Astronomical Optics and Elasticity Theory Active Optics Methods
Astronomical Optics and Elasticity Theory provides a very thorough and comprehensive account of what is known in this field. After an extensive introduction to optics and elasticity, the book discusses variable curvature and multimode deformable mirrors,
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G. Börner, Garching, Germany A. Burkert, München, Germany W. B. Burton, Charlottesville, VA, USA and Leiden, The Netherlands M. A. Dopita, Canberra, Australia A. Eckart, Köln, Germany T. Encrenaz, Meudon, France E. K. Grebel, Heidelberg, Germany B. Leibundgut, Garching, Germany A. Maeder, Sauverny, Switzerland V. Trimble, College Park, MD, and Irvine, CA, USA
Artist view of the Thirty Meter Telescope project (TMT) based on a three-mirror design (Courtesy of the TMT Observatory Corporation)
Artist view of the European Extremely Large Telescope project (E-ELT) based on a five-mirror design (Courtesy of the European Southern Observatory)
G´erard Ren´e Lemaitre
Astronomical Optics and Elasticity Theory Active Optics Methods
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Gérard René Lemaitre Observatoire Astronomique Marseille Provence (OAMP) Technopôle Château Gombert 38 rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie 13388 Marseille CX 13 France [email protected]
Cover image: General view of the giant reflective Schmidt telescope L AMOST , in Xinglong Station, which started operations in 2008 (courtesy National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Corrected 3rd printing ISBN 978-3-540-68904-1
e-ISBN 978-3-540-68905-8
DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-68905-8 Astronomy and Astrophysics Library ISSN 0941-7834 Library of Congress Control Number: 2008936630 c Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2009 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilm or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Violations are liable to prosecution under the German Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. Cover design: eStudio Calamar S.L. Printed on acid-free paper 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 springer.com
Foreword
It is an honor as well as a pleasure to write this Foreword for this major work – “Astronomical Optics and Elasticity Theory” – by my friend and colleague, Prof. Gérard Lemaître. My situation is unusual in that I have not even seen, still less read, the manuscript. My Foreword must therefore be based on my general knowledge of Lemaître’s work and our close contact over many years. The initiator of “stress polishing” for astronomical purposes was the great optician Bernhard Schmidt, who proposed the technique for the manufacture of Schmidt plates for his newly invented Schmidt cameras, as reported in 1932. Surprisingly, there was no significant advance on the theoretical basis of the method until Lemaître started his work, reported
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