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2000

  • Thermal Performance Enhancement of Adaptive Optics by use of a Deformable Secondary Mirror
    (M. Lloyd Hart)
    Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 112, 264-272, 2000.
  • Analysis of isoplanatic high resolution stellar fields by Starfinder code
    (E.Diolaiti, O.Bendinelli, D.Bonaccini, L.Close, D.Currie, G.Parmeggiani)
    Accepted for publication in Astron.& Astrophys. Sup. Ser
  • VLT-detection of two edge-on Circumstellar Disks in the rho Oph dark cloud
    (W. Brandner (IfA), S. Sheppard (IfA), H. Zinnecker (AI Potsdam), L. Close (ESO), F. Iwamuro (Kyoto Univ.), A. Krabbe (DLR), T. Maihara (Kyoto Univ.), K. Motohara (NAOJ), D.L. Padgett (Caltech/IPAC), A. Tokunaga (IfA))
    Astronomy & Astrophysics Letters, AA, 364, L13-L18, 2000.
  • StarFinder: an IDL GUI based code to analyze crowded fields with isoplanatic correcting PSF fitting
    (E.Diolaiti, O.Bendinelli, D.Bonaccini, L.M.Close, D.G.Currie, G.Parmeggiani)
    Proceedings of SPIE -- Volume 4007 -- Adaptive Optical Systems Technology, Peter L. Wizinowich, Editor, July 2000, pp. 879-888
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1994

  • The Luminosity Function at the End of the Main Sequence: Results of a Deep, Large Area CCD Survey for Cool Dwarfs
    (J. D. Kirkpatrick, J. T. McGraw, T. R. Hess, C. C. Dahn, H. C. Harris, J. Liebert, and D. McCarthy)
    ApJ Suppl., 1994, 94, 749.
  • The Fate of Solid Matter Around HR 4796A
    (M. Jura, A. Ghez, D. W. McCarthy, R. C. Smith, and P. G. Martin)
    AJ, 1994, 445, 455.
  • Reflective Shack-Hartmann Wave-Front Sensor for Adaptive Optics
    (D. Colucci, M. Lloyd-Hart, D. Wittman, R. Angel, A. Ghez, and B. McLeod)
    PASP, 1994, 106, 1104-1110.
  • Ground-based Imaging of Extrasolar Planets Using Adaptive Optics
    (J. R. P. Angel)
    Nature, 1994, 368, 203-207.
  • Adaptive Optics for Diffraction-Limited Infrared Imaging with 8 m Telescopes
    (D. G. Sandler, S. Stahl, J. R. P. Angel, M. Lloyd-Hart, and D. McCarthy)
    JOSA A, 1994, 11, 925-945.
  • Progress in Diffraction-Limited Imaging at the Multiple Mirror Telescope with Adaptive Optics
    (M. Lloyd-Hart, R. Dekany, D. Sandler, D. Wittman, R. Angel, and D. McCarthy)
    ibid, 846-857.
  • Ross 614B: A Re-determination of the Masses One Orbit Later
    (D. S. Copenbarger, T. J. Henry, and D. W. McCarthy)
    1994, AJ, 107, 1551-1555.
  • High Resolution Images of Vesta at 1.65 microns
    (D. W. McCarthy, J. D. Freeman, and J. D. Drummond)
    Icarus, 1994, 108, 285-297.
  • High Resolution Imaging with a Tip-Tilt Cassegrain Secondary
    (L.M. Close and D.W. McCarthy)
    PASP, 1994, 106, 77-86.
  • Low Mass Companions to Nearby Stars: Spectral Clarification and its Relation to the Stellar/Substellar Break
    (J.D. Kirkpatrick and D.W. McCarthy)
    AJ, 1994, 107, 333-349.
  • Searching for Planets by Differential Astrometry with Large Telescopes
    (Richard Dekany, Roger Angel, Keith Hege, and Dave Wittman)
    Astrophysics and Space Science, 212, 299-319, 1994.
  • Detection of Meteoroid Impacts by Optical Sensors in Earth Orbit
    (Tagliaferri, E.; Spalding, R.; Jacobs, C.; Worden, S.P.; and Erlich, A.)
    Hazards due to Comets and Asteroids, Space Science Series, Tucson, AZ: Edited by Tom Gehrels, M.S. Matthews, and A. Schumann, 1994, p. 199.
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Refereed Papers

