Primary mirror segmentation studies for the Thirty Meter Telescope

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7018, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Baffes, Curtis ^a   Mast, Terry ^b   Nelson, Jerry ^b   Ponslet, Eric ^c   Stephens, Vince ^c   Stepp, Larry ^d   Williams, Eric C ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c HYTEC Incorporated   (United States)

^d TMT Observatory Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Correction; Deformation; Irregularity; Mirror; Optics; Projection; Scaling; Segment; Segmentation

Indexed keywords

INSTRUMENTS; METRIC SYSTEM; MIRRORS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; TELESCOPES;

CORRECTION; IRREGULARITY; PROJECTION; SCALING; SEGMENT; SEGMENTATION;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

EID: 56249100738     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.790206     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (4)

1. Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), http://www.tmt.org
2. Ponslet, E.; Blanco, D.; Cho, M.; Mast; T.; Nelson, J.; Ponchione, R.; Sirota, M.; Stephens, V.; Stepp, L.; Tubb, A.; Williams, E. C., "Development of the Primary Mirror Segment Support Assemblies for the Thirty Meter Telescope", Atad-Ettedgui, E.; Antebi, J.; Lemke, D., Editors, SPIE Proceedings, Vol. 6273, 2006
3. Williams, E. C.; Baffes, C.; Mast, T.; Nelson, J.; Platt, B.; Ponchione, R.; Ponslet, E.; Setoodeh, S.; Sirota, M.; Stephens, V.; Stepp, L.; Tubb, A., "Advancement of the Segment Support System for the Thirty Meter Telescope Primary Mirror", SPIE Proceedings, Marseille, 2008
4. Mast, T. and Nelson, J, TMT-internal communication: TMT Primary Mirror Segment Shape, TMT Report No. 58 2004