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'''AMBER |
'''AMBER''', the '''Astronomical Multi-Beam Recombiner''',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://amber.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr/ |title=[ AMBER, focal instrument of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer ] Page d'accueil |publisher=Amber.obs.ujf-grenoble.fr |date= |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0706/ |title=The Sky Through Three Giant Eyes |publisher=ESO |date=2007-02-23 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref>is a [[Very Large Telescope]] (VLT) [[Very Large Telescope#Instruments|instrument]] combining the light of the three Unit Telescope in the near-infrared of the [[Very Large Telescope#Interferometry and the VLTI|VLT-Interferometer]] (VLTI). It is at the source of a considerable number of publications<ref>[http://apps.jmmc.fr/bibdb/plots/tag_pies.php?catid=4] {{dead link|date=May 2015}}</ref> in the field of [[Interferometry|optical long-baseline interferometry]]. |
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It is combining three out of the four telescopes of the VLTI, through a [[spectrograph]], making it a unique instrument, combining [[spectroscopy]] and [[interferometry]]. These properties, and the fact that AMBER is an open-community instrument, made it a successful instrument. It can be compared to its fellow in the mid-infrared, the [[Very Large Telescope#Instruments|MIDI instrument]] in terms of the number of publications. |
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Among highlights from the AMBER instrument,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/?search=amber |title=Press Releases |publisher=ESO |date= |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> one can cite the first detection of a Keplerian-rotating disk around a Be star,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0635/ |title=To Be or Not to Be: Is It All About Spinning? |publisher=ESO |date=2006-09-20 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> the discovery of disks around evolved stars,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0742/ |title=The Frugal Cosmic Ant |publisher=ESO |date=2007-09-27 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0743/ |title=Into the Chrysalis |publisher=ESO |date=2007-09-27 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> the characterization of the disks of young stars,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0803/ |title=The Growing-up of a Star |publisher=ESO |date=2008-01-29 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1029/ |title=Unravelling the Mystery of Massive Star Birth |publisher=ESO |date=2010-07-14 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> the observations of novae,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0822/ |title=Watching a 'New Star' Make the Universe Dusty |publisher=ESO |date=2008-07-24 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> the sharpest images of evolved stars <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0906/ |title=Hundred metre virtual telescope captures unique detailed colour image |publisher=ESO |date=2009-02-18 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0928/ |title=Double Engine for a Nebula |publisher=ESO |date=2009-08-05 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1409/ |title=VLT Spots Largest Yellow Hypergiant Star |publisher=ESO |date=2014-03-12 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann11002/ |title=First "3D View" from the VLT Interferometer |publisher=ESO |date=2011-01-26 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> and the characterization of the central dusty torus of active galactic nuclei<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1327/ |title=Dusty Surprise Around Giant Black Hole |publisher=ESO |date=2013-06-20 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> |
Among highlights from the AMBER instrument,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/?search=amber |title=Press Releases |publisher=ESO |date= |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> one can cite the first detection of a Keplerian-rotating disk around a Be star,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0635/ |title=To Be or Not to Be: Is It All About Spinning? |publisher=ESO |date=2006-09-20 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> the discovery of disks around evolved stars,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0742/ |title=The Frugal Cosmic Ant |publisher=ESO |date=2007-09-27 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0743/ |title=Into the Chrysalis |publisher=ESO |date=2007-09-27 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> the characterization of the disks of young stars,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0803/ |title=The Growing-up of a Star |publisher=ESO |date=2008-01-29 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1029/ |title=Unravelling the Mystery of Massive Star Birth |publisher=ESO |date=2010-07-14 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> the observations of novae,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0822/ |title=Watching a 'New Star' Make the Universe Dusty |publisher=ESO |date=2008-07-24 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> the sharpest images of evolved stars <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0906/ |title=Hundred metre virtual telescope captures unique detailed colour image |publisher=ESO |date=2009-02-18 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso0928/ |title=Double Engine for a Nebula |publisher=ESO |date=2009-08-05 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1409/ |title=VLT Spots Largest Yellow Hypergiant Star |publisher=ESO |date=2014-03-12 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/announcements/ann11002/ |title=First "3D View" from the VLT Interferometer |publisher=ESO |date=2011-01-26 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> and the characterization of the central dusty torus of active galactic nuclei<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1327/ |title=Dusty Surprise Around Giant Black Hole |publisher=ESO |date=2013-06-20 |accessdate=2014-08-19}}</ref> |
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== See also == |
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* [[Astronomical interferometer]] |
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* [[CHARA array]] |
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* GRAVITY – [[Very Large Telescope#Instruments]] |
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* [[Infrared Spatial Interferometer]] |
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* MATISSE – [[Multi Aperture Mid-Infrared Spectroscopic Experiment]] |
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AMBER, the Astronomical Multi-Beam Recombiner,[1][2] is a Very Large Telescope (VLT) instrument combining the light of the three Unit Telescope in the near-infrared of the VLT-Interferometer (VLTI). It is at the source of a considerable number of publications[3] in the field of optical long-baseline interferometry.
It is combining three out of the four telescopes of the VLTI, through a spectrograph, making it a unique instrument, combining spectroscopy and interferometry. These properties, and the fact that AMBER is an open-community instrument, made it a successful instrument. It can be compared to its fellow in the mid-infrared, the MIDI instrument in terms of the number of publications.
Among highlights from the AMBER instrument,[4] one can cite the first detection of a Keplerian-rotating disk around a Be star,[5] the discovery of disks around evolved stars,[6][7] the characterization of the disks of young stars,[8][9] the observations of novae,[10] the sharpest images of evolved stars [11][12][13][14] and the characterization of the central dusty torus of active galactic nuclei[15]
