Weighing black holes using open-loop focus corrections for LGS-AO observations of galaxy nuclei at Gemini Observatory

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7736, Issue PART 1, 2010, Pages

  McDermid, Richard M ^a   Krajnovic, Davor ^b   Cappellari, Michele ^c   Trujillo, Chadwick ^a   Christou, Julian ^a   Davies, Roger L ^c  

^a GEMINI OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptive optics; Black holes; Integral field spectroscopy; Laser guide star; Stellar kinematics

Indexed keywords

BLACK HOLES; CURRENT TEST; EXTENDED OBJECTS; FLUX CONCENTRATION; FOCUS CORRECTION; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROSCOPY; INTEGRAL FIELD UNIT; LASER GUIDE STAR; LASER GUIDE STAR ADAPTIVE OPTICS; LOW-MASS; MASSIVE BLACK HOLES; OPEN LOOPS; SKY COVERAGE; SODIUM LAYER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STELLAR KINEMATICS; TIP-TILT CORRECTION; WAVE FRONT SENSORS;

ADAPTIVE OPTICS; GALAXIES; GRAVITATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; KINEMATICS; SODIUM;

STARS;

EID: 77957852667     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.856572     Document Type: Conference Paper

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