataza, H. Kaneda, Y. Yui, T. Onaka, T. Oshima, T. Ozaki

Hypervelocity particle impact studies performed on a gold-coated beryllium substrate mirror [5487-161]

J. Heaney, J. Pearl, M. Stuebig, L. Wang, C. He

Suitable off-axis space-based telescope designs [5487-163]

G. Moretto, M. Langlois, M. Ferrari

The 3.5-m all-SiC telescope for HERSCHEL [5487-164]

Y. Toulemont, T. Passvogel, G. Pilbratt, D. de Chambure, D. Pierot, D. Castel

Holographic sparse-aperture telescopes for space [5487-166]

G. Andersen

Telescopic system with a rotating objective element [5487-168]

G. Chadzitaskos, J. Tolar

SESSION 13

SOLAR

The Solar Optical Telescope onboard the Solar-B [5487-53]

K. Ichimoto, S. Tsuneta, Y. Suematsu, T. Shimizu, M. Otsubo, Y. Kato, M. Noguchi, M. Nakagiri, T. Tamura, Y. Katsukawa, M. Kubo, Y. Sakamoto, H. Hara, K. Minesugi, A. Ohnishi, H. Saito, N. Kawaguchi, T. Matsushita, T. Nakaoji, K. Nagae, J. Sakamoto, Y. Hasuyama, I. Mikami, K. Miyawaki, Y. Sakurai, N. Kaido, T. Horiuchi, S. Shimada, T. Inoue, M. Mitsutake, N. Yoshida, O. Takahara, H. Takeyama, M. Suzuki, S. Abe

The imaging magnetograph experiment for the SUNRISE balloon Antarctica project [5487-54]

V. Martínez Pillet, J. Bonet, M. Collados, L. Jochum, S. Mathew, J. Medina Trujillo, B. Ruiz Cobo, J. del Toro Iniesta, A. López Jiménez, J. Castillo Lorenzo, M. Herranz, J. Jerónimo, P. Mellado, R. Morales, J. Rodríguez,

A. Álvarez-Herrero, T. Belenguer, R. Heredero, M. Menéndez, G. Ramos, M. Reina, C. Pastor, A. Sánchez, J. Villanueva, V. Domingo, J. Gasent, P. Rodríguez

POSTER SESSION: SOLAR

Solar ultraviolet spectro-coronagraph with toroidal varied line-space (TVLS) grating [5487-173]

S. Fineschi, C. Korendyke, J. Moses, R. Thomas

Mechanical analysis and thermal calculation in Space Solar Telescope [5487-174]

Z. Chen, Z. Chen, S. Yang, H. Shi

Solar viewing interferometer prototype [5487-175]

R. Lyon, J. Herman, N. Abuhassan, C. Marx, S. Kizhner, J. Crooke, R. Toland, A. Mariano, C. Salerno, G. Brown, T. Cazeau, P. Petrone III, B. Mamakos, S. Tournois

Focal plane CCD camera for the X-Ray Telescope (XRT) aboard SOLAR-B [5487-176]

T. Sakao, R. Kano, H. Hara, K. Matsuzaki, M. Shimojo, S. Tsuneta, T. Kosugi, K. Shibasaki, K. Kumagai, M. Sawa, T. Tamura, S. Iwamura, M. Nakano, Z. Du, K. Hiyoshi, M. Horii, L. Golub, J. Bookbinder, P. Cheimets, L. Hill, J. Owens

Image stabilization system on SOLAR-B Solar Optical Telescope [5487-177]

T. Shimizu, S. Nagata, C. Edwards, T. Tarbell, Y. Kashiwagi, K. Kodeki, O. Ito, H. Miyagawa, M. Nagase, S. Inoue, K. Kaneko, Y. Sakamoto, K. Ichimoto, S. Tsuneta, S. Miki, M. Endo, M. Tabata, T. Nakaoji, K. Matsuzaki, K. Kobayashi, M. Otsubo, Y. Suematsu, K. Kumagai, M. Noguchi, T. Tamura, M. Nakagiri

SESSION 14

TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER

NASA's Terrestrial Planet Finder missions [5487-55]

D. Coulter

Terrestrial Planet Finder: science overview [5487-57]

S. Unwin, C. Beichman

Terrestrial Planet Finder: technology development plans [5487-58]

C. Lindensmith

Design and performance of the Terrestrial Planet Finder coronagraph [5487-59]

M. White, S. Shaklan, P. Lisman, T. Ho, P. Mouroulis, S. Basinger, W. Ledeboer, E. Kwack, A. Kissil, G. Mosier, A. Liu, C. Bowers, C. Blaurock, T. Cafferty

POSTER SESSION: TERRESTRIAL PLANET FINDER

High-contrast imaging testbed for the Terrestrial Planet Finder coronagraph [5487-178]

A. Lowman, J. Trauger, B. Gordon, J. Green, D. Moody, A. Niessner, F. Shi

Wavefront amplitude errors for a TPF coronagraph: their effects and possible correction [5487-179]

R. Linfield

Vector wavefront propagation modeling for the TPF coronagraph [5487-180]

M. Lieber, A. Neureuther, D. Ceperley, N. Kasdin, N. Ter-Gabrielyan

The Terrestrial Planet Finder coronagraph: technology and mission design studies [5487-182]

V. Ford, P. Lisman, S. Shaklan, J. Trauger, T. Ho, D. Hoppe, A. Lowman

SESSION 15

CORONAGRAPH I

High-contrast imaging with the Hubble Space Telescope: performance and lessons learned [5487-60]

J. Krist

Visible nulling interferometer [5487-61]

M. Shao, J. Wallace, B. Levine, D. Liu

Pupil Remapping Coronagraph (PRC): a high-performance coronagraph for a small-size visibleTerrestrial Planet Finder [5487-62]

O. Guyon, S. Ridgway, C. Aime, A. Boccaletti, J. Beuzit, R. Galicher, P. Kern, T. Kotani, A. Lagrange, R. Lyon, F. Malbet, K. Murakawa, M. Otsubo, D. Rouan, R. Soummer, H. Suto, M. Tamura, R. Woodruff

The shaped pupil coronagraph for planet finding coronagraphy: optimization, sensitivity, and laboratorytesting [5487-63]

N. Kasdin, R. Vanderbei, M. Littman, M. Carr, D. Spergel

A vector diffraction model of wave propagation in a coronagraphic terrestrial planet finder [5487-64]

S. Shiri, R. Lyon, R. Woodruff, R. Antosik

Coronagraph contrast demonstrations with the high-contrast imaging testbed [5487-65]

J. Trauger, C. Burrows, B. Gordon, J. Green, A. Lowman, D. Moody, A. Niessner, F. Shi, D. Wilson

SESSION 16

CORONAGRAPH II

Image formation in high-contrast optical systems: the role of polarization [5487-66]

J. Breckinridge

Optical coronagraph testbed requirements and design for exoplanet and star simulation [5487-67]

S. Kendrick, J. Turner-Valle, D. Ebbets, R. Bates, D. Chaney

POSTER SESSION: CORONAGRAPH

The sensitivity of shaped pupil coronagraphs to optical aberrations [5487-184]

J. Green, S. Shaklan, R. Vanderbei, N. Kasdin

Two-channel polarization interferometric coronagraph to improve the detectability of extrasolar planets[5487-185]

N. Murakami, T. Maeda, N. Baba, T. Ishigaki, N. Hashimoto, M. Tamura

Segmented telescopes for coronagraphs [5487-191]

C. Lillie, M. Flannery, D. Dailey

Development of binary band-limited coronagraph masks for extremely high contrast imaging ofextrasolar planets with Terrestrial Planet Finder [5487-192]

J. Crepp, J. Ge, J. Debes, M. Kuchner

Apodized square aperture plus occulter concept for TPF [5487-194]

I. Jordan, A. Schultz, R. Lyon, H. Hart, F. Bruhweiler, D. Fraquelli, K. Carpenter, M. Kochte, J. Hollis

A tunable achromatic phase mask for a stellar coronagraph [5487-195]

R. Winsor

SESSION 17

INSTRUMENTS

Fourier transform imaging spectroscopy with a multiple-aperture telescope: band-by-band imagereconstruction [5487-68]

S. Thurman, J. Fienup

POSTER SESSION: INSTRUMENTS

Fourier transform spectroscopy with a deformable mirror [5487-196]

R. Kendrick, E. Smith

Effects of cosmic ray removal on the accumulating signal of the infrared spectrograph [5487-197]

D. Devost, G. Sloan, A. Reza

Space all-sky imaging with a high angular resolution [5487-198]

C. Dollet, A. Bijaoui, F. Mignard

Multiple instrument distributed aperture sensor (MIDAS) science payload concept [5487-201]

D. Stubbs, A. Duncan, J. Pitman, R. Sigler, R. Kendrick, J. Chilese, E. Smith

SESSION 18

FUTURE MISSIONS I

The Microlensing Planet Finder: completing the census of extrasolar planets in the Milky Way [5487-70]

D. Bennett, I. Bond, E. Cheng, S. Friedman, P. Garnavich, B. Gaudi, R. Gilliland, A. Gould, M. Greenhouse, K. Griest, R. Kimble, J. Lunine, J. Mather, D. Minniti, M. Niedner, B. Paczynski, S. Peale, B. Rauscher, R. Rich, K. Sahu, D. Tenerelli, A. Udalski, N. Woolf, P. Yock

Space telescopes for exoplanet transit spectroscopy [5487-71]

A. Penny, B. Swinyard, K. Smith, H. Deeg, K. Horne

SESSION 19

FUTURE MISSIONS II

SNAP Telescope [5487-73]

