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X-WR-CALNAME: IAC Talks: Open Astronomy Seminars
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CREATED:2015-12-03T12:00:00+00:00
X-WR-CALDESC: IAC Talks upcomming talks
SUMMARY:LGS-AO systems R&D: status and outlook of the ESO-led activities
DESCRIPTION:LGS-AO systems R&D: status and outlook of the ESO-led activitie
 s\nDr. Domenico Bonaccini Calia\n\nIn collaboration with member states ins
 titutes, the use of the synergies with ESO is producing first important re
 sults in the R&D for Laser Guide Star adaptive optics, to be used for 
 the large and extremely large telescope projects.\n In this talk we will r
 eport on the preliminary results of the current  campaign on LGS return fl
 ux with laser guide stars at Observatorio de el  Teide and the foreseen te
 sts of the EELT LGS-AO scheme, to be done at  the WHT starting in summer 2
 016. An outlook will be given on the  proposal for further feasibility tes
 ts at WHT in 2018-19, to experiment  novel LGS-AO schemes using uplink bea
 m correction and pyramid wavefront  sensing. The demonstration is for a LG
 S-AO scheme giving high Strehl on  the EELT and adaptive optics in the vis
 ible on 8m class telescopes.
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