An upper limit to the sodium layer longitudinal and transversal altitude structure function from MCAO data

Rigaut, Francois; Neichel, Benoit

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An upper limit to the sodium layer longitudinal and transversal altitude structure function from MCAO data

Date

2013

Authors

Rigaut, Francois

Neichel, Benoit

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

The Gemini Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics System is the first sodium-based Multi-Laser Guide Star (LGS) Adaptive Optics system used for astronomy. It uses five LGSs distributed on a 1 arcmin2 constellation to measure and compensate for atmospheric distor