M. Sholl, M. Lampton, G. Aldering, W. Althouse, R. Amanullah, J. Annis, P. Astier, C. Baltay, E. Barrelet, S. Basa, C. Bebek, L. Bergström, G. Bernstein, M. Bester, B. Bigelow, R. Blandford, R. Bohlin, A. Bonissent, C. Bower, M. Brown, M. Campbell, W. Carithers, E. Commins, W. Craig, C. Day, F. DeJongh, S. Deustua, T. Diehl, S. Dodelson, A. Ealet, R. Ellis, W. Emmet, D. Fouchez, J. Frieman, A. Fruchter, D. Gerdes, L. Gladney, G. Goldhaber, A. Goobar, D. Groom, H. Heetderks, M. Hoff, S. Holland, M. Huffer, L. Hui, D. Huterer, B. Jain, P. Jelinsky, A. Karcher, S. Kahn, S. Kent, A. Kim, W. Kolbe, B. Krieger, G. Kushner, N. Kuznetsova, R. Lafever, J. Lamoureux, O. Le Févre, M. Levi, P. Limon, H. Lin, E. Linder, S. Loken, W. Lorenzon, R. Malina, J. Marriner, P. Marshall, R. Massey, A. Mazure, T. McKay, S. McKee, R. Miquel, N. Morgan, E. Mörtsell, N. Mostek, S. Mufson, J. Musser, P. Nugent, H. Olu eyi, R. Pain, N. Palaio, D. Pankow, J. Peoples, S. Perlmutter, E. Prieto, D. Rabinowitz, A. Refregier, J. Rhodes, N. Roe, D. Rusin, V. Scarpine, M. Schubnell, G. Smadja, R. Smith, G. Smoot, J. Snyder, A. Spadafora, A. Stebbins, C. Stoughton, A. Szymkowiak, G. Tarlé, K. Taylor, A. Tilquin, A. Tomasch, D. Tucker, D. Vincent, H. von der Lippe, J. Walder, G. Wang, W. Wester

The DESTINY concept for the Joint Dark Energy Mission (JDEM) [5487-74]

J. Morse, T. Lauer, R. Woodruff

Overview and status of the Kepler Mission [5487-75]

D. Koch, W. Borucki, E. Dunham, J. Geary, R. Gilliland, J. Jenkins, D. Latham, E. Bachtell, D. Berry, W. Deininger, R. Duren, T. Gautier, L. Gillis, D. Mayer, C. Miller, D. Shafer, C. Sobeck, C. Stewart, M. Weiss

Large-aperture cooled telescope (SPICA) for mid- and far-infrared astronomy [5487-77]

T. Matsumoto

The science case and mission concept for the Single Aperture Far-Infrared (SAFIR) Observatory [5487-78]

D. Lester, D. Benford, A. Blain, C. Bradford, M. Dragovan, W. Langer, C. Lawrence, D. Leisawitz, J. Mather, S. Moseley, L. Mundy, G. Rieke, G. Stacey, H. Yorke, E. Young

Exploratory Submm Space Radio-Interferometric Telescope (ESPRIT) [5487-79]

Th. de Graauw, J. Cernicharo, W. Wild, A. Bos, J. Bregman, L. D'Arcio, J. den Herder, A. Gunst, F. Helmich, B. Jackson, P. Maat, J. Martin-Pintado, J. Noordam, A. Quirrenbach, P. Roelfsema, L. Venema, P. Wesselius, P. Yagoubov

SPECS: the kilometer-baseline far-IR interferometer in NASA's space science roadmap [5487-80]

D. Leisawitz, T. Abel, R. Allen, D. Benford, A. Blain, C. Bombardelli, D. Calzetti, M. DiPirro, P. Ehrenfreund, N. Evans, J. Fischer, M. Harwit, T. Hyde, M. Kuchner, J. Leitner, E. Lorenzini, J. Mather, K. Menten, S. Moseley, L. Mundy, T. Nakagawa, D. Neufeld, J. Pearson, S. Rinehart, J. Roman, S. Satyapal, R. Silverberg, H. Stahl, M. Swain, T. Swanson, W. Traub, E. Wright, H. Yorke

POSTER SESSION: FUTURE MISSIONS

Extrasolar Planetary Imaging Coronagraph (EPIC) [5487-72]

M. Clampin, G. Melnick, R. Lyon, H. Ford, J. Angel, D. Gezari, D. Golimowski, G. Hartig, M. Harwit, M. Holman, G. Illingworth, S. Kenyon, D. Lin, M. Marley, S. Olivier, L. Petro, D. Sasselov, J. Schneider, S. Seager, M. Shao, W. Sparks, V. Tolls, A. Weinberger, H. Smith, R. Carter, R. Woodruff, B. Hyatt, S. Kendrick, D. Purmot

Technical implementation of the DESTINY mission concept [5487-202]

R. Woodruff, J. Morse, T. Lauer

Identifying organic molecules in space: the AstroBiology Explorer (ABE) mission concept [5487-203]

K. Ennico, S. Sandford

Development of super-broadband interferometer in FIR [5487-207]

I. Ohta, M. Hattori, H. Matsuo

Expected effects of hot CCD pixels on detection of transits of extra-solar planets with the KeplerMission [5487-208]

T. Gautier, R. Gilliland

Telescope and focal plane instrumentation for the ORION MIDEX Mission [5487-210]

M. Beasley, J. Morse, P. Scowen

An integral field spectrograph for SNAP [5487-211]

A. Ealet, E. Prieto, A. Bonissent, R. Malina, G. Smadja, A. Tilquin, G. Bernstein, S. Basa, D. Fouchez, O. Le Fèvre, A. Mazure, G. Aldering, R. Amanullah, P. Astier, E. Barrelet, C. Bebek, L. Bergström, M. Bester, R. Blandford, R. Bohlin, C. Bower, M. Brown, M. Campbell, W. Carithers, E. Commins, W. Craig, C. Day, F. DeJongh, S. Deustua, H. Diehl, S. Dodelson, R. Ellis, M. Emmet, J. Frieman, A. Fruchter, D. Gerdes, L. Gladney, G. Goldhaber, A. Goobar, D. Groom, H. Heetderks, M. Hoff, S. Holland, M. Huffer, L. Hui, D. Huterer, B. Jain, P. Jelinsky, A. Karcher, S. Kent, S. Kahn, A. Kim, W. Kolbe, B. Krieger, G. Kushner, N. Kuznetsova, R. Lafever, J. Lamoureux, M. Lampton, M. Levi, P. Limon, H. Lin, E. Linder, S. Loken, W. Lorenzon, J. Marriner, P. Marshall, R. Massey, T. McKay, S. McKee, R. Miquel, N. Morgan, E. Mörtsell, N. Mostek, S. Mufson, J. Musser, P. Nugent, H. Olu eyi, R. Pain, N. Palaio, D. Pankow, J. Peoples, S. Perlmutter, D. Rabinowitz, A. Refregier, J. Rhodes, N. Roe, D. Rusin, V. Scarpine, M. Schubnell, M. Sholl, R. Smith, G. Smoot, J. Snyder, A. Spadafora, A. Stebbins, C. Stoughton, A. Szymkowiak, G. Tarlé, K. Taylor, A. Tomasch, D. Tucker, H. von der Lippe, D. Vincent, J. Walder, G. Wang, W. Wester

Observing programmatics and planning for the ORION MIDEX mission [5487-212]

P. Scowen, J. Morse, M. Beasley

SAFIR architecture concept [5487-213]

J. Arenberg, S. Casement, M. Flannery, K. Kroening, J. Pohner, M. Petach, R. Manning, C. Lillie, C. Misaka

Mirror requirements for SAFIR [5487-215]

H. Stahl, D. Leisawitz, D. Benford

Thermal design trades for SAFIR architecture concepts [5487-216]

H. Yorke, C. Paine, C. Bradford, M. Dragovan, A. Nash, J. Dooley, C. Lawrence

Space cryogenic system for SPICA mission [5487-218]

H. Sugita, H. Nagai, T. Nakagawa, H. Murakami, T. Matsumoto, M. Murakami, K. Narasaki, M. Hirabayashi

The New Worlds Observer: a mission for high-resolution spectroscopy of extra-solar terrestrial planets[5487-219]

W. Simmons, W. Cash, S. Seager, E. Wilkinson, N. Kasdin, R. Vanderbei, N. Chow, E. Gralla, J. Kleingeld

The VSOP-2 Project: a second-generation space-VLBI mission ranging to mm-wavelengths [5487-221]

H. Hirabayashi, Y. Murata, Y. Asaki, P. Edwards, N. Mochizuki, M. Natori, M. Inoue, T. Umemoto, S. Kameno, Y. Kono, M. Tsuboi, T. Kasuga

NASA’s Astronomy and Physics Technology Research Program [5487-222]

H. Hasan

Volume 5488 UV and Gamma-Ray Space Telescope Systems

Chairs/Editors: Günther Hasinger, Martin J. L. Turner

Conference Committee

SESSION 1

LESSONS LEARNED

FUSE: lessons learned for future FUV missions [5488-1]

H. Moos, S. McCandliss, J. Kruk

The GALEX mission and detectors [5488-2]

O. Siegmund, B. Welsh, C. Martin, T. Barlow, L. Bianchi, Y. Byun, K. Forster, P. Friedman, P. Jelinsky, B. Madore, R. Malina, B. Milliard, P. Morrissey, S. Neff, M. Rich, D. Schiminovich, T. Small, A. Szalay, T. Wyder

Five years of operation of the Chandra X-Ray Observatory [5488-3]

M. Weisskopf

Overview about first results from the Gamma-Ray Astronomy Mission INTEGRAL [5488-6]

V. Schönfelder

Characterizing nonlinearities in the Chandra LETG+HRC-S dispersion relation [5488-62]

S. Chung, J. Drake, V. Kashyap, P. Ratzlaff, B. Wargelin

Improving XMM-Newton EPIC pn data at low energies: method and application to the Vela SNR [5488-64]

K. Dennerl, B. Aschenbach, U. Briel, H. Brunner, V. Burwitz, J. Englhauser, M. Freyberg, F. Haberl, G. Hartner, A. Iyudin, E. Kendziorra, N. Meidinger, E. Pfeffermann, W. Pietsch, L. Strüder, V. Zavlin

Soft x-ray response of x-ray CCD camera XIS onboard Astro-E2 [5488-67]

K. Hayashida, K. Torii, M. Namiki, T. Shiroshoji, M. Shoji, S. Katsuda, D. Matsuura, T. Miyauchi, H. Tsunemi, T. Kohmura, H. Katayama

Ground-based x-ray calibration of the Astro-E2 x-ray telescope: II. With diverging beam at PANTER[5488-68]

K. Itoh, H. Kunieda, Y. Maeda, K. Misaki, P. Serlemitsos, R. Shibata, B. Budau, W. Burkert, M. Freyberg, G. Hartner, K. Chan, Y. Haba, A. Hayakawa, R. Iizuka, C. Inoue, H. Inoue, M. Ishida, A. Itoh, J. Lehan, H. Mori, M. Naitou, S. Okada, T. Okajima, T. Shimizu, Y. Soong, Y. Yokoyama

Ground-based x-ray calibration of the Astro-E2 x-ray telescope: I. With pencil beam [5488-69]

A. Itoh, Y. Haba, A. Hayakawa, R. Iizuka, C. Inoue, H. Inoue, M. Ishida, K. Itoh, H. Kunieda, Y. Maeda, K. Misaki, H. Mori, M. Naitou, S. Okada, R. Shibata, T. Shimizu, Y. Yokoyama

