Scientific results from the MMT Natural Guide Star Adaptive Optics system

Matthew A. Kenworthy; Doug L. Miller; Guido Brusa; Philip M. Hinz; Donald L. Fisher; Michael Lloyd-Hart; François P. Wildi; Donald W. McCarthy; Dylan L. Curley; Craig Kulesa; Patrick A. Young; Benjamin D. Oppenheimer; Wilson Liu; Michael R. Meyer; Julia Greissl

doi:10.1117/12.551023

Scientific results from the MMT Natural Guide Star Adaptive Optics system

Matthew A. Kenworthy, Doug L. Miller, Guido Brusa, Philip M. Hinz, Donald L. Fisher, Michael Lloyd-Hart, François P. Wildi, Donald W. McCarthy, Dylan L. Curley, Craig Kulesa, Patrick A. Young, Benjamin D. Oppenheimer, Wilson Liu, Michael R. Meyer, Julia Greissl

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The Natural Guide Star Adaptive Optics (NGS AO) system for the MMT Observatory is currently the only AO system in the world that uses a deformable secondary mirror to provide wavefront correction. This approach has unique advantages in terms of optical simplicity, high throughput and low emissivity. Here we present selected scientific results from the past year and a half of operation. Research with the AO system ranges from small scale structure around planetary nebulae, low mass stellar systems in the near IR, through to nulling interferometry in the mid infra-red.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	48
Pages (from-to)	351-358
Number of pages	8
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	5490
Issue number	PART 1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551023
State	Published - 2004
Event	Advancements in Adaptive Optics - Glasgow, United Kingdom Duration: Jun 21 2004 → Jun 25 2004

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Adaptive optics
Adaptive secondary mirror
Scientific results

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Kenworthy, M. A., Miller, D. L., Brusa, G., Hinz, P. M., Fisher, D. L., Lloyd-Hart, M., Wildi, F. P., McCarthy, D. W., Curley, D. L., Kulesa, C., Young, P. A., Oppenheimer, B. D., Liu, W., Meyer, M. R., & Greissl, J. (2004). Scientific results from the MMT Natural Guide Star Adaptive Optics system. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5490(PART 1), 351-358. Article 48. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551023

Kenworthy, MA, Miller, DL, Brusa, G, Hinz, PM, Fisher, DL, Lloyd-Hart, M, Wildi, FP, McCarthy, DW, Curley, DL, Kulesa, C, Young, PA, Oppenheimer, BD, Liu, W, Meyer, MR & Greissl, J 2004, 'Scientific results from the MMT Natural Guide Star Adaptive Optics system', Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 5490, no. PART 1, 48, pp. 351-358. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.551023

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