The W. M. Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System: Performance Characterization

By M. V. van Dam, A. Bouchez, D. Le Mignant, E. Johansson, P. Wizinowich, R. Campbell, J. Chin, S. Hartman, R. Lafon, P. Stomski and 1 more. 2006

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Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Citations in the corpus

• Measuring Distance and Properties of the Milky Way’s Central Supermassive Black Hole with Stellar Orbits (2008, methodology): “With the advent of laser guide-star adaptive optics (LGSAO) in 2004 on the 10 mW. M. Keck II telescope (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006), we have made measurements of the Galaxy’s central stellar cluster with much higher Strehl ratios (Ghez et al. 2005b).”
• PLANETS AROUND LOW-MASS STARS (PALMS). IV. THE OUTER ARCHITECTURE OF M DWARF PLANETARY SYSTEMS (2014, methodology): “A single target, NLTT 13844 (R∼14.8 mag), was observed with laser guide star AO (LGS-AO; Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006).”
• OUTFLOWS FROM ACTIVE GALACTIC NUCLEI: KINEMATICS OF THE NARROW-LINE AND CORONAL-LINE REGIONS IN SEYFERT GALAXIES, (2011, methodology): “The OSIRIS galaxies were observed between 2006 April and 2008 January using both the NGS and LGS AO systems (van Dam et al. 2004, 2006; Wizinowich et al. 2006).”
• THE HAWAII INFRARED PARALLAX PROGRAM. II. YOUNG ULTRACOOL FIELD DWARFS (2016, methodology): “6−0945AB on 2014 March 14 UT using the facility camera NIRC2 in concert with the laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system on the Keck II telescope (Bouchez et al. 2004; Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006).”
• CALCIUM-RICH GAP TRANSIENTS IN THE REMOTE OUTSKIRTS OF GALAXIES (2011, methodology): “We undertook imaging in the K ′ band with Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics (LGS-AO; Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006) on the Keck II telescope with the Near Infrared Camera 2 (NIRC2).”
• THE LICK AGN MONITORING PROJECT: THE MBH–σ* RELATION FOR REVERBERATION-MAPPED ACTIVE GALAXIES (2010, background): “However, the typical LGS-AO performance for tip-tilt point sources for these similar magnitudes yields K-band Strehl ratios of 40% to 50% (van Dam et al. 2006, 2007).”
• THE HAWAII INFRARED PARALLAX PROGRAM. I. ULTRACOOL BINARIES AND THE L/T TRANSITION, (2012, methodology): “Depending on the target and observing conditions (see Table 5), we used laser guide star (LGS) AO (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006) or natural guide star (NGS) AO (Wizinowich et al. 2000, 2004).”
• The W. M. Keck Observatory Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics System: Overview (2006, methodology): “A separate paper (van Dam et al. 2006) describes the LGS AO system’s performance and algorithms in more detail.”
• AN IMPROVED DISTANCE AND MASS ESTIMATE FOR SGR A* FROM A MULTISTAR ORBIT ANALYSIS (2016, methodology): “New high-resolution images of the central ∼ 10′′× 10′′ of our galaxy were taken in 2012 and 2013 using the laser guide star adaptive optics system (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006) on the Keck II telescope.”
• An X-Ray, Infrared, and Submillimeter Flare of Sagittarius A* (2007, methodology): “IR Data The W. M. Keck II 10 m telescope observed the Galactic center using the NIRC2 (PI: K. Matthews) near-IR camera and the laser guide star adaptive optics system (Wizinowich et al. 2000; van Dam et al. 2006) on 2006 July 17.”
• Subtle Signatures of Multiplicity in Late-type Dwarf Spectra: The Unresolved M8.5 + T5 Binary 2MASS J03202839–0446358 (2008, methodology): “High Angular Resolution Imaging In an attempt to search for faint companions, 2MASS J0320−0446 was imaged on 2008 January 15 (UT) with the sodium LGS AO system (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006) and facility near-infrared camera NIRC2 on the 10m Keck Telescope.”
• HIGH ANGULAR RESOLUTION INTEGRAL-FIELD SPECTROSCOPY OF THE GALAXY'S NUCLEAR CLUSTER: A MISSING STELLAR CUSP? (2009, methodology): “Near-IR spectra of the central 4′′ of the Galaxy were obtained between 2006 and 2008 using the OSIRIS integral field spectrograph (Larkin et al. 2006) in conjunction with the laser guide star adaptive optics (LGS AO) system on the Keck II telescope (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006).”
• A DISK OF YOUNG STARS AT THE GALACTIC CENTER AS DETERMINED BY INDIVIDUAL STELLAR ORBITS (2008, methodology): “The two adaptive optics imaging observations used the facility LGS AO system (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006) and the near-infrared camera, NIRC2 (PI: K. Matthews) with a plate scale of 9.963 ± 0.006 mas per pixel (Ghez et al. 2008) and a 10.”
• A T8.5 BROWN DWARF MEMBER OF THE ξ URSAE MAJORIS SYSTEM (2012, methodology): “High resolution imaging observations of WISE 1118+31 were obtained using the Keck II LGS-AO system (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006) with NIRC2 on 14 April 2012 (UT).”
• A STUDY OF THE DIVERSE T DWARF POPULATION REVEALED BY WISE (2013, methodology): “Additional high-resolution images of WISE J1542+2230 were obtained using the Keck II LGS-AO system (Wizinowich et al. 2006; van Dam et al. 2006) with NIRC2 on 2012 April 14 (UT).”