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A conceptual design for the Thirty Meter Telescope adaptive optics systems

2006; SPIE; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1117/12.669422

1996-756X

Brent L. Ellerbroek, C. Boyer, Colin Bradley, M. C. Britton, Steve Browne, R. A. Buchroeder, J.-L. Carel, M. K. Cho, Mark Chun, Richard Clare, Rodolphe Conan, Larry Daggert, Richard G. Dekany, J. H. Elias, Darren Erickson, Ralf Flicker, Donald T. Gavel, Luc Gilles, Peter J. Hampton, Glen Herriot, Mark Hunten, R. R. Joyce, Liang Meng, Bruce Macintosh, Richard Palomo, Ian Powell, Scott Roberts, Eric Ruch, Jean-Christophe Sinquin, Malcolm J. Smith, J. Stoesz, Mitchell Troy, G. A. Tyler, Jean‐Pierre Véran, C. R. Vogel, Qiang Yang,

Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies

In this paper, we provide an overview of the adaptive optics (AO) program for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project, including an update on requirements; the philosophical approach to developing an overall AO system architecture; the recently completed conceptual designs for facility and instrument AO systems; anticipated first light capabilities and upgrade options; and the hardware, software, and controls interfaces with the remainder of the observatory. Supporting work in AO component development, lab and field tests, and simulation and analysis is also discussed. Further detail on all of these subjects may be found in additional papers in this conference.