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| Paper: |
Compact Binaries at High Angular Resolution: The Potential of Long Baseline Interferometry. |
| Volume: |
447, Evolution of Compact Binaries |
| Page: |
333 |
| Authors: |
Berger, J.-P. |
| Abstract: |
The tremendous amount of observational evidence on compact binaries
has been gathered mostly through indirect observations, either
spectroscopy or photometry, across all the electromagnetic spectrum.
The different components of these systems such as photospheres,
accretion discs, or circumstellar envelopes are located at distances
and within volumes that have escaped spatially resolved
observations. However, the advent of long baseline interferometers
has opened the way to sub-milli-arcsecond “imaging” and
astrometric observations. In this paper I review the demonstrated and
potential use of long baseline interferometers for the study of
compact objects and their surrounding active environments. |
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