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20202022
most citedTowards Realistic Modeling of the Astrometric Capabilities of MCAO Systems: Detecting an Intermediate Mass Black Hole with MAVIS

9 citations · 27 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

astro-ph.IM2022

PSF nowcast using PASSATA simulations -- Towards a PSF forecast

A. Turchi, G. Agapito, E. Masciadri +8

Characterizing the PSF of adaptive optics instruments is of paramount importance both for instrument design and observation planning/optimization. Simulation software, such as PASS…

astro-ph.IM20221 cited

BRUTE, PSF Reconstruction for the SOUL pyramid-based Single Conjugate Adaptive Optics facility of the LBT

Carmelo Arcidiacono, Andrea Grazian, Anita Zanella +11

The astronomical applications greatly benefit from the knowledge of the instrument PSF. We describe the PSF Reconstruction algorithm developed for the LBT LUCI instrument assisted…

astro-ph.IM20214 cited

Advances in control of a Pyramid Single Conjugate Adaptive Optics system

Guido Agapito, Fabio Rossi, Cedric Plantet +2

Adaptive optics systems are an essential technology for the modern astronomy for ground based telescopes. One of the most recent revolution in the field is the introduction of the…

astro-ph.GA20219 cited

Towards Realistic Modeling of the Astrometric Capabilities of MCAO Systems: Detecting an Intermediate Mass Black Hole with MAVIS

Stephanie Monty, Francois Rigaut, Richard McDermid +9

Accurate astrometry is a key deliverable for the next generation of multi-conjugate adaptive optics (MCAO) systems. The MCAO Visible Imager and Spectrograph (MAVIS) is being design…

astro-ph.IM20217 cited

MAORY: A Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics RelaY for ELT

Paolo Ciliegi, Guido Agapito, Matteo Aliverti +73

MAORY is the adaptive optics module for ELT providing two gravity invariant ports with the same optical quality for two different client instruments. It enable high angular resolut…

astro-ph.IM2021

Bringing SOUL on sky

Enrico Pinna, Fabio Rossi, Alfio Puglisi +20

The SOUL project is upgrading the 4 SCAO systems of LBT, pushing the current guide star limits of about 2 magnitudes fainter thanks to Electron Multiplied CCD detector. This improv…