Laser guide star for 3.6- and 8-m telescopes: Performance and astrophysical implications

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 295, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 756-768

  Le Louarn, M ^a,b   Foy, R ^b   Hubin, N ^a   Tallon, M ^b  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE ASTROPHYSIQUE DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; STARS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS; ASTROPHYSICAL IMPLICATIONS; ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; FULL WIDTHS AT HALF MAXIMUMS; LASER GUIDE STAR; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; STREHL RATIO; TELESCOPE PERFORMANCE;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 0001041596     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01223.x     Document Type: Article

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