1993

  • Stellar Spectra Reconstruction from Speckle Spectroscopic Data
    (S. Kuwamura, N. Baba, N. Miura, and E. K. Hege)
    AJ, 1993, 105, 665-671.
  • The Performance of Partial Adaptive Correction at the Multiple Mirror Telescope
    (J.C. Christou and D.W. McCarthy)
    PASP, 1993, 105, 1322-1329.
  • Infrared Imaging of mu Cas B using Rapid Image Motion Compensation
    (D. McCarthy, T. Hancock, J. Freeman, B. McLeod, M. Lloyd-Hart, D. Colucci, P. Wizinowich, M. Clampin, D. Golimowski, and S. Durrance)
    AJ, 1993, 105, 652-659.
  • Direct 75 Milliarcsecond Images from the Multiple Mirror Telescope with Adaptive Optics
    (M. Lloyd-Hart, R. Dekany, B. McLeod, D. Wittman, D. Colucci, D. McCarthy, and R. Angel)
    ApJ, 1993, 402, L81-L84.
  • First Ultraviolet Spectropolarimetry of Radio-Selected BL Lacertae Objects
    (Paul S. Smith, Richard G. Allen, and J.R.P. Angel)
    The Astrophysics Journal (Letters), 415, L83-L86, 1993.
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Refereed Papers

1992

  • Adaptive Optics for Array Telescopes Using Piston and Tilt Wavefront Sensing
    (P. L. Wizinowich, B. A. McLeod, M. Lloyd-Hart, J. R. P. Angel, D. Colucci, R. G. Dekany, D. W. McCarthy, D. Wittman, and I. Scott-Fleming)
    Apl. Optics, 1992, 31, 6036-6046.
  • First Results of an On-line Adaptive Optics System with Atmospheric Wavefront Sensing by an Artificial Neural Network
    (M. Lloyd-Hart, P. Wizinowich, B. McLeod, D. Wittman, D. Colucci, R. Dekany, D. McCarthy, J.R.P. Angel, and D. Sandler)
    ApJ, 1992, 390, L41-44.
  • Ultraviolet Polarimetry and Spectroscopy of the BL LAC Object PKS 2155-304
    (Richard G. Allen, Paul S. Smith, J.R.P. Angel, Bryan W. Miller, Scott F. Anderson, and Bruce Margon)
    The Astrophysical Journal , 403, 610-620, 1993.
  • Spin-Casting of a 6.5m Honeycomb Sandwich Mirror for the MMT Conversion
    (J.M. Hill and J.R.P. Angel)
    OSA Optical Fabrication and Testing, Technical Digest Series, 24, 64, 1992.
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Refereed Papers

1991

  • Evidence of a Chaotic Attractor in Star-wander Data
    (M.B. Jorgenson, G.J.M. Aitken and E.K. Hege)
    Optics Letters, 16, 64-66, 1991.
  • Aquarii: H_a Map of Sub-arcsecond Inner Structure
    (E.K. Hege, C.K. Allen and W.J. Cocke)
    Ap. J., 381, 543-550, 1991.
  • The New Ground-Based Optical Telescopes
    (H.M. Martin, J.M. Hill and J.R.P. Angel)
    Physics Today, 44, 22-30, March 1991.
  • Adaptive Optics for Array Telescopes Using Neural Network techniques on Transputers
    (P. Wizinowich, M. Lloyd-Hart, and R. Angel)
    Transputing '91 , 1, 170-183, IOS Press, Washington, D.C., 1991.
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Refereed Papers

1990

  • The Revolution in Ground Based Telescopes
    (J.R.P. Angel)
    Quarterly Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, 31, 141, 1990.
  • Adaptive Optics for Array Telescopes using Neural Network Techniques
    (J.R.P. Angel, P. Wizinowich, M. Lloyd-Hart, and D. Sandler)
    Nature, 348, 221-224, 1990.
  • Polishing with a Stressed Lap
    (H. M. Martin and J.R.P. Angel)
    "Optical Fabrication and Testing," 1990 Technical Digest Series, 11, 14, 1990.
  • Fermion Wave-Mechanical Operators in Curved Space-Time
    (W.J. Cocke and M. Lloyd-Hart)
    Physical Review D, 42, 1982-1987
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1989

  • Recent Progress on the Columbus Project and the Mirror Laboratory Program
    (J.R.P. Angel, J.M. Hill, H.M. Martin and P.A. Strittnater)
    Astrophysics and Space Science, 160, pp. 55-70, 1989.
  • Mirror Deflection on Multiple Axial Supports
    (Der-Shen Wan, J.R.P. Angel, and Robert E. Parks)
    Applied Optics, 28, 354, 1989.
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2001