XMM-Newton (cross)-calibration [5488-70]

M. Kirsch, B. Altieri, B. Chen, F. Haberl, L. Metcalfe, A. Pollock, A. Read, R. Saxton, S. Sembay, M. Smith

Chandra HRC-S degapping corrections [5488-71]

V. Kashyap, J. Drake, S. Chung

Ground calibration of CCD camera (XIS) with front-illuminated chips onboard Astro-E2 [5488-72]

H. Nakajima, H. Yamaguchi, H. Matsumoto, T. Tsuru, K. Koyama, S. Kissel, B. LaMarr, M. Bautz

High-resolution x-ray spectroscopy of supernova remnants and the diffuse background [5488-73]

R. McEntaffer, W. Cash

NeXT hard x-ray telescope [5488-75]

Y. Ogasaka, K. Tamura, R. Shibata, A. Furuzawa, T. Okajima, K. Yamashita, Y. Tawara, H. Kunieda

EPIC-XMM-Newton observations of two nearby galaxy clusters [5488-77]

U. Briel, A. Finoguenov, J. Henry

SESSION 2

ONGOING PROJECTS

The engineering model of the SuperAGILE experiment [5488-7]

M. Feroci, E. Costa, L. Barbanera, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, M. Frutti, I. Lapshov, F. Lazzarotto, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, L. Pacciani, G. Porrovecchio, B. Preger, M. Rapisarda, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, G. Sabatino

Astro-E2 mission [5488-100]

K. Mitsuda, H. Kunieda, H. Inoue, R. Kelley

New x-ray telescope mission (NeXT) [5488-10]

H. Kunieda

Development status and performance estimation of MAXI [5488-11]

S. Ueno, H. Tomida, N. Isobe, H. Katayama, K. Kawasaki, T. Yokota, N. Kuramata, M. Matsuoka, T. Mihara, I. Sakurai, M. Nakajima, M. Kohama, H. Tsunemi, E. Miyata, N. Kawai, J. Kataoka, Y. Serino, Y. Yamamoto, A. Yoshida, H. Negoro

DUO: the Dark Universe Observatory [5488-13]

R. Griffiths, R. Petre, G. Hasinger, P. Predehl, N. White, B. Aschenbach, X. Barcons, H. Bohringer, U. Briel, L. Cominsky, M. Corcoran, U. Dinger, W. Egle, P. Friedrich, Z. Haiman, R. Hartmann, J. Henry, H. Hippmann, J. Ingersoll, K. Jahoda, D. Jenstrom, S. Jordan, E. Kendziorra, G. Kettenring, W. Kink, N. Meidinger, T. Miyaji, J. Mohr, S. Müller, R. Mushotzky, E. Pfeffermann, P. Schuecker, A. Schwope, M. Shannon, L. Strüder, S. Varlese

The x-ray telescope ROSITA on its way to orbit [5488-14]

T. Stuffler, S. Hofer, P. Predehl, G. Hasinger

Modeling of the Lobster-ISS x-ray telescope in orbit [5488-15]

A. Peele, H. Lyngsjö, R. Crocker, J. Markham, N. Bannister, K. Nugent

X-ray three-dimensional survey in the NDWFS Bootes field: large area Chandra shallow x-ray survey-I[5488-16]

S. Murray, W. Forman, C. Jones, A. Kenter, P. Green, D. Fabricant, G. Fazio, B. Jannuzi, A. Dey, J. Najita, M. Brown, K. Brand, J. Shields, B. McNamara, M. Rieke, C. Kochanek

An evaluation of a bake-out of the ACIS instrument on the Chandra X-Ray Observatory [5488-17]

P. Plucinsky, S. O'Dell, N. Tice, D. Swartz, M. Bautz, J. DePasquale, R. Edgar, G. Garmire, R. Giordano, C. Grant, P. Knollenberg, S. Kissel, B. LaMarr, R. Logan, M. Mach, H. Marshall, L. McKendrick, G. Prigozhin, D. Schwartz, N. Schulz, D. Shropshire, T. Trinh, A. Vikhlinin, S. Virani

In-orbit performance of the EPIC-MOS detectors on XMM-Newton [5488-19]

S. Sembay, A. Abbey, B. Altieri, R. Ambrosi, D. Baskill, P. Ferrando, K. Mukerjee, A. Read, M. Turner

Optical metrology for the segmented optics on the Constellation-X spectroscopy x-ray telescope [5488-78]

D. Content, D. Colella, T. Hadjimichael, J. Lehan, J. McMann, P. Reid, T. Saha, W. Zhang

Thin-foil reflection gratings for Constellation-X [5488-82]

R. Heilmann, M. Akilian, C. Chang, C. Forest, C. Joo, A. Lapsa, J. Montoya, M. Schattenburg

STJ narrow field-imaging spectrometer for XEUS [5488-83]

P. Verhoeve, D. Lumb, A. Peacock, G. Brammertz, R. den Hartog, D. Martin

Off-plane grating performance for Constellation-X [5488-84]

S. Osterman, R. McEntaffer, W. Cash, A. Shipley

Upgraded hard x-ray telescope with multilayer supermirror for the InFOCµS balloon experiment [5488-85]

R. Shibata, Y. Ogasaka, K. Tamura, A. Furuzawa, Y. Tawara, K. Yamashita, R. Takahashi, M. Sakashita, T. Miyazawa, K. Shimoda, C. Sakai, N. Yamada, M. Naitou, T. Futamura, P. Serlemitsos, Y. Soong, K. Chan, T. Okajima, J. Tueller, H. Krimm, S. Barthelmy, S. Owens, H. Kunieda, Y. Namba

Constellation-X to Generation-X: evolution of large collecting area moderate resolution grazingincidence x-ray telescopes to larger area high-resolution adjustable optics [5488-86]

P. Reid, R. Cameron, L. Cohen, M. Elvis, P. Gorenstein, D. Jerius, R. Petre, W. Podgorski, D. Schwartz, W. Zhang

Off-plane grating mount tolerances for Constellation-X [5488-88]

W. Cash, A. Shipley

Fast timing instrument for XEUS: scientific expectations [5488-89]

J. Wilms, E. Kendziorra, M. Martin, D. Barret, M. Nowak, L. Strüder, P. Lechner

Figuring, polishing, metrology, and performance-analyses of Wolter type 1 forming mandrels for theConstellation-X mirror development program [5488-131]

W. Egle, A. Matthes, G. Willma, A. Ilg, A. Schmidt, A. Seifert

An intermodule alignment budget for the Generation-X Telescope [5488-102]

J. Arenberg, C. Lau

SESSION 3

SCIENCE DRIVERS

High-resolution x-ray spectroscopy of optically thin sources [5488-22]

F. Paerels

The science goals of the Constellation-X Mission [5488-23]

N. White, H. Tananbaum, K. Weaver, R. Petre, J. Bookbinder

Science with XEUS: the X-Ray Evolving Universe Spectroscopy mission [5488-24]

A. Parmar, M. Arnaud, X. Barcons, J. Bleeker, G. Hasinger, H. Inoue, G. Palumbo, M. Turner

MAXIM: the black hole imager [5488-26]

K. Gendreau, W. Cash, P. Gorenstein, D. Windt, P. Kaaret, C. Reynolds

The SWIFT Gamma-Ray Burst Observatory [5488-136]

A. Wells, N. Gehrels, N. White, S. Barthelmy, J. Nousek, D. Burrows, P. Roming, K. Mason, G. Chincarini, P. Giommi

Development of press-formed substrates for large x-ray telescopes [5488-90]

H. Awaki, K. Heike, T. Nakashima, H. Murakami, H. Honda, S. Shioya

Calibration of the XRT-SOLARB flight filters at the XACT facility of INAF-OAPA [5488-91]

M. Barbera, M. Artale, R. Candia, A. Collura, G. Lullo, G. Peres, E. Perinati, S. Varisco, J. Bookbinder, P. Cheimets, M. Cosmo, E. DeLuca, L. Golub, M. Weber

Calibration of the XRT-SOLARB flat mirror samples at the XACT Facility of INAF-OAPA [5488-92]

M. Artale, M. Barbera, A. Collura, G. Di Cicca, G. Peres, S. Varisco, J. Bookbinder, P. Cheimets, M. Cosmo, E. DeLuca, L. Golub, M. Weber

Astronomical lobster eye telescopes [5488-93]

R. Hudec, L. Sveda, A. Inneman, L. Pina

Evaluation of an ultra-high-precision x-ray optics [5488-94]

S. Kitamoto, N. Yamamoto, T. Kohmura, K. Suga, H. Sekiguchi, Y. Ohkawa, J. Kanai, S. Chiba, J. Sato, K. Sudo, T. Watanabe

Micropore x-ray optics developments and application to an x-ray timing mission [5488-96]

M. Beijersbergen, M. Bavdaz, E. Buis, D. Lumb

Field corrector for the Ultraviolet Italian Sky Surveyor on the International Space Station (UVISS):ion-beam figuring and application of the multilayer filters [5488-97]

M. Ghigo, P. Conconi, M. Sala, E. Antonello, G. Pareschi, L. Poletto

Astronomical soft x-ray mirrors reflectivity enhancement by multilayer coatings with carbonovercoating [5488-98]

G. Pareschi, V. Cotroneo, D. Spiga, D. Vernani, M. Barbera, M. Artale, A. Collura, S. Varisco, G. Grisoni, G. Valsecchi, B. Negri

SESSION 4

FUTURE PROJECTS: SYSTEMS

Constellation X-Ray Mission: recent developments for mission concept and technology development[5488-29]

H. Tananbaum, N. White, J. Bookbinder, R. Petre, K. Weaver

The Constellation-X Spectroscopy X-ray Telescope [5488-30]

R. Petre, D. Content, J. Lehan, S. O'Dell, S. Owens, W. Podgorski, J. Stewart, W. Zhang

The Constellation-X RGS options: raytrace modeling of the off-plane gratings [5488-31]

K. Flanagan, J. Davis, R. Heilmann, A. Levine, M. McGuirk, G. Ricker, M. Schattenburg, M. Wise, A. Rasmussen, J. Bookbinder, M. Freeman, T. Gaetz, D. Jerius, D. Nguyen, W. Podgorski, P. Reid, W. Cash, A. Shipley, D. Gallagher, P. Huang, S. Jordan

XEUS mission reference design [5488-32]

M. Bavdaz, D. Lumb, A. Peacock

XEUS mission: detector spacecraft instrumentation package [5488-33]

