FALCON: multi-object AO
Éric Gendron
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
,
François Assémat
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
,
François Hammer
(1, 2, 3)
,
Pascal Jagourel
(1, 2, 3)
,
Fanny Chemla
(1, 2, 3)
,
Philippe Laporte
(1, 2, 3)
,
Mathieu Puech
(1, 2, 3)
,
Michel Marteaud
(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
,
Frédéric Zamkotsian
(7)
,
Arnaud Liotard
(7)
,
Jean-Marc Conan
(8)
,
Thierry Fusco
(8)
,
Norbert N. Hubin
(9)
1
GEPI -
Galaxies, Etoiles, Physique, Instrumentation
2 Physique des Galaxies et Cosmologie
3 Pôle instrumental
4 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
5 Pôle Astronomie du LESIA
6 Ingénieurs, Techniciens et Administratifs
7 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
8 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon]
9 ESO - European Southern Observatory
2 Physique des Galaxies et Cosmologie
3 Pôle instrumental
4 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
5 Pôle Astronomie du LESIA
6 Ingénieurs, Techniciens et Administratifs
7 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
8 ONERA - The French Aerospace Lab [Châtillon]
9 ESO - European Southern Observatory
Résumé
FALCON is a wide-field, multi-object integral field spectrograph equipped with adaptive optics. It is dedicated to the study of the formation process of primordial galaxies. The AO system uses natural guide stars, and the high sky coverage required for these studies is obtained using tomographic techniques for the wavefront analysis. The structure of the OA system is very new, and particularly suited for a future implementation on extremely large telescopes. To cite this article: E. Gendron et al., C. R. Physique 6 (2005).