  • NGST Mirror System Demonstrator from the University of Arizona
    (J. Burge, S. DeRigne, R. Angel, B. Cuerden, S. Clapp, G. Rivlis, P. Woida, P. Gohman, S. Bell, R. Kingston)
    In Imaging Technology and Telescopes, SPIE 4451, 105-113, 2001.
  • Dynamically Refocused Rayleigh Laser Beacons for Atmospheric Tomography
    (Michael Lloyd-Hart, James Georges, Roger Angel, Guido Brusa, and Patrick Young)
    Presented at SPIE 4494, 259-270, Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology II, San Diego, CA, July 31, 2001.
  • Stretched Membrane with Electrostatic Curvature (SMEC) Mirrors for Extremely Large Space Telescopes
    (B. Stamper, R. Angel, J. Burge, Tom Connors, Brian Duffy, and N. Woolf)
    In Imaging Technology and Telescopes, Proc. SPIE 4451, 105-113, 2001.
  • Planetary System Imaging and Spectroscopy from Earth and Space
    (N.J. Woolf, J.R.P. Angel and J.I. Lunine)
    ASP Conference Series: In Press, A.J. Penny, P Artymowicz, A-M Lagrange and S.S. Russell eds.
  • Progress of the MMT adaptive optics program
    (F. Wildi, G. Brusa, A. Riccardi, R. Allen, M. LLoyd-Hart, D. Miller, B. Martin, R. Biasi, and D. Gallieni)
    In SPIE Proc., Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology II, 4494 pp. 11-18, 2001.
  • Using Neural Networks to Classify Digitized Images of Galaxies
    (P.C. McGuire, S.N. Goderya)
    Poster paper presented at the 197th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, San Diego, California (2001)
  • A Near-Infrared Wide-Field Proper Motion Search for Brown Dwarfs
    (J. L. Hinz, D. W. McCarthy, Jr., D. A. Simons, T. J. Henry, J. D. Kirkpatrick, P. C. McGuire)
    Poster paper presented at the 198th meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Pasadena, California (2001).
  • Cracking Open the Window for Strongly Interacting Massive Particles as the Halo Dark Matter
    (P.C. McGuire, P.J. Steinhardt)
    International Cosmic Ray Conference, Hamburg, Germany (2001) 1566.
  • The Near-Earth Space Surveillance (NESS) Mission: Discovery, Tracking, and Characterization of Asteroids, Comets, and Artificial Satellites with a Microsatellite
    (Hildebrand, A.R.; Carroll, K.A.; Balam, D.D.; Cardinal, R.D.; Matthews, J.M.; Kuschnig, R.; Walker, G.A.H.; Brown, P.G.; Tedesco, E.F.; Worden, S.P.; Burrell, D.A.; Chodas, P.W.; Larson, S.M.; Spahr, T.B.; and Wallace, B.J.)
    2001, 32nd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, #1790
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Conference Proceedings