D. Lumb

Wide band X-ray Imager (WXI) and Soft Gamma-ray Detector (SGD) for the NeXT Mission [5488-35]

T. Takahashi, A. Awaki, T. Dotani, Y. Fukazawa, K. Hayashida, T. Kamae, J. Kataoka, N. Kawai, S. Kitamoto, T. Kohmura, M. Kokubun, K. Koyama, K. Makishima, H. Matsumoto, E. Miyata, T. Murakami, K. Nakazawa, M. Nomachi, M. Ozaki, H. Tajima, M. Tashiro, T. Tamagawa, Y. Terada, H. Tsunemi, T. Tsuru, K. Yamaoka, D. Yonetoku, A. Yoshida

Gamma-ray polarimetry with Compton Telescope [5488-34]

H. Tajima, G. Madejski, T. Mitani, T. Tanaka, H. Nakamura, K. Nakazawa, T. Takahashi, Y. Fukazawa, T. Kamae, M. Kokubun, D. Marlow, M. Nomachi, E. do Couto e Silva

Generation-X: mission and technology studies for an x-ray observatory vision mission [5488-36]

R. Cameron, M. Bautz, R. Brissenden, M. Elvis, G. Fabbiano, E. Figueroa-Feliciano, P. Gorenstein, R. Petre, P. Reid, D. Schwartz, N. White, W. Zhang

A practical system for x-ray interferometry [5488-37]

R. Willingale

System performance model and error budget for MAXIM [5488-38]

J. Leitch, M. Lieber, D. Gallagher, K. Gendreau, W. Cash, A. Shipley

X-ray astronomy with ultra-high-angular resolution [5488-39]

C. Braig, P. Predehl

Bright source x-ray spectroscopy with XMM-Newton: a modified EPIC-pn timing mode [5488-40]

E. Kendziorra, J. Wilms, F. Haberl, M. Kirsch, M. Martin, M. Nowak

Laboratory testbeds for broadband x-ray interferometry [5488-101]

Z. Arzoumanian, K. Gendreau, W. Cash, A. Shipley, S. Queen

Wide-field imaging spectroscopy using aberration-corrected holography [5488-103]

M. Beasley, E. Wilkinson

Instrument for narrow-band imaging of a nonradiative shock in the far ultraviolet [5488-106]

C. Boone, M. Beasley, E. Wilkinson, J. Green

Laboratory tests and scientific performances of the XAA1.2 front-end chip for space applications [5488-108]

E. Del Monte, E. Costa, G. Di Persio, M. Feroci, M. Mastropietro, E. Morelli, L. Pacciani, G. Porrovecchio, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta

Mechanical assembly and alignment of SuperAGILE [5488-109]

M. Rapisarda, M. Feroci, M. Frutti, R. Terpin, P. Bresciani, N. Kocjancic, S. Sideri, U. Ricciardi, M. Angelucci, F. Antichi

The MCAL science console software for the minicalorimeter of the AGILE mission [5488-111]

A. Bulgarelli, F. Gianotti, M. Trifoglio, C. Labanti, E. Celesti

Spectral characterization of HST calibration lamps: new Pt/Cr-Ne line catalogues and aging test [5488-113]

F. Kerber, M. Rosa, C. Sansonetti, J. Reader, G. Nave, P. Bristow, M. Fiorentino, G. Lercher

Design of gamma-ray optics for nuclear astrophysics [5488-114]

E. Buis, M. Beijersbergen, M. Bavdaz, D. Lumb, G. Vacanti

The mini calorimeter of the AGILE satellite [5488-115]

C. Labanti, A. Argan, A. Bulgarelli, G. Di Cocco, M. Galli, F. Gianotti, M. Marisaldi, A. Mauri, E. Rossi, M. Tavani, A. Traci, M. Trifoglio

FORTIS: pathfinder to the Lyman continuum [5488-117]

S. McCandliss, K. France, P. Feldman, K. Glazebrook, G. Meurer, L. Bianchi, H. Moos, J. Kruk, W. Blair, I. Baldry

Instrumentation for ground test of SuperAgile detectors and front-end electronics [5488-119]

L. Pacciani, G. Porrovecchio, L. Barbanera, E. Costa, E. Del Monte, G. Di Persio, I. Donnarumma, M. Feroci, F. Lazarotto, O. Uberti, A. Rubini, P. Soffitta, A. Bulgarelli, F. Gianotti, E. Morelli, M. Trifoglio, M. Mastropietro

Long-term gain variation in the FUSE detectors [5488-120]

D. Sahnow

Performance of the IBIS Compton mode [5488-122]

A. Segreto

Development of a four-stage x-ray telescope for the DIOS (Diffuse Intergalactic Oxygen Surveyor) mission[5488-123]

Y. Tawara, A. Furuzawa, Y. Ogasaka, K. Tamura, T. Miyazawa, M. Sakashita, R. Takahashi

Elliptical varied line-space (EVLS) gratings [5488-124]

R. Thomas

The GLAST burst monitor [5488-125]

A. von Kienlin, C. Meegan, G. Lichti, N. Bhat, M. Briggs, V. Connaughton, R. Diehl, G. Fishman, J. Greiner, A. Hoover, R. Kippen, C. Kouveliotou, W. Paciesas, R. Preece, V. Schönfelder, H. Steinle, R. Wilson

The mechanical ground support equipment for the AIV and calibration of the AGILE integrated payload[5488-126]

M. Trifoglio, A. Traci, F. Gianotti, A. Bulgarelli, G. Di Cocco, C. Labanti, E. Celesti, A. Mauri

Life extension activities for the Hubble Space Telescope [5488-128]

K. Walyus, J. Pepe, M. Prior

Next generation microchannel plate detector technologies for UV astronomy [5488-129]

O. Siegmund, J. Vallerga, J. McPhate, A. Tremsin

The Marshall Space Flight Center solar ultraviolet magnetograph [5488-132]

E. West, J. Porter, J. Davis, G. Gary, M. Noble, M. Lewis, R. Thomas

Development of multilayer coatings (Ni/C-Pt/C) for hard x-ray telescopes by e-beam evaporation with ionassistance [5488-134]

D. Spiga, G. Pareschi, O. Citterio, R. Banham, S. Basso, M. Cassanelli, V. Cotroneo, B. Negri, G. Grisoni, G. Valsecchi, D. Vernani

SESSION 5

MIRROR TECHNOLOGY

Development of lightweight x-ray mirrors for the Constellation-X mission [5488-41]

W. Zhang, D. Content, S. Henderson, J. Lehan, R. Petre, T. Saha, S. O'Dell, W. Jones, W. Podgorski, P. Reid

Status of x-ray optics development for the XEUS Mission [5488-42]

M. Bavdaz, D. Lumb, A. Peacock, M. Beijersbergen, S. Kraft

The Dark Universe Observatory (DUO): telescope concept [5488-44]

P. Friedrich, P. Predehl, H. Böringer, R. Hartmann, G. Hasinger, H. Hippmann, G. Kettenring, W. Kink, N. Meidinger, S. Müller, E. Pfeffermann, L. Strüder, E. Kendziorra, R. Griffiths, R. Petre, N. White, S. Jordan, W. Egle

Application of composite-layer mirror to soft x-ray telescopes [5488-45]

Y. Ogasaka, C. Sakai, K. Tamura, N. Yamada, K. Yamashita

Hard x-ray optics: from HEFT to NuSTAR [5488-46]

J. Koglin, C. Chen, J. Chonko, F. Christensen, W. Craig, T. Decker, C. Hailey, F. Harrison, C. Jensen, K. Madsen, M. Pivovaroff, M. Stern, D. Windt, E. Ziegler

Silicon pore optics: novel lightweight high-resolution X-ray optics developed for XEUS [5488-137]

M. Beijersbergen, S. Kraft, R. Günther, A. Mieremet, M. Collon, M. Bavdaz, D. Lumb, A. Peacock

Innovative technologies for future astronomical x-ray mirrors [5488-49]

R. Hudec, L. Pina, A. Inneman, L. Sveda, H. Ticha, V. Semencova, V. Brozek

SESSION 6

MISSION PROPOSALS

Applications of reflective spatial heterodyne spectroscopy to UV exploration in the solar system [5488-50]

W. Harris, F. Roesler, J. Harlander, L. Ben-Jaffel, E. Mierkiewicz, J. Corliss, R. Oliversen

Design of the extreme-ultraviolet spectrometer for imaging spectroscopy on the Solar Orbiter mission[5488-51]

L. Poletto, A. Gasparotto, G. Tondello, R. Thomas

High-efficiency multilayer-coated polymer-overcoated blazed ion-etched holographic gratings for high-resolution EUV astronomical spectroscopy [5488-52]

M. Kowalski, R. Cruddace, T. Barbee, Jr., W. Hunter, K. Heidemann, B. Nelles, R. Lenke, H. Kierey

Detecting the warm-hot intergalactic medium [5488-53]

J. den Herder, F. Paerels, A. Rasmussen, M. Bruijn, H. Hoevers, J. Kaastra, S. Kahn, P. de Korte, C. Scharf

HEXIT-SAT: a mission concept for x-ray grazing incidence telescopes from 0.5 to 70 keV [5488-55]

F. Fiore, G. Perola, G. Pareschi, O. Citterio, A. Anselmi, A. Comastri

CASTER: a scintillator-based black hole finder probe [5488-56]

M. McConnell, M. Cherry, T. Guzik, R. Kippen, J. Ryan, J. Macri, R. Miller, W. Paciesas, B. Schaefer, J. Stacy, J. Wefel, W. Vestrand

MIRAX: the galactic bulge transient monitor mission [5488-57]

R. Rothschild, W. Heindl, J. Tomsick, J. Matteson, J. Braga, R. Staubert, E. Kendziorra, R. Remillard, J. Heise, J. in't Zand

Hu-ring: a small university satellite for gamma-ray burst [5488-58]

N. Kawai, H. Okada, N. Miyashita, T. Urabe , M. Kashiwa, T. Tachikawa, N. Yamaguchi, K. Omagari, I. Morita, Y. Yamamoto, Y. Yatsu, T. Ikagawa, J. Kataoka, S. Matunaga

MEGA: the next generation Medium Energy Gamma-ray Telescope [5488-59]

J. Ryan, R. Andritschke, P. Bloser, J. Cravens, M. Cherry, G. Di Cocco, T. Guzik, D. Hartmann, S. Hunter, G. Kanbach, R. Kippen, J. Kurfess, J. Macri, M. McConnell, R. Miller, W. Paciesas, B. Phlips, V. Reglero, J. Stacy, M. Strickman, W. Vestrand, J. Wefel, E. Wulf, A. Zoglauer, A. Zych

