Basic concepts and parameters of astronomical AO systems

Lecture Notes in Physics

Volumn 742, Issue , 2008, Pages 45-78

  Esposito, S ^a   Pinna, E ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

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EID: 35748944529     PISSN: 00758450     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-68032-1_3     Document Type: Article

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