2007 Adaptive Optics Roadmap Update Meeting

该奖项将资助一个与未来十年美国天文自适应光学的未来高度相关的重要研讨会。这是2000年和2004年举行的前两次讲习班的及时后续行动。 该研讨会的职责是：1）根据AO路线图目标评估技术进展（2004年更新）; 2）评估自适应光学投资的竞争性国际环境; 3）整合孔径从1米到30米的望远镜的AO发展目标;以及4）为下一轮自适应光学发展计划提案征集推荐优先领域。该路线图将1）提供一个自适应光学技术的状态，将指导新入学的天文学研究生的教育和研究领域感兴趣的高角分辨率的科学课题的摘要; 2）提供一个资源，为教育工作者，研究生水平和本科生，进行天文学当前突出问题的天文学水平的课程; 3）通过描述天文学家感兴趣的关键技术，为教育、商业和政府研究组织提供明确的社区指导。

This award is to fund a critical workshop highly relevant to the future of astronomical adaptive optics in the US over the next decade. This is a timely follow-up to two previous workshops held in 2000 and 2004. The charge of this workshop is to 1) Evaluate technical progress against the AO Roadmap goals (as updated in 2004); 2) Assess the competitive international environment for adaptive optics investment; 3) Integrate AO development goals for telescopes of apertures from 1 to 30 meters; and 4) Recommend priority areas for the next round of Adaptive Optics Development Program proposal solicitation(s).This roadmap will 1) Provide a summary of the state of adaptive optics technology that will guide the educational and research areas of newly enrolling astronomy graduate students interested in high-angular-resolution science topics; 2) Provide a resource for educators, both graduate level and undergraduate, conducting seminar-level courses on current outstanding questions in astronomy; and 3) Give clear community guidance to educational, commercial, and governmental research organizations by describing the technologies of critical interest to astronomers.