Volume 5491 New Frontiers in Stellar Interferometry

Chair/Editor: Wesley A. Traub

Conference Committee

Introduction

NEW INTERFEROMETRY SCIENCE

Observing NGC 4151 with the Keck Interferometer [5491-1]

M. Swain

Observing the Seyfert 2 nucleus of NGC 1068 with the VLT interferometer [5491-2]

H. Röttgering, W. Jaffe, K. Meisenheimer, H. Sol, Ch. Leinert, A. Richichi, M. Wittkowski

Scientific observations with MIDI on the VLTI: present and future [5491-3]

Ch. Leinert

Keck Interferometer science: present and future [5491-4]

R. Akeson

Direct detection of the disk around HR 4049 [5491-5]

E. Bakker, J. Meisner, I. Percheron, C. Dominik

Phase referencing and narrow-angle astrometry in current and future interferometers [5491-6]

B. Lane, M. Muterspaugh

Infrared imaging of Capella with the IOTA interferometer [5491-7]

S. Kraus, F. Schloerb

Resolving the effects of rotation in early type stars [5491-8]

D. Peterson, Ch. Hummel, T. Pauls, J. Armstrong, J. Benson, G. Gilbreath, R. Hindsley, D. Hutter, D. Mozurkewich

Imaging stellar multiplicity with the NPOI [5491-9]

D. Hutter, J. Benson, R. Zavala, K. Johnston, T. Pauls, Ch. Hummel, J. Armstrong

Initial scientific results from phase-referenced astrometry of sub-arcsecond binaries [5491-10]

M. Muterspaugh, B. Lane, B. Burke, M. Konacki, S. Kulkarni

FUTURE INTERFEROMETRY SCIENCE

Extrasolar planet imaging [5491-11]

A. Labeyrie, H. Le Coroller

Tomography of active galactic nuclei broad line region: a science case for next-generation extremely longbaseline optical interferometry [5491-12]

J. Woillez, H. Sol, G. Perrin, O. Lai

Scientific potential for LINC NIRVANA observations of galactic nuclei [5491-13]

A. Eckart, J. Zuther, N. Mouawad, R. Schödel, C. Straubmeier, T. Bertram, J. Pott, J. Schärwachter, T. Herbst

Imaging young stellar objects with AMBER on the VLTI [5491-14]

E. Tatulli, E. Thiébaut, F. Malbet, G. Duvert

A feasibility study of future observations with MIDI and other VLTI science instruments: the example ofthe Galactic Center [5491-15]

J. Pott, A. Glindemann, A. Eckart, M. Schöller, Ch. Leinert, T. Viehmann, M. Robberto

Science capabilities of the TPF interferometer: the first iteration [5491-16]

B. Mennesson, K. Johnston, E. Serabyn

Interferometric high-resolution spectroscopy [5491-17]

A. Quirrenbach

Modeling pulsating red giants: intensity profiles and visibilities [5491-18]

J. Hron, W. Nowotny, R. Gautschy-Loidl, S. Höfner, W. Galsterer

The simulated detection of low-mass companions with GENIE [5491-19]

R. den Hartog, O. Absil, P. Gondoin, L. d'Arcio, P. Fabry, L. Kaltenegger, R. Wilhelm, Ph. Gitton, F. Puech, C. Fridlund

ANTARCTIC INTERFEROMETRY PROSPECTS

Antarctica: the potential for interferometry [5491-20]

J. Storey

The Antarctic planet interferometer [5491-21]

M. Swain, C. Walker, W. Traub, J. Storey, V. Coudé du Foresto, E. Fossat, F. Vakili, A. Stark, J. Lloyd, P. Lawson, A. Burrows, M. Ireland, R. Millan-Gabet, G. van Belle, B. Lane, G. Vasisht, T. Travouillon

Exoplanet spectroscopy from the Antarctic plateau [5491-22]

V. Coudé du Foresto, M. Swain, F. Vakili, J. Schneider

Optical turbulence in the Antarctic atmosphere [5491-23]

J. Lloyd

FUTURE PROJECTS: SPACE

MAXIM science and technology [5491-24]

W. Cash, K. Gendreau

A SPECS update: engineering and technology requirements for a space-based far-IR imaging interferometer[5491-25]

D. Leisawitz, R. Allen, C. Baker, D. Benford, C. Bombardelli, M. DiPirro, P. Ehrenfreund, N. Evans, M. Harwit, T. Hyde, A. Labeyrie, J. Leitner, A. Liu, E. Lorenzini, R. Lyon, A. Martino, J. Mather, K. Menten, S. Moseley, L. Mundy, T. Nakagawa, S. Ollendorf, J. Pearson, D. Quinn, S. Rinehart, J. Roman, S. Satyapal, R. Silverberg, H. Stahl, M. Swain, T. Swanson, W. Traub, E. Wright, H. Yorke

Darwin and TPF: technology and prospects [5491-26]

M. Fridlund

The Fourier-Kelvin Stellar Interferometer: a practical interferometer for the detection andcharacterization of extrasolar giant planets [5491-27]

W. Danchi, R. Allen, D. Benford, D. Deming, D. Gezari, M. Kuchner, D. Leisawitz, R. Linfield, R. Millan-Gabet, J. Monnier, L. Mundy, C. Noecker, J. Rajagopal, L. Richardson, S. Rinehart, S. Seager, W. Traub, D. Wallace

The Stellar Imager (SI): a revolutionary large-baseline imaging interferometer at the Sun-Earth L2 point[5491-28]

K. Carpenter, C. Schrijver, R. Allen, A. Brown, D. Chenette, W. Danchi, M. Karovska, S. Kilston, R. Lyon, J. Marzouk, L. Mazzuca, R. Moe, F. Walter, N. Murphy

Fizeau interferometry from space: a challenging frontier in global astrometry [5491-29]

D. Loreggia, D. Gardiol, M. Gai, M. Lattanzi, D. Busonero

Terrestrial Planet Finder interferometer: architecture, mission design, and technology development[5491-30]

C. Henry, O. Lay, M. Aung, S. Gunter, S. Dubovitsky, G. Blackwood

Requirements on the stellar rejection for the Darwin Mission [5491-31]

L. Kaltenegger, A. Karlsson

Architecture selection and optimization for planet-finding interferometers [5491-32]

S. Dubovitsky, O. Lay

Current status of the TPF formation flying interferometer concept [5491-33]

D. Miller, D. Fischer

Development and verification of algorithms for spacecraft formation flight using the SPHERES testbed:application to TPF [5491-34]

E. Kong, M. Hilstad, S. Nolet, D. Miller

Metrology and pointing for astronomical interferometers [5491-35]

J. Phillips, K. Carpenter, K. Gendreau, M. Karovska, P. Kaaret, R. Reasenberg

Science overview and status of the SIM project [5491-36]

M. Shao

Space Interferometry Mission (SIM): technology completion and transition to flight [5491-37]

R. Laskin

SIM spectral characteristics and accuracy analysis [5491-38]

X. Pan, R. Goullioud, J. Yu, M. Shao

Subnanometer level model validation of the SIM interferometer [5491-39]

R. Korechoff, D. Hoppe, X. Wang

Terrestrial Planet Finder control system requirements for structurally connected interferometers

C. Noecker, M. Lieber

FUTURE PROJECTS: GROUND

Interferometry on the Large Binocular Telescope [5491-42]

T. Herbst, P. Hinz

‘OHANA [5491-43]

G. Perrin, O. Lai, J. Woillez, J. Guerin, T. Kotani, S. Vergnole, A. Adamson, C. Ftaclas, O. Guyon, P. Léna, J. Nishikawa, F. Reynaud, K. Roth, S. Ridgway, A. Tokunaga, P. Wizinowich

The Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometer: a fully optimized aperture synthesis array forimaging [5491-44]

M. Creech-Eakman, D. Buscher, C. Haniff, V. Romero

VIDA, a hypertelescope on the VLTI: last instrument design studies and performance analysis [5491-46]

O. Lardière, D. Mourard, F. Patru, M. Carbillet

The PRIMA Astrometric Planet Search project [5491-47]

A. Quirrenbach, Th. Henning, D. Queloz, S. Albrecht, E. Bakker, H. Baumeister, P. Bizenberger, H. Bleuler, R. Dändliker, J. de Jong, M. Fleury, S. Frink, D. Gillet, W. Jaffe, S. Hanenburg, S. Hekker, R. Launhardt, R. Le Poole, C. Maire, R. Mathar, P. Mullhaupt, K. Murakawa, F. Pepe, J. Pragt, L. Sache, O. Scherler, D. Ségransan, J. Setiawan, D. Sosnowska, R. Tubbs, L. Venema, K. Wagner, L. Weber, R. Wüthrich

APreS-MIDI, APerture Synthesis in the MID-Infrared with the VLTI [5491-48]

B. Lopez, F. Przygodda, S. Wolf, M. Dugue, U. Graser, P. Gitton, P. Mathias, P. Antonelli, J. Augereau, N. Berruyer, Y. Bresson, O. Chesneau, A. Dutrey, S. Flament, A. Glazenborg, A. Glindemann, T. Henning, K. Hofmann, Y. Hugues, S. Lagarde, C. Leinert, K. Meisenheimer, J. Menut, R. Rohloff, A. Roussel, E. Thiebaut, G. Weigelt

VITRUV, a second-generation VLTI instrument for aperture synthesis imaging with eight telescopes[5491-49]

F. Malbet, J. Berger, P. Kern, K. Rousselet-Perraut, P. Petrucci, F. Menard, A. Chelli, G. Duvert, J. Lebouquin, E. Tatulli, P. Labeye, I. Schanen-Duport, E. Thiébaut, P. Garcia, I. Carvalho

EXISTING INTERFEROMETERS

VLTI technical advances: present and future [5491-50]

A. Glindemann, M. Albertsen, L. Andolfato, G. Avila, P. Ballester, B. Bauvir, F. Delplancke, F. Derie, M. Dimmler, Ph. Duhoux, E. di Folco, R. Frahm, E. Galliano, B. Gilli, P. Giordano, Ph. Gitton, S. Guisard, N. Housen, Ch. Hummel, A. Huxley, R. Karban, P. Kervella, M. Kiekebusch, B. Koehler, S. Lévêque, T. Licha, A. Longinotti, D. McKay, S. Ménardi, G. Monnet, S. Morel, F. Paresce, I. Percheron, M. Petr-Gotzens, T. Phan Duc, J. Pott, F. Puech, F. Rantakyrö, A. Richichi, C. Sabet, K. Scales, M. Schöller, N. Schuhler, M. van den Ancker, M. Vannier, A. Wallander, M. Wittkowski, R. Wilhelm

