Exploring the performance of a GMCAO-equipped ELT within the deep field surveys strategy

Elisa Portaluri; Valentina Viotto; Roberto Ragazzoni; Carmelo Arcidiacono; Maria Bergomi; Davide Greggio; Federico Biondi; Marco Dima; Demetrio Magrin; Jacopo Farinato; Elena Carolo; Simonetta Chinellato; Luca Marafatto; Gabriele Umbriaco; Daniele Vassallo

doi:10.1117/12.2313226

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10 July 2018 Exploring the performance of a GMCAO-equipped ELT within the deep field surveys strategy

Elisa Portaluri, Valentina Viotto, Roberto Ragazzoni, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Maria Bergomi, Davide Greggio, Federico Biondi, Marco Dima, Demetrio Magrin, Jacopo Farinato, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Luca Marafatto, Gabriele Umbriaco, Daniele Vassallo

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Proceedings Volume 10703, Adaptive Optics Systems VI; 107032J (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313226
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2018, Austin, Texas, United States

Abstract

As the deep field surveys strategy represents a well popular way to study the cosmology and the formation and evolution of galaxies, we investigated how the new generation of extremely large telescopes (ELTs) will perform in this field of research. Our simulations, which combine a number of technical, tomographic and astrophysical information, take advantages of the Global-MCAO approach, a well demonstrated method that can be applied in absence of laser guide stars because it exploits only natural references. A statistics of the expected performance in a sub-sample of 22 well-known surveys are presented here.

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Elisa Portaluri, Valentina Viotto, Roberto Ragazzoni, Carmelo Arcidiacono, Maria Bergomi, Davide Greggio, Federico Biondi, Marco Dima, Demetrio Magrin, Jacopo Farinato, Elena Carolo, Simonetta Chinellato, Luca Marafatto, Gabriele Umbriaco, and Daniele Vassallo "Exploring the performance of a GMCAO-equipped ELT within the deep field surveys strategy", Proc. SPIE 10703, Adaptive Optics Systems VI, 107032J (10 July 2018); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313226

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