NSF/AFOSR Astronomy: Extending the Field of View of Adaptive Optical Telescopes based on Measurements of the Spatial Statistics of Turbulence and Post Detection Image Processing

AST-0123466 Roggemann，Michael C.这项工作将开发和验证一种技术，使用在高级电光系统自适应光学波前传感器上测量的轴上波前统计数据，推导出作为视场函数的长曝光点扩散函数。该技术将使用现有的模型，以及在毛伊岛的哈雷克拉网站的特点湍流剖面。 这种方法，如果证明成功，可能会导致一种新的技术，将是一个更昂贵和复杂的多共轭自适应光学系统计划在未来的替代品。 它有望成为整个天文学界研究扩展天体的有用工具。

AST-0123466Roggemann, Michael C.This work will develop and validate a technique to derive long exposure Point Spread Functions as a function of Field of View using on-axis wavefront statistics measured at the Advanced Electro-Optical System adaptive optics wavefront sensor. The technique will use existing models of the well-characterized turbulence profiles at the Maui site on Haleakela. This approach, if demonstrated successfully, may lead to a new technique that will be an alternative to the more expensive and complex Multiple Conjugate Adaptive Optics systems planned for the future. It promises to be a useful tool for the entire astronomy community studying extended objects.***