Keck Interferometer status and plans [5491-51]

M. Colavita, P. Wizinowich, R. Akeson

NPOI: recent technology and science [5491-52]

J. Benson, D. Hutter, K. Johnston, R. Zavala, N. White, T. Pauls, G. Gilbreath, J. Armstrong, R. Hindsley

CHARA recent technology and science [5491-53]

H. McAlister, T. ten Brummelaar, J. Aufdenberg, W. Bagnuolo, D. Berger, V. Coudé du Foresto, A. Mérand, C. Ogden, S. Ridgway, J. Sturmann, L. Sturmann, S. Taylor, N. Turner

IOTA: recent technology and science [5491-54]

W. Traub, J. Berger, M. Brewer, N. Carleton, P. Kern, S. Kraus, M. Lacasse, W. McGonagle, R. Millan-Gabet, J. Monnier, E. Pedretti, S. Ragland, R. Reich, F. Schloerb, P. Schuller, K. Souccar, G. Wallace

ISI: recent technology and science [5491-55]

D. Hale, J. Weiner, C. Townes

SUSI: recent technology and science [5491-57]

P. Tuthill, J. Davis, M. Ireland, J. North, J. O'Byrne, J. Robertson, W. Tango

Science and instrumentation update from the Palomar testbed interferometer [5491-58]

A. Boden

COAST: recent technology and developments [5491-59]

C. Haniff, J. Baldwin, A. Basden, N. Bharmal, R. Boysen, D. Buscher, J. Keen, C. Mackay, B. O'Donovan, E. Seneta, H. Thorsteinsson, N. Thureau, R. Tubbs, P. Warner, D. Wilson, J. Young

MIRA-I.2: recent progress [5491-60]

J. Nishikawa, M. Yoshizawa, N. Ohishi, S. Suzuki, Y. Torii, K. Matsuda, K. Kubo, H. Iwashita, T. Yokoi, T. Kotani, K. Sato

FRINGE TRACKING: DIFFERENTIAL PHASE

The VLTI fringe sensors: FINITO and PRIMA FSU [5491-61]

M. Gai, S. Ménardi, S. Cesare, B. Bauvir, D. Bonino, L. Corcione, M. Dimmler, G. Massone, F. Reynaud, A. Wallander

Fringe tracking at the IOTA interferometer [5491-62]

E. Pedretti, N. Thureau, E. Wilson, W. Traub, J. Monnier, S. Ragland, N. Carleton, R. Millan-Gabet, F. Schloerb, M. Brewer, J. Berger, M. Lacasse

Modeling of closure phase measurements with AMBER/VLTI: toward characterization of exoplanetaryatmospheres [5491-63]

V. Joergens, A. Quirrenbach

PRIMA narrow-angle astrometry errors [5491-64]

R. Le Poole, F. Delplancke, R. Tubbs

Differential phase interferometry with the Keck telescopes [5491-65]

G. Vasisht, M. Colavita

Design and tests for the correction of atmospheric and instrumental effects on color-differential phasewith AMBER/VLTI [5491-66]

M. Vannier, R. Petrov, M. Schöller, P. Antonelli, Y. Bresson, G. Duvert, C. Gil, A. Glindemann, S. Lagarde, E. LeCoarer, B. Lopez, S. Morel, F. Malbet, F. Millour, K. Rousselet-Perraut, F. Rantakyrö, S. Robbe-Dubois

Differential phase delay observations with VLTI-MIDI at N-band [5491-68]

R. Tubbs, J. Meisner, E. Bakker, S. Albrecht

OPERATIONS

The VLTI Auxiliary Telescopes: commissioning of AT1 [5491-69]

B. Koehler, M. Kraus, J. Moresmau, K. Wirenstrand, M. Duchateau, Ph. Duhoux, R. Karban, C. Flebus, E. Gabriel, O. Pirnay

ASPRO-VLTI: a JMMC software dedicated to the preparation of VLTI observations [5491-71]

G. Duchêne, J. Berger, G. Duvert, G. Zins, G. Mella

Observing with the VLT interferometer [5491-72]

M. Wittkowski, P. Ballester, T. Canavan, F. Comerón, Ch. Hummel, A. Kaufer, S. Marteau, G. Mathys, S. Morel, P. Naß, I. Percheron, M. Peron, M. Petr-Gotzens, F. Rantakyrö, A. Richichi, M. Schöller, D. Silva, M. van den Ancker, A. Wallander

SINGLE-MODE, INTEGRATED OPTICS

Development of an extremely coherent single-mode fiber bundle array for high-contrast imaging ofextrasolar planets with visible Terrestrial Planet Finder [5491-73]

J. Ge, D. McDavitt, S. Miller

Development of silver-halide single-mode fibers for modal filtering in the mid-infrared [5491-74]

O. Wallner, V. Artjuschenko, R. Flatscher

K band fibers for the 'OHANA project [5491-151]

T. Kotani, G. Perrin, J. Woillez, J. Guerin, G. Maze

Mid-infrared spatial filter fabrication using laser chemical etching [5491-76]

C. Drouët d'Aubigny, C. Walker, D. Golish

Integrated optics components in silica on silicon technology for stellar interferometry [5491-77]

P. Labeye, J. Berger, M. Salhi, P. Demolon, K. Rousselet-Perraut, F. Malbet, P. Kern

TECHNIQUES

A new photon-counting spectrometer for the COAST [5491-78]

A. Basden, C. Haniff, C. Mackay, M. Bridgeland, D. Wilson, J. Young, D. Buscher

Opto-thermo-mechanical numerical simulations of three different concepts of infrared achromaticphase shifters [5491-79]

B. Chazelas, C. Valette, T. Lépine, M. Barillot, F. Brachet, S. Dervaux, F. Fressin, J. Gay, G. Gadret, A. Labèque, A. Léger, R. Launhardt, J. Mangin, D. Mawet, M. Ollivier, Y. Rabbia, E. Schmidt

Use of two deformable mirrors AO system for an interferometric testbed [5491-80]

S. Restaino, D. Wick, T. Martinez, D. Payne, G. Gilbreath

Coherent integration of NPOI phase closure data on Altair [5491-81]

Ch. Hummel, D. Mozurkewich, J. Benson, D. Peterson

Coherent fringe tracking and visibility estimation for MIDI [5491-82]

W. Jaffe

Coherent integration of complex fringe visibility employing dispersion tracking [5491-83]

J. Meisner, R. Tubbs, W. Jaffe

Optimal interferometric data acquisition and processing: towards 0.1% precision with the single-modebeam combiner VINCI [5491-84]

P. Kervella, V. Coudé du Foresto, D. Ségransan, E. Di Folco

Estimation of fringe parameters [5491-85]

D. Mozurkewich, J. Armstrong, G. Gilbreath, T. Pauls

NULLING

IRAN: interferometric remapped array nulling [5491-86]

E. Aristidi, F. Vakili, L. Abe, A. Belu, B. Lopez, H. Lantéri, A. Schutz, J. Menut

Darwin-GENIE: a nulling instrument at the VLTI [5491-87]

P. Gondoin, O. Absil, R. den Hartog, R. Wilhelm, Ph. Gitton, L. d'Arcio, P. Fabry, F. Puech, M. Fridlund, M. Schöller, A. Glindemann, E. Bakker, A. Karlsson, A. Peacock, S. Volonte, F. Paresce, A. Richichi

Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer: the universal beam combiner [5491-88]

P. Hinz, T. Connors, T. McMahon, A. Cheng, C. Peng, W. Hoffmann, D. McCarthy, Jr., J. Angel

Multiaxial single-mode beam combiner [5491-164]

O. Wallner, J. Perdigues Armengol, A. Karlsson

The Keck interferometer nuller: system architecture and laboratory performance [5491-90]

E. Serabyn, A. Booth, M. Colavita, M. Creech-Eakman, S. Crawford, J. Garcia, R. Johnson, E. Hovland, C. Koresko, E. Ligon, S. Martin, B. Mennesson, J. Moore, D. Palmer, C. Paine, M. Shao, M. Swain, R. Smythe, G. Vasisht

Demonstration of nulling using delay line phase shifters [5491-91]

C. van der Avoort, A. Mieremet, S. Pereira, J. Braat

Achromatic coronagraph based on out-of-plane common-path nulling interferometer [5491-92]

A. Tavrov, Y. Tanaka, T. Shioda, T. Kurokawa, M. Takeda

Three telescope nuller based on multibeam injection into single-mode waveguide [5491-93]

A. Karlsson, O. Wallner, J. Perdigues Armengol, O. Absil

Nulling interferometer based on an integrated optics combiner [5491-94]

V. Weber, M. Barillot, P. Haguenauer, P. Kern, I. Schanen-Duport, P. Labeye, L. Pujol, Z. Sodnik

Use of OPD modulation techniques in nulling interferometry [5491-95]

L. d'Arcio, A. Karlsson, P. Gondoin

Mid-IR interferometric nulling for TPF [5491-96]

J. Wallace, V. Babtiwale, R. Bartos, K. Brown, R. Gappinger, F. Loya, D. MacDonald, S. Martin, J. Negron,

T. Truong, G. Vasisht

Nulling interferometers: the importance of systematic errors and the X-array configuration [5491-97]

O. Lay, S. Dubovitsky

IMAGING

An interferometry imaging beauty contest [5491-98]

P. Lawson, W. Cotton, Ch. Hummel, J. Monnier, M. Zhao, J. Young, H. Thorsteinsson, S. Meimon, L. Mugnier, G. Le Besnerais, E. Thiébaut, P. Tuthill

Experimental verification of field extension for nonhomothetic arrays with a pupil-plane interferometer[5491-99]

I. Montilla, S. Pereira, J. Braat

A novel method of reconstruction for weak-phase optical interferometry [5491-100]

S. Meimon, L. Mugnier, G. Le Besnerais

The wide-field imaging interferometry testbed: I. Progress, results, and future plans [5491-101]

S. Rinehart, J. Armstrong, B. Frey, J. Kirk, D. Leisawitz, D. Leviton, L. Lobsinger, R. Lyon, A. Martino, T. Pauls, L. Mundy, E. Sears

Deconvolution methods for LINC/NIRVANA data reduction [5491-102]

B. Anconelli, M. Bertero, P. Boccacci, M. Carbillet, H. Lantéri, S. Correia

TESTBEDS AND LAB RESULTS

IRIS: an infrared tilt sensor for the VLTI [5491-103]

