Stellar angular diameter from a visibility envelope

ID: stellar-angular-diameter-from-a-visibility-envelope

For a uniform circular stellar disc, the first zero of at gives when is full angular diameter. In contrast a one-dimensional top-hat angular profile of full width has a sinc envelope with . Diameter estimates therefore require a brightness-profile convention. A binary additionally multiplies the envelope by its separation-dependent interference factor.

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