High Angular Resolution Astronomy: Telescopes, Adaptive Optics, Interferometry, and more

Technical University Munich, SS22, Frank Eisenhauer

Date: every Tuesday, 12:15 - 13:45

Location: PH II 227, Seminar room E20

• Introduction and Optics concepts (pdf, pptx), Felix Widmann 26 April 2022 and FE 3 May 2022
• Atmospheric turbulence (pdf, pptx) 10 May 2022
• Speckle interferometry
• Adaptive optics I: wavefront sensing, deformable mirrors (pdf, pptx) 17 May 2022
• Adaptive optics II: dynamical control, laser guide stars (pdf, pptx) 24 and 31 May 2022
• Interference and coherence (Guillaume Bourdarot, pdf, pptx) 21 June 2022
• Optical interferometry I: techniques, components  (Guillaume Bourdarot, pdf, pptx) 28 June 2022
• Optical interferometry II: aperture synthesis, astrometry (Guillaume Bourdarot, pdf, pptx) 5 July 2022
• Data analysis and image restoration
• Radio interferometry (pdf, pptx) 19 July 2022
• Tour to MPE and ESO Adaptive Optics and Interferometry labarotories

Recommended online courses and material

• Adaptive Optics and its Application by Claire Max (http://www.ucolick.org/~max/289/)
• Principles of Long Baseline Stellar Interferometry edited by Peter R. Lawson (https://ecommons.cornell.edu/handle/1813/41240)
• Interferometry and Synthesis in Radio Astronomy: Thompson, Moran & Swenson, 2017, Open Access (http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319444291)

Exams:

• Registration on TUMonline required
• Dates to be coordinated in lecture 19 July 2022
• The oral exams will take place at MPE in room 1.2.52. Please see http://www.mpe.mpg.de/3539/visitors for the access to MPE

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