FALCON: multi-object AO

Eric Gendron; François Assémat; François Hammer; Pascal Jagourel; Fanny Chemla; Philippe Laporte; Mathieu Puech; Michel Marteaud; Frédéric Zamkotsian; Arnaud Liotard; Jean-Marc Conan; Thierry Fusco; Norbert Hubin

doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2005.10.012

MCAO for very large telescopes/OAMC pour les très grands télescopes

FALCON: multi-object AO

Eric Gendron ¹ ; François Assémat ¹; François Hammer ¹; Pascal Jagourel ¹; Fanny Chemla ¹; Philippe Laporte ¹; Mathieu Puech ¹; Michel Marteaud ¹; Frédéric Zamkotsian ²; Arnaud Liotard ²; Jean-Marc Conan ³; Thierry Fusco ³; Norbert Hubin ⁴

¹ Observatoire de Paris, 5, place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon cedex, France
² Laboratoire d'astrophysique de Marseille, UMR 6110, 2, place le Verrier, 13248 Marseille cedex 4, France
³ Onera, BP72, 29, avenue de la division Leclerc, 92322 Châtillon cedex, France
⁴ European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany

Comptes Rendus. Physique, Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics for very large telescopes, Volume 6 (2005) no. 10, pp. 1110-1117.

Abstract
Résumé

FALCON is a wide-field, multi-object integral field spectrograph equipped with adaptive optics. It is dedicated to the study of the formation process of primordial galaxies. The AO system uses natural guide stars, and the high sky coverage required for these studies is obtained using tomographic techniques for the wavefront analysis. The structure of the OA system is very new, and particularly suited for a future implementation on extremely large telescopes.

FALCON est un spectrographe intégral de champ multi-objet grand champ équipé d'une Optique Adaptative (OA). Ce système est dédié à l'étude de la physique de la formation des galaxies primordiales. Le système d'OA utilise des étoiles naturelles, et la grande couverture de ciel requise pour ce type d'étude est obtenue en utilisant une approche tomographique pour l'analyse de front d'onde. La structure très novatrice de ce système d'OA est particulièrement attractive pour équiper les futurs télescopes extrêmement grands.

Published online: 2005-12-01

DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2005.10.012

Keywords: Adaptive optics, Spectroscopy
Mots-clés : Optique adaptative, Spectroscopie

Author's affiliations:

Eric Gendron ¹; François Assémat ¹; François Hammer ¹; Pascal Jagourel ¹; Fanny Chemla ¹; Philippe Laporte ¹; Mathieu Puech ¹; Michel Marteaud ¹; Frédéric Zamkotsian ²; Arnaud Liotard ²; Jean-Marc Conan ³; Thierry Fusco ³; Norbert Hubin ⁴

¹ Observatoire de Paris, 5, place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon cedex, France
² Laboratoire d'astrophysique de Marseille, UMR 6110, 2, place le Verrier, 13248 Marseille cedex 4, France
³ Onera, BP72, 29, avenue de la division Leclerc, 92322 Châtillon cedex, France
⁴ European Southern Observatory, Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching bei München, Germany

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