Ph. Gitton, S. Lévêque, G. Avila, T. Phan Duc

Progress in closed-loop delay and tip-tilt control with a laboratory nulling testbed [5491-104]

R. Linfield, S. Acton, B. DeWoody, M. Frazier, D. Putnam

SIM narrow- and wide-angle astrometric demonstration on the MAM testbed [5491-105]

R. Goullioud, T. Shen, J. Catanzarite

SIM system testbed: 3-baseline stellar interferometer on a 9-meter-long flexible structure [5491-106]

O. Alvarez-Salazar, R. Goullioud, A. Azizi

Nulling interferometry for the Darwin Mission: polychromatic laboratory test bench [5491-107]

F. Brachet, A. Labèque, A. Léger, M. Ollivier, C. Lizambert, V. Hervier, B. Chazelas, B. Pellet, T. Lépine, C. Valette

The Nulltimate project: building and testing, at low temperature, achromatic phase shifters to preparethe Darwin mission [5491-108]

A. Labèque, B. Chazelas, F. Brachet, C. Commeaux, P. Blache, A. Léger, M. Ollivier, T. Lépine, C. Valette

Delft Testbed Interferometer: homothetic mapping and astrometric performances [5491-109]

P. Gori, C. van der Avoort, R. Le Poole, H. Van Brug

Kite: status of the external metrology testbed for SIM [5491-111]

F. Dekens, O. Alvarez-Salazar, A. Azizi, S. Moser, B. Nemati, J. Negron, T. Neville, D. Ryan

The Fizeau interferometer testbed (FIT): developing and testing the technologies needed for space-based interferometric imaging systems [5491-112]

L. Mazzuca, K. Carpenter, R. Lyon, J. Marzouk, P. Petrone III, P. Cottle, P. Dogoda, H. Huet, P. Liiva, D. Mozurkewich, J. Armstrong, X. Zhang, G. Solyar, L. Mundy

POSTER SESSIONS

Alignment

Defocus grating systems for optical alignment [5491-113]

M. Chang, D. Sánchez, D. Montes, Z. Vidarte

Alignment of vacuum feed stations on the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer [5491-114]

J. Clark III, J. Murphy, L. Ha, J. Walton, J. Howard, J. Armstrong, G. Gilbreath, R. Hindsley, T. Pauls

Optical drift test of the long delay line stations on the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer [5491-115]

J. Clark III, J. Murphy, L. Ha, J. Walton, J. Howard, J. Armstrong, G. Gilbreath, R. Hindsley, T. Pauls

Keck Interferometer autoaligner: algorithms and techniques [5491-116]

M. Hrynevych, K. Tsubota, R. Smythe, W. Dahl, J. Bell, M. Colavita, J. Gathright, F. Meggars, C. Neyman, A. Rudeen, G. van Belle, P. Wizinowich

MSTAR: an absolute metrology system with submicrometer accuracy [5491-117]

O. Lay, S. Dubovitsky, R. Peters, J. Burger, W. Steier, S. Ahn, H. Fetterman

ARAL: a facility to fuel VLTI instruments with photons [5491-119]

S. Morel, M. Vannier, S. Ménardi, F. Biancat-Marchet, M. Fischer, Ph. Gitton, A. Glindemann, S. Guisard, N. Haddad, N. Housen, A. Huxley, M. Kiekebusch, A. Longinotti, T. Phan Duc, M. Schöller, A. Wallander

The VLTI focal instrument Amber: results of the first phase of the alignment, integration, andverification in Paranal [5491-120]

S. Robbe-Dubois, R. Petrov, S. Lagarde, P. Antonelli, Y. Bresson, A. Roussel, D. Mourard, F. Malbet, F. Millour, G. Zins, A. Delboulbé, G. Duvert, L. Glück, P. Kern, E. LeCoarer, K. Rousselet-Perraut, E. Tatulli, U. Beckmann, M. Heininger, G. Weigelt, F. Lisi, P. Stefanini, M. Accardo, C. Gil, M. Vannier, N. Haddad, N. Housen, M. Kiekebusch, P. Mardones, F. Puech, F. Rantakyrö, A. Richichi, M. Schöller

Accuracy of the VLTI optical alignment [5491-121]

S. Guisard

Adaptive Optics

Adaptive optics in gravitational-wave interferometers [5491-122]

S. Avino, F. Barone, E. Calloni, R. De Rosa, L. Di Fiore, L. Milano, S. Restaino, A. Tierno

Adaptive optics performance model for optical interferometry [5491-123]

D. Mozurkewich, S. Restaino, G. Gilbreath

Adaptive optics and aperture masking: a comparison [5491-124]

J. Rajagopal, R. Barry, B. Lopez, W. Danchi, J. Monnier, P. Tuthill, C. Townes

Optimal distributed prediction and estimation controller with application to adaptive optics and opticalinterferometry [5491-125]

R. Cristi, S. Restaino, J. Le Blanc

LLiST: a new star-tracker camera for tip-tilt correction at IOTA [5491-126]

P. Schuller, M. Lacasse, D. Lydon, W. McGonagle, E. Pedretti, R. Reich, F. Schloerb, W. Traub

Fringe visibility performance evaluation for long baseline stellar interferometers with adaptive optics[5491-127]

C. Ting, M. Giles

Interferometry following adaptive optics [5491-217]

E. Ribak

Calibration

The JMMC evolutive search calibrator tool [5491-129]

D. Bonneau, J. Clausse, X. Delfosse, G. Duvert, P. Bordé, D. Mourard, Ph. Berio, P. Cruzalebes

Preparing the PRIMA astrometric planet search: selecting suitable target and reference stars [5491-130]

S. Frink, S. Hekker, R. Launhardt, J. Setiawan, D. Ségransan, A. Quirrenbach, Th. Henning, D. Queloz

Main sequence stars as calibrators for interferometry [5491-131]

P. Kervella, F. Thévenin, D. Ségransan, E. Di Folco

A catalog of calibrator stars for 200-meter baseline near-infrared stellar interferometry [5491-133]

A. Mérand, P. Bordé, V. Coudé du Foresto

Quality control and instrument trending for MIDI: first quality control and data flow operations results[5491-134]

I. Percheron, P. Ballester, C. Sabet, M. Wittkowski, S. Morel, A. Richichi

Data Processing

PRIMA astrometry operations and software [5491-135]

E. Bakker, A. Quirrenbach, R. Tubbs, D. Ségransan, R. Launhardt, L. Venema, R. Dändliker, J. de Jong, S. Frink, D. Gillet, S. Hekker, Th. Henning, W. Jaffe, R. Le Poole, P. Müllhaupt, K. Murakawa, F. Pepe, D. Queloz, L. Sache, J. Setiawan, D. Sosnowska, R. Wuethrich

Preliminary software architecture for the PRIMA astrometric Data Analysis Facility [5491-136]

J. de Jong, E. Bakker, W. Jaffe, S. Frink

Data reduction for the AMBER instrument [5491-137]

F. Millour, E. Tatulli, A. Chelli, G. Duvert, G. Zins, B. Acke, F. Malbet

A data exchange standard for optical (visible/IR) interferometry [5491-138]

T. Pauls, J. Young, W. Cotton, J. Monnier

Seeing timescales for large-aperture optical/infrared interferometers from simulations [5491-139]

R. Tubbs

Aperture masking interferometry research simulation [5491-140]

H. Wang, Q. Luo, W. Fan, X. Zhang, C. Tao, Y. Zhu, B. Zhou, H. Chen

Environmental

Influence of atmospheric turbulence on the performance and design of GENIE [5491-141]

O. Absil, R. den Hartog, P. Gondoin, P. Fabry, L. d'Arcio, R. Wilhelm, Ph. Gitton, F. Puech

Calibration of temperature and relative humidity sensors for use on the VLT-Interferometer [5491-142]

S. Albrecht, E. Bakker, J. de Jong, R. Tubbs, J. Meisner, R. Le Poole

Horizontal path propagation measurements over the sea [5491-143]

M. Chang, F. Santiago, C. Font, Y. Luna, E. Roura, S. Restaino

Effects of airborne particles on optical equipment [5491-144]

I. Gorgievska, C. Steinebach

A new instrument for measuring atmospheric turbulence [5491-145]

D. Jacobs, B. Edwards, Z. Stelly, I. Gorgievska, D. Westpfahl, D. Klinglesmith III, M. Creech-Eakman

Astronomical site monitoring system for the Magdalena Ridge Observatory [5491-146]

D. Klinglesmith III, R. Alvarado, M. Creech-Eakman, B. O'Donovan, E. Seneta, J. Young

DIMMWIT measurements of the spatial and temporal scale of atmospheric turbulence at COAST and MROI[5491-147]

B. O'Donovan, E. Seneta, J. Young, D. Klinglesmith III

Thermal background fluctuations at 10 micron measured with VLTI/MIDI [5491-148]

O. Absil, E. Bakker, M. Schöller, P. Gondoin

Fiber and Integrated Optics

Characterization methods of integrated optics for mid-infrared interferometry [5491-152]

L. Labadie, P. Kern, I. Schanen-Duport, J. Broquin

Aperture-masking interferometry and single-mode fibers [5491-153]

S. Lacour, G. Perrin, J. Woillez, F. Assemat, E. Thiébault

A laboratory interferometer simulator for integrated optics combiners qualification [5491-154]

L. Jocou, M. Benisty, J. Berger, E. LeCoarer, P. Haguenauer, P. Kern, K. Rousselet-Perraut, F. Malbet

Comparison of integrated optics concepts for a near-infrared multi-telescope beam combiner [5491-155]

J. LeBouquin, J. Berger, P. Labeye, E. Tatulli, F. Malbet, K. Rousselet-Perraut, P. Kern

The Michigan Infrared Combiner (MIRC): IR imaging with the CHARA Array [5491-156]

J. Monnier, J. Berger, R. Millan-Gabet, T. ten Brummelaar

Three-dimensional micropositioning device for optical fiber guided by a piezoelectric tube [5491-159]

O. Preis, L. Pichon, A. Delboulbé, P. Kern, Y. Magnard, N. Ventura

Characterizing closure-phase measurements at IOTA [5491-160]

S. Ragland, W. Traub, J. Berger, R. Millan-Gabet, J. Monnier, E. Pedretti, F. Schloerb, N. Carleton, P. Haguenauer, P. Kern, P. Labeye, M. Lacasse, F. Malbet, K. Rousselet-Perraut

AMBER integration and laboratory performances [5491-161]

