Integrated Modeling of Telescopes

• Main Authors: Andersen, Torben (Author), Enmark, Anita (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 377
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

With increasingly complex and costly opto-mechanical systems, there is a growing need for reliable computer modeling and simulation. The field of integrated modeling, combining optics, mechanics, control engineering, and other disciplines, is the subject of this book. Although the book primarily foc...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Integrated Models
• Telescopes and Interferometers
• Structures
• Optics
• Servomechanisms
• Waverfront Control
• Disturbances and Noise Sources
• Model Implementation
• References.