Staff Publications

AURA staff members have taken an active interest in developing design concepts for ELT's, and they have contributed to many technical papers on the subject. Below is a list of some of these papers and articles

2008

“SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation: Synergies Between Ground and Space”
June 23-28, 2008
Marseille, France.
(Submitted Papers)

• “The Multi Aperture Scintillation Sensor (MASS) used in the site selection of the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT).” S. Els, M. Schoeck, J. Seguel, W. Skidmore, D. Walker, A. Tokovinin, V. Kornilov, R. Riddle, T. Travouillon, E. Bustos, J. Vasquez, R. Blum, B. Gregory, P. Gillett.
• “Temporal Variability of the seeing at the TMT candidate sites” T. Travouillon, S. Els, R. L. Riddle, M. Schoeck, A. W. Skidmore, E. Bustos, J. Seguel, D. Walker, J. Vasquez, R. Blum, P. Gillett, B. Gregory
• “Status of the Thirty Meter Telescope Site Selection Program.” Matthias Schoeck, Sebastian Els, Reed Riddle, Warren Skidmore, Tony Travouillon, Robert Blum, Edison Bustos, Paul Gillett, Brooke Gregory, Jerry Nelson, Juan Seguel, Joselino Vasquez, Konstantinos Vogiatzis, David Walker, Lianqi Wang.
• “An Analysis of Light Pollution at the Thirty Meter Telescope Candidate Sites.” Reed L. Riddle, David Walker, Matthias Schoeck, Sebastian Els, Warren Skidmore, Tony Travouillon, Edison Bustos, Juan Seguel, Joselino Vasquez, Robert Blum, Paul Gillett, Brooke Gregory.
• “Using All Sky Cameras to determine cloud statistics for the Thirty Meter Telescope candidate sites.” Warren Skidmore, Matthias Schoeck, Eugene Magnier, David Walker, Reed Riddle, Sebastian Els, Tony Travouillon, Edison Bustos, Juan Seguel, Joselino Vasquez, Robert Blum, Paul Gillett, Brooke Gregory.
• “Performance Prediction of the TMT Secondary Mirror Support System.” Myung K. Cho.
• “Performance Prediction of the TMT Tertiary Mirror Support System.” Myung K. Cho.
• “Thermal Performance Prediction of the TMT Optics.” Myung Cho, Andrew Corredor, Shane Pootrakul, Konstantinos Vogiatzis, George Angeli.

2006

“Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation 2006”
May 23-31, 2006
Orlando, Florida

