Adaptive optics for astronomy: Theoretical performance and limitations

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Volumn 278, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-61

  Wilson, R W ^a   Jenkins, C R ^a  

^a ROYAL GREENWICH OBSERVATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric effects; Techniques: miscellaneous; Telescopes

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT;

ANISOPLANATIC; ASTRONOMICAL APPLICATION; ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS; DETECTOR NOISE; FUNDAMENTAL LIMITATIONS; IMAGE IMPROVEMENT; PHOTON NOISE; POINT-SPREAD FUNCTION; TECHNIQUE: MISCELLANEOUS; THEORETICAL PERFORMANCE;

OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 1542427724     PISSN: 00358711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/278.1.39     Document Type: Article

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