Statistics of atmospheric turbulence at Cerro Pachon using the GeMS profiler

Ignacio Rodriguez; Benoit Neichel; Clémentine Béchet; Dani Guzmán; Andrés Guesalaga

doi:10.1117/12.2056665

22 August 2014 Statistics of atmospheric turbulence at Cerro Pachon using the GeMS profiler

Ignacio Rodriguez, Benoit Neichel, Clémentine Béchet, Dani Guzmán, Andrés Guesalaga

Proceedings Volume 9148, Adaptive Optics Systems IV; 914866 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056665
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2014, Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Abstract

The knowledge of the atmospheric turbulence profile directly above the telescope using the telemetry from wide-field Adaptive Optics (AO) measurements can be extremely useful for the optimization of the correction in the new generation of AO systems. For this purpose, two techniques have been recently implemented at the Gemini South MCAO System (GeMS); both based on the SLODAR method. The first technique uses a matrix inversion approach of the slopes covariance matrices and the second deconvolves the cross-correlation functions between all combinations of slopes using the auto-correlation responses. The deconvolution approach has proved to be more reliable that the one based on matrices inversion, so we use it for estimating the profiles from on-sky telemetry gathered over three years (2012 - 2014), obtaining statistical parameters of the turbulence at Cerro Pachón. These results are summarized in this article. Particular attention is paid to the occurrence of turbulence in the dome of the Gemini South telescope.

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Ignacio Rodriguez, Benoit Neichel, Clémentine Béchet, Dani Guzmán, and Andrés Guesalaga "Statistics of atmospheric turbulence at Cerro Pachon using the GeMS profiler", Proc. SPIE 9148, Adaptive Optics Systems IV, 914866 (22 August 2014); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056665

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