Development of Coronagraph Extreme Adaptive Optics for Subaru Telesocpe

2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19204019
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Astronomy
• Research Institution: National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
• Principal Investigator: GUYON Olivier National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, ハワイ観測所, RCUH職員 (90399288)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKAMI Hideki 国立天文台, ハワイ観測所, 教授 (00270455)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): TAKAMI Hideki 国立天文台, ハワイ観測所, 教授 (00270455)
• Project Period (FY): 2007 – 2008
• Keywords: 補償光学系 / 太陽系外惑星

Research Abstract

本研究ではすばる望遠鏡用のコロナグラフィック究極補償光学系(SCExAO)の開発を行った。すべての鍵となるコンポーネントの製作を行い、実験室において可視光で全体として性能試験を行い、目的の性能が達成されていることを確認した。これはすばる望遠鏡用の新補償光学系AO188と太陽系外惑星検出用のコロナグラフカメラHiCIAOに取り付けるものであり、そのための取り付け治具の製作を別途すすめ、2010年に望遠鏡に取り付けての観測を予定している。

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Coronagraphic Low Order Wavefront Sensor: Principle and Application to a Phase-Induced Amplitude Coronagraph (2009)
  • Author(s): Guyon, O., Matsuo, T., Angel, R.
  • Journal Title: ApJ 693 Pages: 75-84
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Guyon, O., Blain, C., Takami, H., Yayano, Y., Hattori, M., Watanabe, M. (2008)
  • Author(s): Improving the Sensitivity of Astronomical Curvature Wavefront Sensor Using Dual-Stroke Curvature
  • Journal Title: PASP 120 Pages: 655-664
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] HiCIAO: the Subaru Telescope's new high-contrast coronographic imager for adaptive optics", (2008)
  • Author(s): Hodapp, Klaus W.; Suzuki, Ryuji; Tamura, Motohide; Abe, Lyu; Suto, Hiroshi; Kandori, Ryo; Morino, Junichi; Nishimura, Tetsuo; Takami, Hideki; Guyon, Olivier; and 13 coauthors
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of SPIE 7014, 701419-12
• [Journal Article] Pupil mapping Exoplanet Coronagraphic Observer (PECO) (2008)
  • Author(s): Guyon, Olivier; Angel, James R. P.; Backman, DanaBelikov, Ruslan; Gavel, Donald; Giveon, Amir; Greene, Thomas; Kasdin, Jeremy; Kasting, Jam Levine, Marie; and 14 coauthors
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of SPIE 7010, 70101Y-9
• [Journal Article] Ultra-high-sensitivity wavefront sensing for extreme-AO (2008)
  • Author(s): Gyuon Olivier
  • Journal Title: Proceedings of SPIE 7015, 7010151K-10
• [Presentation] Coronagraphy review (2009)
  • Author(s): Guyon, Olivier
  • Organizer: International Conference "Exoplanetsand Disks: Their Formation and Diversity"
  • Place of Presentation: Kona, HI, USA
  • Year and Date: 2009-03-11
• [Presentation] Adaptive Optics System Design (2008)
  • Author(s): Guyon, Olivier
  • Organizer: Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO) summer school
  • Place of Presentation: UC Santa Cruz, CA, USA
  • Year and Date: 2008-08-07
• [Presentation] Keynote talk: "Adaptive optics techniques, technology developments and future needs for extra-solar planet dection" (2007)
  • Author(s): Guyon, Olivier
  • Organizer: Optics and Photonics Conference, SPIE
  • Place of Presentation: San Diego, CA, USA
  • Year and Date: 2007-08-28