Overview and Status of the Space Interferometry Mission (SIM) Technology Development
Optical and infrared interferometry will open new vistas for astronomy over the next decade.
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Optical and infrared interferometry will open new vistas for astronomy over the next decade.
Optical and infrared interferometry will open new vistas for astronomy over the next decade.
Optical and infrared interferometers will open new vistas for astronomy over the next decade.
Optical and infrared interferometry will open new vistas for astronomy over the next decade.
The objective of the Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) mission is to find and characterize earth-like planets orbiting other stars. Three architectural options are under consideration for this mission: a formation-flying interferometer (FFI), a structurally-connected interferometer, and a coronagraph.
This paper describes the technical program that will demonstrate the viability of two mid-infrared interferometer architectures being developed for the Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) to support a mission concept downselect in 2006.
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