Beyond the Blur: Construction and Characterization of the First Autonomous Ao System and an Ao Survey of Magnetar Proper Motions (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781612334240)

Adaptive optics (AO) corrects distortions created by atmospheric turbulence and delivers diffraction-limited images on ground-based telescopes. The vastly improved spatial resolution and sensitivity has been utilized for studying everything from the magnetic fields of sunspots upto the internal dynamics of high-redshift galaxies. This thesis about AO science from small and large telescopes is divided into two parts: Robo-AO and magnetar kinematics. In the first part, I discuss the construction and performance of the world's first fully autonomous visible light AO system, Robo-AO, at the Palomar 60-inch telescope. Robo-AO operates extremely efficiently with an overhead

Author: Shriharsh Tendulkar
ISBN-10: 1612334245
ISBN-13: 9781612334240
Publisher: Dissertation.com
Language: English
Published: 06/04/2014
Pages: 218
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.46d