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Last modified: 13.04.2006

THE ELT DESIGN STUDY

  Task 12000  

Site characterisation Definition and characterisation of the 5 top astronomical sites suitable to install an ELT under best conditions. Review, discussion and synthesising of the site observations

 Work packages  

WP nr. Descriptive title Short description and specific objectives of the task
12100 Review of site parameters space Objectives: define standard site parameters for an ELT.
Tasks: review the relevant parameters to fulfil the goals of an ELT, including but not limited to Adaptive Optics and Multi-conjugate AO
12200 Instrumentation, measurements and modeling Objectives: design, build and operate a standard set of site measurement equipment.
Tasks: build/set-up an instrumentation set adapted to fulfil 12100 requirements. Provide homogeneous and standardized measurements of these parameters at all the sites
12300 Large scale wavefront Investigate wave front properties over large baselines

 

Workpackage managers
 
WP nr. Manager Affiliation
12000 J. Vernin
C. Muñoz Tuñon (deputy)
M. Sarazin (deputy)
Nice
IAC
ESO
12100 J. Vernin
C. Muñoz Tuñon (deputy)
M. Sarazin (deputy)
Nice
IAC
ESO
12200 J. Vernin
C. Muñoz Tuñon (deputy)
M. Sarazin (deputy)
Nice
IAC
ESO
12300 R. Ragazzoni
J. Vernin (deputy)
Arcetri
Nice
 
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