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Philippe B. Gitton
Researcher at European Southern Observatory
Publications - 57
Citations - 1511
Philippe B. Gitton is an academic researcher from European Southern Observatory. The author has contributed to research in topics: Very Large Telescope & Astronomical interferometer. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 56 publications receiving 1431 citations.
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PIONIER: a 4-telescope visitor instrument at VLTI
J.-B. Le Bouquin,Jean-Philippe Berger,B. Lazareff,Gerard Zins,P. Haguenauer,Laurent Jocou,P. Kern,Rafael Millan-Gabet,W. A. Traub,Olivier Absil,Jean-Charles Augereau,Myriam Benisty,Nicolas Blind,X. Bonfils,Pierre Bourget,Alain Delboulbé,Philippe Feautrier,M. Germain,Philippe B. Gitton,D. Gillier,Mario Kiekebusch,Jacques Kluska,J. Knudstrup,P. Labeye,J. L. Lizon,Jean-Louis Monin,Yves Magnard,Fabien Malbet,D. Maurel,Francois Menard,M. Micallef,L. Michaud,G. Montagnier,Sebastien Morel,T. Moulin,Karine Perraut,Dan Popovic,Patrick Rabou,Sylvain Rochat,C. Rojas,F. Roussel,Alain Roux,Eric Stadler,S. Štefl,E. Tatulli,N. Ventura +45 more
TL;DR: PIONIER as mentioned in this paper is an integrated optics combiner that combines four 1.8m Auxilliary Telescopes or four 8m Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO, Chile).
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PIONIER: a 4-telescope visitor instrument at VLTI
Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin,Jean-Philippe Berger,B. Lazareff,Gérard Zins,P. Haguenauer,Laurent Jocou,P. Kern,Rafael Millan-Gabet,W. A. Traub,Olivier Absil,Jean-Charles Augereau,Myriam Benisty,Nicolas Blind,X. Bonfils,Pierre Bourget,A. Delboulbe,Philippe Feautrier,M. Germain,Philippe B. Gitton,D. Gillier,Mario Kiekebusch,Jacques Kluska,J. Knudstrup,P. Labeye,J. L. Lizon,J. L. Monin,Yves Magnard,Fabien Malbet,D. Maurel,Francois Menard,M. Micallef,L. Michaud,G. Montagnier,Sebastien Morel,Thibaut Moulin,K. Perraut,Dan Popovic,Patrick Rabou,Sylvain Rochat,C. Rojas,F. Roussel,A. Roux,Eric Stadler,S. Štefl,E. Tatulli,N. Ventura +45 more
TL;DR: PIONIER as discussed by the authors is an integrated optics combiner that combines four 1.8m Auxilliary Telescopes or four 8m Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (ESO, Chile).
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GRAVITY: observing the universe in motion
Frank Eisenhauer,Guy Perrin,Wolfgang Brandner,Christian Straubmeier,Karine Perraut,António Amorim,Markus Schöller,Stefan Gillessen,Pierre Kervella,Myriam Benisty,Constanza Araujo-Hauck,Laurent Jocou,Jorge Lima,Gerd Jakob,Marcus Haug,Yann Clénet,Thomas Henning,Andreas Eckart,Jean-Philippe Berger,Paulo J. V. Garcia,R. Abuter,Stefan Kellner,Thibaut Paumard,Stefan Hippler,Sebastian Fischer,Thibaut Moulin,Jaime E. Villate,Gerardo Avila,A. Gräter,Sylvestre Lacour,Armin Huber,M. Wiest,Axelle Nolot,Pedro Carvas,Reinhold J. Dorn,Oliver Pfuhl,Eric Gendron,Sarah Kendrew,Senol Yazici,Sonia Anton,Yves Jung,M. Thiel,Elodie Choquet,Ralf Klein,Paula S. Teixeira,Philippe B. Gitton,D. Moch,F. Vincent,N. Kudryavtseva,Stefan Ströbele,Eckhard Sturm,Pierre Fedou,Rainer Lenzen,Paul Jolley,Clemens Kister,Vincent Lapeyrere,Vianak Naranjo,Christian Lucuix,Reiner Hofmann,F. Chapron,Udo Neumann,Leander Mehrgan,O. Hans,Gérard Rousset,Jose Ramos,Marcos Suarez,R. Lederer,Jean-Michel Reess,Ralf-Rainer Rohloff,Pierre Haguenauer,H. Bartko,Arnaud Sevin,Karl Wagner,Jean-Louis Lizon,Sebastian Rabien,C. Collin,Gert Finger,Richard Davies,Daniel Rouan,Markus Wittkowski,Katie Dodds-Eden,D. Ziegler,Frédéric Cassaing,Henri Bonnet,Mark Casali,Reinhard Genzel,Pierre Léna +86 more
TL;DR: GRAVITY as mentioned in this paper is the second generation Very Large Telescope Interferometer instrument for precision narrow-angle as trometry and interferometric imaging, which will push the sensitivity and accuracy of high-resolution imaging far beyond what is offered today.
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GRAVITY: a four telescope beam combiner instrument for the VLTI
Stefan Gillessen,Frank Eisenhauer,Guy Perrin,Wolfgang Brandner,Christian Straubmeier,Karine Perraut,António Amorim,Markus Schöller,Constanza Araujo-Hauck,H. Bartko,Harald Baumeister,Jean-Philippe Berger,Jean-Philippe Berger,Pedro Carvas,Frédéric Cassaing,F. Chapron,Elodie Choquet,Y. Clénet,C. Collin,Andreas Eckart,P. Fédou,Sebastian Fischer,Eric Gendron,Reinhard Genzel,Philippe B. Gitton,Frédéric Gonté,A. Gräter,Pierre Haguenauer,Marcus Haug,Xavier Haubois,Th. Henning,Stefan Hippler,Reiner Hofmann,Laurent Jocou,S. Kellner,Pierre Kervella,Ralf Klein,N. Kudryavtseva,Sylvestre Lacour,Vincent Lapeyrere,Werner Laun,Pierre Léna,Rainer Lenzen,J. Lima,Damian Moratschke,D. Moch,T. Moulin,Vianak Naranjo,Udo Neumann,A. Nolot,T. Paumard,Oliver Pfuhl,Sebastian Rabien,Joany Andreina Manjarres Ramos,J. M. Rees,R.-R. Rohloff,D. Rouan,Gérard Rousset,Arnaud Sevin,M. Thiel,Karl Wagner,M. Wiest,Senol Yazici,D. Ziegler +63 more
TL;DR: GRAVITY as mentioned in this paper is an adaptive optics assisted beam combiner for the second generation VLTI instrumentation, which provides high-precision narrow-angle astrometry and phase-referenced interferometric imaging in the tabletop K-band for faint objects.
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The VLT Interferometer: a unique instrument for high-resolution astronomy
Andreas Glindemann,Roberto Abuter,Franco Carbognani,Francoise Delplancke,Frederic Derie,Alberto Gennai,Philippe B. Gitton,Pierre Kervella,Bertrand Koehler,Samuel Lévêque,Serge Menardi,Alain Michel,Francesco Paresce,Than Phan Duc,Andrea Richichi,Markus Schoeller,M. Tarenghi,Anders Wallander,Rainer Wilhelm +18 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the status of the VLTI and its subsystems, discuss the planning for first fringes with the different telescopes and instruments, and present an outlook for the future of interferometry with very large Telescopes.