• Angeli, G.Z., “Systems engineering for the conceptual design of the Thirty Meter Telescope Systems engineering for the conceptual design of the Thirty Meter Telescope”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6271, 62710F, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy II; M. J. Cullum, G. Z. Angeli; Eds., June 2006.
• Blanco, D., M. Cho, L. Daggert, P. Daly, J. DeVries, J. Elias, B. Fitz-Patrick, E. Hileman, M. Hunten, M. Liang, M. Nickerson, E. Pearson, D. Rosin, M. Sirota, L. Stepp, “Control and support of 4-meter class secondary and tertiary mirrors for the Thirty Meter Telescope” Proc. SPIE Vol. 6273, 62731A, Optomechanical Technologies for Astronomy; E. Atad-Ettedgui, J. Antebi, D. Lemke; Eds., July 2006.
• Chun, M. R., J. Elias, B. Ellerbroek, T. Bond, M. Liang, R. Clare, A. Tokunaga, M. Richter, L. Daggert, “MIRAO: a mid-IR adaptive optics system design for TMT”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6272, 62720S, Advances in Adaptive Optics II; B. L. Ellerbroek, D. Bonaccini Calia; Eds., July 2006.
• Clare, R. M., B. L. Ellerbroek, J. –P. Véran, G. Herriot, D. Andersen, “Sky coverage and tip/tilt error analysis for TMT”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6272, 627232, Advances in Adaptive Optics II; B. L. Ellerbroek, D. Bonaccini Calia; Eds., July 2006.
• Daly, P. N., R. E. Marshall, M. J. Sirota, R. C. Jared, “Software control of the 3 active surfaces of the Thirty Meter Telescope”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6274, 62740F, Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy; H. Lewis, A. Bridger; Eds., June 2006.
• Dunn, J., C. Boyer, P. N. Daly, K. Gillies, R. Marshall, D. Silva, “Observatory software for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT)”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6270, 62701E, Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems; D. R. Silva, R. E. Doxsey; Eds. June 2006.
• Elias, J. H. , J. S. Carr, M. J. Richter, J. Najita, M. R. Chun, A. T. Tokunaga, M. Liu, J. Lacy, S. Strom, M. Liang, T. W. Bond, “Design of the TMT mid-infrared echelle: science drivers and design overview”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6269, 62693U, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy; I. S. McLean, M. Iye; Eds., June 2006.
• Ellerbroek, B. L., C. Boyer, C. Bradley, M. C. Britton, S. Browne, R. A. Buchroeder, J.-L. Carel, M. K. Cho, M. R. Chun, R. Clare, R. Conan, L. G. Daggert, R. G. Dekany, J. H. Elias, D. A. Erickson, R. Flicker, D. T. Gavel, L. Gilles, P. Hampton, G. Herriot, M. R. Hunten, R. R. Joyce, M. Liang, B. A. Macintosh, R. Palomo, I. P. Powell, S. C. Roberts, E. Ruch, J. –C.. Sinquin, M. J. Smith, J. A. Stoesz, M. Troy, G. A. Tyler, J.-P. Véran, C. R. Vogel, Q. Yang, “A conceptual design for the Thirty Meter Telescope adaptive optics systems”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6272, 62720D, Advances in Adaptive Optics II; B. L. Ellerbroek, D. Bonaccini Calia; Eds., July 2006.
• Els, S. G., K. Vogiatzis, “TMT studies on the influence of short term changes of local thermodynamic conditions on the seeing: CFD vs. observations”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6267, 626723, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes; L. M. Stepp; Ed., June 2006.
• Erm, T. M., and G. Z. Angeli, “TMT wind model validation with measurements on Keck and Gemini”Proc. SPIE Vol. 6271, 62710N, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy II; M. J. Cullum, G. Z. Angeli; Eds., June 2006.
• Gillies, K., J. Dunn, D. Silva, “Defining common software for the Thirty Meter Telescope”Proc. SPIE Vol. 6274, 62740E, Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy; Hilton Lewis, Alan Bridger; Eds., June 2006.
• Herriot, G., P. Hickson, B. Ellerbroek, J. –P. Véran, C. –Y. She, R. Clare, D. Looze, “Focus errors from tracking sodium layer altitude variations with laser guide star adaptive optics for the Thirty Meter Telescope”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6272, 62721I, Advances in Adaptive Optics II; B. L. Ellerbroek, D. Bonaccini Calia; Eds., July 2006.
• Jolissaint, L, B. Ellerbroek, G. Angeli, “Analytical modeling of the optical transfer function of a segmented telescope with/without adaptive optics correction of the telescope's dynamical aberrations” Proc. SPIE Vol. 6271, 62711C, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy II; M. J. Cullum, G. Z. Angeli; Eds, June 2006.
• Joyce, R., C. Boyer, L. Daggert, B. Ellerbroek, E. Hileman, M. Hunten, M. Liang, “The Laser Guide Star Facility for the Thirty Meter Telescope”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6272, 62721H, Advances in Adaptive Optics II; B. L. Ellerbroek, D. Bonaccini Calia; Eds., July 2006.
• Liang, M., J. H. Elias, A. T. Tokunaga, M. R. Chun, M. J. Richter, L. Daggert, T. Bond, “Preliminary optical design for the TMT mid-infrared adaptive optics system and echelle spectrograph”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6269, 626943, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy; I. S. McLean, M. Iye; Eds., June 2006.
• MacMynowski, D. G., C. Blaurock, G. Z. Angeli, K. Vogiatzis, “Modeling windbuffeting of the Thirty Meter Telescope”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6271, 62710M, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy II; M. J. Cullum, G. Z. Angeli; Eds., June 2006.
• Marshall, R. E., P. N. Daly, M. Sirota, “The telescope control system supervisory controller for the Thirty Meter Telescope”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6274, 627402, Advanced Software and Control for Astronomy; H. Lewis, A. Bridger; Eds., June 2006.
• Ponslet, E., D. Blanco, M. Cho, T. Mast, J. Nelson, R. J. Ponchione, M. Sirota, V. Stephens, L. Stepp, A. Tubb, E.C. Williams, “Development of the primary mirror segment support assemblies for the Thirty Meter Telescope”Proc. SPIE Vol. 6273, 627319, Optomechanical Technologies for Astronomy; E. Atad-Ettedgui, J. Antebi, D. Lemke; Eds., July 2006.
• Ponslet, E., D. Blanco, M. Cho, T. Mast, J. Nelson, R. J. Ponchione, M. Sirota, V. Stephens, L. Stepp, A. Tubb, E. C. Williams, “Development of the primary mirror segment support assemblies for the Thirty Meter Telescope” Proc. SPIE Vol. 6273, 627319, Optomechanical Technologies for Astronomy; E. Atad-Ettedgui, J. Antebi, D. Lemke; Eds., July 2006.
• Szeto, K., S. Roberts, S. Sun, L. Stepp, J. Nelson, M. Gedig, N. Loewen, D. Tsang, “TMT telescope structure system: design and development” Proc. SPIE Vol. 6267, 62672Q, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes; Larry M. Stepp; Ed., June 2006.
• Tokunaga, A. T., T. Bond, J. Elias, M. Chun, M. Richter, M. Liang, J. Lacy, L. Daggert, E. Tollestrup, M. Ressler, D. Warren, S. Fisher, J. Carr, “Design tradeoffs for a high spectral resolution mid-infrared echelle spectrograph on the Thirty-Meter Telescope”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6269, 62693Y, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy; I. S. McLean, M. Iye; Eds., June 2006.
• Vogiatzis, K., G. Z. Angeli, “Strategies for estimating mirror and dome seeing for TMT”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6271, 62710O, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy II; M. J. Cullum, G. Z. Angeli; Eds., June 2006.
• Vogiatzis, K., R. Upton, “TMT studies on thermal seeing modeling: mirror seeing model validation”, Proc. SPIE Vol. 6271, 627115, Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy II; M. J. Cullum, G. Z. Angeli; Eds., June 2006.

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