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Integrated Modeling of Telescopes (Hardcover, 2011)
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Integrated Modeling of Telescopes (Hardcover, 2011)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 377
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Ground- or space-based telescopes are becoming increasingly more
complex and construction budgets are typically in the billion
dollar range. Facing costs of this magnitude, availability of
engineering tools for prediction of performance and design
optimization is imperative. Establishment of simulation models
combining different technical disciplines such as Structural
Dynamics, Control Engineering, Optics and Thermal Engineering is
indispensable. Such models are normally called Integrated Models
because they involve many different disciplines. The models will
play an increasingly larger role for design of future
interdisciplinary optical systems in space or on ground. The book
concentrates on integrated modeling of optical and radio telescopes
but the techniques presented will be applicable to a large variety
of systems. Hence, the book will be of interest to optical and
radio telescope designers, designers of spacecrafts that include
optical systems, and to designers of various complex defense
systems. The book may also find use as a textbook for undergraduate
and graduate courses within the field. "Adaptive Optics" is an
exciting and relatively new field, originally dedicated to
correction for blurring when imaging through the atmosphere.
Although this objective is still of high importance, the concept of
Adaptive Optics has recently evolved further. Today, the objective
is not only to correct for atmospheric turbulence effects but also
for a range of static and dynamical telescope aberrations. The
notion of adaptive optics has expanded to the field of "Wavefront
Control", correcting for a variety of system aberrations. Wavefront
control systems maintain form and position of optical elements with
high precision under static and dynamical load. In many ways, such
systems replace the steel structures of traditional optical
systems, thereby providing much lighter systems with a performance
not possible before. Integrated Modeling is the foremost tool for
studies of Wavefront Control for telescopes and complex optics and
is therefore now of high importance. Springer has recently
published two books on telescopes, "Reflecting Telescope Optics" by
R. Wilson, and "The Design and Construction of Large Optical
Telescopes" by P. Bely. Noting that a new (and expensive)
generation of Extremely Large Telescopes with apertures in the
30-100 m range is on the way, the present book on integrated
modeling is a good match to the existing books and an appropriate
specialization and continuation of some subjects dealt with in
those books.
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