A sensitive tip-tilt wave-front sensor for the multi-conjugate adaptive-optics system on the Gemini south telescope

用于双子座南望远镜多共轭自适应光学系统的灵敏倾斜波前传感器

• 批准号: LE140100013
• 负责人: Prof Gary Da Costa
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: The Australian National University
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2014-01-01 至 2016-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/LE140100013
• 关键词: sensitive; tip; tilt; wave; front

A sensitive tip-tilt wavefront sensor for the multi-conjugate adaptive-optics system on the Gemini South telescope: This project will construct a sensitive tip-tilt wavefront sensor for GeMS, the multi-conjugate adaptive-optics system on the Gemini South telescope in Chile. GeMS is a unique and revolutionary new system that delivers near-infrared images at similar resolution to the Hubble Space Telescope at optical wavelengths over wide fields. With this improvement in technology it will be possible to do this on much fainter objects than is currently possible using this new wave-front sensor. This will allow GeMS to routinely study the morphologies of external galaxies at high angular resolution - greatly extending its science scope. Sharper images will also be obtained for all objects that are currently accessible, leading to higher quality science data.

用于南方双子座望远镜多共轭自适应光学系统的灵敏尖倾斜波前传感器：本项目将为智利南方双子座望远镜多共轭自适应光学系统GeMS构建灵敏尖倾斜波前传感器。GeMS是一种独特的、革命性的新系统，它在宽视场的光学波长上提供与哈勃太空望远镜相似分辨率的近红外图像。随着这项技术的进步，它将有可能在比目前使用这种新的波前传感器更微弱的物体上做到这一点。这将使GeMS能够以高角度分辨率定期研究外部星系的形态-大大扩展其科学范围。还将获得目前可访问的所有物体的更清晰图像，从而获得更高质量的科学数据。