K. Rousselet-Perraut, E. LeCoarer, C. Gil, P. Kern, B. Arezki, A. Delboulbé, G. Duvert, L. Gluck, Y. Magnard, F. Malbet, F. Millour, E. Tatulli, G. Zins, M. Accardo, P. Antonelli, U. Beckmann, J. Behrend, Y. Bresson, S. Busoni, S. Lagarde, F. Lisi, R. Petrov, S. Robbe-Dubois, A. Roussel

Measurements of differential chromatic dispersion and contrasts in a hectometric silica fiber interferometerin the frame of the 'OHANA Project [5491-162]

S. Vergnole, L. Delage, F. Reynaud

Using photonic crystal fiber in the frame of stellar interferometer [5491-163]

S. Vergnole, L. Delage, F. Reynaud, L. Labonté, P. Roy, G. Mélin, L. Gasca

‘OHANA phase I: adaptive optics and single-mode fiber coupling [5491-165]

J. Woillez, G. Perrin, J. Guerin, O. Lai, F. Reynaud, P. Wizinowich, C. Neyman, D. Le Mignant, K. Roth, J. White

The potential of conductive waveguides for nulling interferometry [5491-215]

U. Wehmeier, M. Swain, C. Drouët d'Aubigny, D. Golish, C. Walker

Fringe Tracking

The fringe and flexure tracking detector of the LBT LINC-NIRVANA beam-combiner instrument [5491-166]

U. Beckmann, J. Behrend, H. Bönhardt, C. Connot, T. Driebe, M. Heininger, T. Herbst, K. Hofmann, E. Nußbaum, D. Schertl, W. Solscheid, C. Straubmeier, G. Weigelt

The LINC-NIRVANA fringe and flexure tracking system: differential piston simulation and detection[5491-167]

T. Bertram, D. Andersen, C. Arcidiacono, C. Straubmeier, A. Eckart, U. Beckmann, T. Herbst

Models for VLTI fringe sensor units: FINITO and PRIMA FSUs [5491-168]

D. Bonino, M. Gai, L. Corcione, G. Massone

Fringe fitting for coherent integrations with the NPOI [5491-169]

A. Jorgensen, D. Mozurkewich, J. Armstrong, R. Hindsley, T. Pauls, G. Gilbreath, S. Restaino

The fringe and flexure tracking system for LINC-NIRVANA: basic design and principle of operation [5491-171]

C. Straubmeier, T. Bertram, A. Eckart, Y. Wang, L. Zealouk, T. Herbst, D. Andersen, R. Ragazzoni, G. Weigelt

General fringe decomposition and statistical bias correction in optical interferometry [5491-172]

H. Thorsteinsson, D. Buscher

Adaptive DFT-based fringe tracking and prediction at IOTA [5491-173]

E. Wilson, E. Pedretti, J. Bregman, R. Mah, W. Traub

Imaging

Specificities of interferometric beam combination techniques for direct imaging [5491-174]

L. Abe

Star separator system for the dual-field capability (PRIMA) of the VLTI [5491-175]

F. Delplancke, J. Nijenhuis, H. de Man, L. Andolfato, R. Treichel, J. Hopman, F. Derie

Recombining light of the VLTI at 10 microns by densifying the images [5491-177]

M. Dugué, B. Lopez, F. Przygodda, U. Graser, Ph. Gitton, S. Wolf, Ph. Mathias, P. Antonelli, J. Augereau, N. Berruyer, Y. Bresson, O. Chesneau, A. Dutrey, S. Flament, A. Glazenborg, A. Glindemann, Th. Henning, K. Hofmann, S. Lagarde, Y. Hugues, Ch. Leinert, K. Meisenheimer, J. Menut, R. Rohloff, A. Roussel, E. Thiébaut, G. Weigelt

Selection of an optimum subset of telescope configurations for the VLT Interferometer [5491-178]

E. Galliano, M. Schöller, M. Fischer, Ch. Hummel, S. Morel, F. Rantakyrö, M. Vannier

H-alpha observations using closure phases at the NPOI [5491-179]

G. Gilbreath, T. Pauls, J. Armstrong, D. Mozurkewich, J. Clark, R. Hindsley, D. Hutter

The general image quality equation and the structure of the modulation transfer function [5491-180]

R. Hindsley, L. Rickard

Design considerations for an extremely large synthesis array [5491-181]

A. Quirrenbach

The bispectrum in model-independent imaging [5491-183]

H. Thorsteinsson, D. Buscher, J. Young

KEOPS: Kiloparsec Explorer for Optical Planet Search, a direct-imaging optical array at Dome C ofAntarctica [5491-184]

F. Vakili, A. Belu, E. Aristidi, E. Fossat, A. Maillard, L. Abe, K. Agabi, J. Vernin, J. Daban, W. Hertmanni, F. Schmider, P. Assus, V. Coudé du Foresto, M. Swain

Experimental performance of homothetic mapping for wide-field interferometric imaging [5491-185]

C. van der Avoort, H. Van Brug, J. den Herder, L. d'Arcio, R. Le Poole, J. Braat

Homothetic mapping as means to obtain a wide field of view: the Delft Testbed Interferometer [5491-186]

H. van Brug, B. Oostdijck, B. Snijders, C. van der Avoort, P. Gori

Field-resolution ratio progresses for interferometric arrays [5491-187]

L. Koechlin, D. Serre, P. Duchon

An interferometric imaging test bench: the densified pupil concept applied to the VLTI [5491-214]

F. Patru, D. Mourard, O. Lardière, A. Spang, J. Clausse, P. Antonelli, Y. Bresson, S. Lagarde

Multiple-beam combination for faint objects [5491-216]

E. Ribak, G. Perrin, S. Lacour

Nulling

Near-IR demonstration of adaptive nuller based on deformable mirror [5491-188]

R. Peters, A. Hirai, M. Jeganathan, O. Lay

Nulling interferometry with three telescopes: triple beam-combiners, virtual telescope arrays, andphased arrays [5491-189]

E. Serabyn

Operations

Baseline monitoring for astrometric interferometry [5491-191]

M. Hrynevych, E. Ligon, M. Colavita

Remote observations with FLUOR and the CHARA Array [5491-192]

A. Mérand, M. Birlan, R. Lelu de Brach, V. Coudé du Foresto

Preparing MIDI science operation at VLTI [5491-193]

S. Morel, P. Ballester, B. Bauvir, P. Biereichel, J. Cuby, E. Galliano, N. Haddad, N. Housen, Ch. Hummel, A. Kaufer, P. Kervella, I. Percheron, F. Puech, F. Rantakyrö, A. Richichi, C. Sabet, M. Schöller, J. Spyromilio, M. Vannier, A. Wallander, M. Wittkowski, Ch. Leinert, U. Graser, U. Neumann, W. Jaffe, J. de Jong

Visibility science operations with the Keck Interferometer [5491-195]

P. Wizinowich, R. Akeson, M. Colavita, J. Gathright, E. Appleby, J. Bell, A. Booth, W. Dahl, P. Goude, M. Hrynevych, I. Lynn, R. Millan-Gabet, C. Neyman, A. Rudeen, T. Saloga, K. Summers, K. Tsubota

VLTI science operations at Paranal [5491-196]

F. Rantakyrö, E. Galliano, Ch. Hummel, A. Kaufer, P. Kervella, S. Morel, M. Schöller, M. Vannier, M. Wittkowski

Science

Precision narrow-angle astrometry of binary stars with the Navy Prototype Optical Interferometer [5491-197]

J. Armstrong, J. Clark III, G. Gilbreath, R. Hindsley, D. Hutter, D. Mozurkewich, T. Pauls

Interferometric observations of the Mira star o Ceti with the VLTI/VINCI instrument in the near-infrared[5491-199]

H. Woodruff, M. Eberhardt, T. Driebe, K. Hofmann, K. Ohnaka, A. Richichi, D. Schertl, M. Schöller, M. Scholz, G. Weigelt, M. Wittkowski, P. Wood

High-resolution near-infrared speckle interferometry and radiative transfer modeling of the OH/IR starOH 104.9+2.4 [5491-201]

D. Riechers, Y. Balega, T. Driebe, K. Hofmann, A. Men'shchikov, D. Schertl, G. Weigelt

Science program of the AMBER consortium [5491-202]

F. Malbet, T. Driebe, R. Foy, D. Fraix-Burnet, Ph. Mathias, A. Marconi, J. Monin, R. Petrov, P. Stee, L. Testi, G. Weigelt

Preliminary result of the analysis of T Sagittarrii data and modeling [5491-203]

J. Menut, O. Chesneau, B. Lopez, N. Berruyer, U. Graser, G. Niccolini, A. Dutrey, G. Perrin

Detecting Jupiters with AMBER on the VLTI [5491-204]

E. Tatulli, A. Chelli

Observing jets in young stellar objects with AMBER/VLTI [5491-205]

C. Gil, E. Thiébaut, P. Garcia, M. Schöller

Testbeds

Metrology system for Space Interferometry Mission's system testbed 3 [5491-206]

O. Alvarez-Salazar, A. Azizi, Y. Gursel, G. Sun, J. Fischer, A. Avanesyan, J. Shaw

The LINC-NIRVANA testbed Fizeau interferometer [5491-207]

D. Andersen, T. Bertram, P. Bizenberger, S. Egner, T. Herbst, R. Ragazzoni, C. Straubmeier

TIRAN: testbed for interferometric remapped array nuller [5491-208]

L. Abe, A. Belu, J. Daban, F. Vakili, C. Caratti, C. Filloux, G. Rous, F. Rivassou, G. Guerri

Fabrication and characterization of the Fizeau interferometer testbed [5491-209]

P. Petrone III, K. Carpenter, D. Clark, P. Cottle, P. Dogoda, H. Huet, P. Liiva, R. Lyon, J. Marzouk, L. Mazzuca, D. McAndrew, G. Solyar

The wide-field imaging interferometry testbed: II. Characterization and calibration [5491-210]

S. Rinehart, J. Armstrong, B. Frey, J. Kirk, D. Leisawitz, D. Leviton, L. Lobsinger, R. Lyon, A. Martino, T. Pauls, L. Mundy, E. Sears

Terrestrial Planet Finder cryogenic delay line development [5491-211]

R. Smythe, M. Swain, O. Alvarez-Salazar, J. Moore

White-light modeling, algorithm, development, and validation on the micro-arcsecond metrologytestbed [5491-212]

M. Milman, M. Regher, T. Shen

Model validation of SIM external metrology at the sub-nanometer level [5491-213]

B. Nemati, G. Kuan