1Nagoya Univ. (Japan) 2National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (Japan) 3Univ. of Tsukuba (Japan) 4Osaka Prefecture Univ. (Japan) 5Nobeyama Radio Observatory (Japan) 6Japan Women's Univ. (Japan) 7Kyoto Univ. (Japan) 8Kitami Institute of Technology (Japan) 9The Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)
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We present a concept of a millimeter wavefront sensor that allows real-time sensing of the surface of a groundbased millimeter/submillimeter telescope. It is becoming important for ground-based millimeter/submillimeter astronomy to make telescopes larger with keeping their surface accurate. To establish `millimetric adaptive optics (MAO)' that instantaneously corrects the wavefront degradation induced by deformation of telescope optics, our wavefront sensor based on radio interferometry measures changes in excess path lengths from characteristic positions on the primary mirror surface to the focal plane. This plays a fundamental role in planed 50-m class submillimeter telescopes such as LST and AtLAST.
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