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Science readiness of the Gemini MCAO system: GeMS

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Neichel, Benoit; Rigaut, Francois; Serio, Andrew; Arriagada, Gustavo; Boccas, Maxime; d'Orgeville, Celine; Fesquet, Vincent; Trujillo, Chadwick; Rambold, William N.; Gausachs, Gaston; Diggs, Sarah J; Araya, Claudio; Galvez, R; Vucina, Tomislav; Montes, Vanessa; Urrutia, Cristian; Bec, Matthieu; Marchant, Claudio

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The Gemini Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics System (GeMS) began its on-sky commissioning in January 2011. The system provides high order wide-field corrections using a constellation of five Laser Guide Stars. In December 2011, commissioning culminated in images with a FWHM of 80±2mas at 1.65 microns (H band) over an 87 x 87 arcsecond field of view. The first images have already demonstrated the scientific potential of GeMS, and after more than a year of commissioning GeMS is finally close to...[Show more]

dc.contributor.authorNeichel, Benoit
dc.contributor.authorRigaut, Francois
dc.contributor.authorSerio, Andrew
dc.contributor.authorArriagada, Gustavo
dc.contributor.authorBoccas, Maxime
dc.contributor.authord'Orgeville, Celine
dc.contributor.authorFesquet, Vincent
dc.contributor.authorTrujillo, Chadwick
dc.contributor.authorRambold, William N.
dc.contributor.authorGausachs, Gaston
dc.contributor.authorDiggs, Sarah J
dc.contributor.authorAraya, Claudio
dc.contributor.authorGalvez, R
dc.contributor.authorVucina, Tomislav
dc.contributor.authorMontes, Vanessa
dc.contributor.authorUrrutia, Cristian
dc.contributor.authorBec, Matthieu
dc.contributor.authorMarchant, Claudio
dc.coverage.spatialAmsterdam The Netherlands
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:19:52Z
dc.date.createdJuly 1-6 2012
dc.identifier.isbn9780819491480
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/72046
dc.description.abstractThe Gemini Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics System (GeMS) began its on-sky commissioning in January 2011. The system provides high order wide-field corrections using a constellation of five Laser Guide Stars. In December 2011, commissioning culminated in images with a FWHM of 80±2mas at 1.65 microns (H band) over an 87 x 87 arcsecond field of view. The first images have already demonstrated the scientific potential of GeMS, and after more than a year of commissioning GeMS is finally close to completion and ready for science. This paper presents a general status of the GeMS project and summarizes the achievements made during more than a year of commissioning. The characterization of GeMS performance is presented in a companion paper: "GeMS on-sky results", Rigaut et al.1 Here we report on the sub-systems' performance, discuss current limitations and present proposed upgrades. The integration of GeMS into the observatory operational scheme is detailed. Finally, we present the plans for next year's operations with GeMS.
dc.publisherSPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAdaptive Optics Systems III
dc.rightsAuthor/s retain copyright
dc.sourceProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
dc.subjectKeywords: Current limitation; Field of views; Laser guide star; LGS; MCAO; Multi-conjugate adaptive optics systems; Operational schemes; Sub-systems; Wide-field; Lasers; Stars; Gems GeMS; LGS; MCAO; Multi-conjugate adaptive optics laser guide star
dc.titleScience readiness of the Gemini MCAO system: GeMS
dc.typeConference paper
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.description.refereedYes
dc.date.issued2012
local.identifier.absfor020102 - Astronomical and Space Instrumentation
local.identifier.ariespublicationf5625xPUB3023
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationNeichel, Benoit, Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationRigaut, Francois, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationSerio, Andrew, Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationArriagada, Gustavo, Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationBoccas, Maxime, Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationd'Orgeville, Celine, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.contributor.affiliationFesquet, Vincent, Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationTrujillo, Chadwick, Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationRambold, William N., Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationGausachs, Gaston, Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationDiggs, Sarah J, Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationAraya, Claudio, Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationGalvez, R, Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationVucina, Tomislav, Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationMontes, Vanessa, Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationUrrutia, Cristian, Gemini Observatory
local.contributor.affiliationBec, Matthieu, Giant Magellan Telescope Organization Corp.
local.contributor.affiliationMarchant, Claudio, Gemini Observatory
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage1
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage24
local.identifier.doi10.1117/12.925285
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T09:04:55Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84871816122
local.identifier.thomsonID000312387300149
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
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