2000

  • Cryogenic beam-combiner for very low background, 2-20 micron interferometry on the 22.8 m Large Binocular Telescope
    (D. W. McCarthy, E. Sabatke, R. Sarlot, P. Hinz, and J. Burge)
    Proc SPIE Volume 4006: Interferometry in Optical Astronomy, Pierre J. Lena, Andreas Quirrenbach, Editors, July 2000, pp. 659-672
  • BLINC: a testbed for nulling interferometry in the thermal infrared
    (Philip Hinz, Roger Angel, Nick Woolf, Bill Hoffmann, Don McCarthy)
    SPIE Conference on Interferometry in Optical Astronomy, eds. Pierre J. Lena, and Andreas Quirrenbach, 4006, 349-353, Munich, 2000.
  • Flat membrane mirrors for space telescopes
    (B. Stamper, R. Angel, J. Burge, and N. Woolf)
    Imaging Technology and Telescopes, J. Breckinridge, ed., Proc. SPIE 4091, 126-136, 2000.
  • Optical Design of Giant Telescopes for Space
    (J.H. Burge, E. Sabatke, J. R. P. Angel, N. J. Woolf)
    Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization III, J. M. Sasian, ed., Proc. SPIE 4092, 82-93, 2000.
  • The Large-aperture Synoptic Survey Telescope
    (Anthony Tyson and Roger Angel)
    New Era of Wide-Field Astronomy, eds. Roger Clowes, Andrew Adamson, Gordon Bromage, ASP Conference Series, CS-232, 347, 2001.
  • Dynamics Refocus for Rayleigh Beacons
    (Roger Angel)
    Science with the LBT, ed. Tom Herbst, Sponsored by the Max-Planck Society and the LBT Beteiligungsgesellschaft, Proceedings of a Workshop held at Ringberg Castle, Bavaria, July 2000, pp. 21-25.
  • Prime Focus Coma Corrector for the MMT with "Off the Shelf" Components
    (M. P. Langlois, J. R. P. Angel, and M. Lloyd-Hart)
    SPIE Conference on Optical and IR Instrumentation and Detectors, ed. M. Iye and A. F. Moorwood, 4008, 950-955, 2000.
  • The Dark Matter Telescope
    (J. Anthony Tyson, David M. Wittman, and J. Roger P. Angel)
    Conference on Gravitational Lensing: Recent Progress and Future Goals, eds. Tereasa G. Brainerd, Christopher S. Kochanek, Boston University, July 1999, ASP Conference Series, CS-237, 417, 2001.
  • Adaptive Optics High Resolution Spectroscopy: Present Status and Future Direction
    (J. Ge, D. Ciarlo, P. Kumenko, C. Alcock, B. Macintosh, K. Cook, C. Max, R. Angel, N. Woolf, M. Lloyd-Hart, and J. Najita)
    Imaging the Universe in Three Dimensions: Astrophysics with Advanced Multi-Wavelength Imaging Devices, ASP Conference Series, 195, ed. W. van Bruegel & J. Bland-Hawthorn, 2000, pp. 568-572.
  • Adaptive Optics for the 6.5 m MMT
    (M. Lloyd-Hart, F. Wildi, H. Martin, P. McGuire, M. Kenworthy, R. Johnson, B. Fitz-Patrick, G. Angeli, S. Miller, R. Angel)
    SPIE Conference on Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology, ed. P. Wizinowich, 4007, 167-174, Munich, 2000.
  • Stretched membrane with electrostatic curvature (SMEC): A new technology for ultra-lightweight space telescopes
    (Roger Angel, James Burge, Keith Hege, Matthew Kenworthy, and Neville Woolf)
    SPIE Proceedings, UV, Optical, and IR Space Telescopes and Instruments. eds. James B. Breckinridge and Peter Jakobsen, 4013, 699-705, Munich, 2000.
  • Active mirror technology for large space telescopes
    (J. H. Burge, B. Cuerden, J. R. P. Angel)
    Proc SPIE Volume 4013 - UV, Optical, and IR Space Telescopes and Instruments, James B. Breckinridge, Peter Jakobsen, Editors, July 2000, pp. 640-648
  • Design and Realization of Ancillary Control Loops for the MMT Adaptive Optics System
    (G. Angeli, B. Fitz-Patrick, M. Lloyd-Hart)
    Proc. SPIE Vol. 4004, p. 202-211
  • The Adaptive Secondary Mirror for the 6.5 m Conversion of the Multiple Mirror Telescope: Latest Laboratory Test Results of the P36 Prototype
    (A. Riccardi, G. Brusa, V. Bilotti, C. Del Vecchio, P. Salinari, P. Stefanini, P. Mantegazza, R. Biasi, M. Andrighettoni, C. Franchini, D. Gallieni, M. Lloyd-Hart, P. McGuire, S. Miller, and H. Martin)
    Proc SPIE Volume 4007: Adaptive Optical Systems Technology, Peter L. Wizinowich, Editor, July 2000, pp. 524-531
  • Linear Zonal Atmospheric Prediction of Atmospheric Turbulence
    (P.C. McGuire, T.A. Rhoadarmer, H. Coy, J.R.P. Angel, M. Lloyd-Hart)
    SPIE Conference on Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology, ed. P. Wizinowich, 4007, 682-691, Munich, 2000.
  • Measurement of Atmospheric Turbulence with a Shack-Hartmann Wavefront Sensor at the new MMT's Prime Focus
    (P.C. McGuire, M.P. Langlois, M. Lloyd-Hart, T.A. Rhoadarmer, J.R.P. Angel)
    SPIE Conference on Adaptive Optics Systems and Technology, ed. P. Wizinowich, 4007, 713-716, Munich, 2000.
  • Non-linear prediction of atmospheric turbulence
    (P.C. McGuire, T.A. Rhoadarmer)
    Poster paper presented at the International Symposium on Adaptive Optics: From Telescopes to the Human Eye, Murcia, Spain, November 2000
  • Design for an 8 m telescope with a 3 degree field at f/1.25 - the Dark Matter Telescope
    (Roger Angel, Michael Lesser, & Roland Sarlot)
    ASP Conference Series, 195, 81-93, 2000, Imaging the Universe in Three Dimensions: Astrophysics with Advanced Multi-wavelength Imaging Devices, eds. W. Bruegel and J. Bland-Hawthorn.
  • Self-Interacting Dark Matter.
    (B.D. Wandelt, R. Dave, D.N. Spergel, P.J. Steinhardt, P.C. McGuire)
    Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Sources and Detection of Dark Matter/Energy in the Universe, Marina del Rey, California, 2000, in press.
  • Evidence for Transverse Spread in Leonid Meteors
    (LeBlanc, A.G.; Murray, I.S.; Hawkes, R.L.; Worden, P.; Campbell, M.D.; Brown, P.; Jenniskens, P.; Correll, R.R.; Montague, T.; and Babcock, D.D.)
    Mon. Not. of the Roy. Ast. Soc.
  • New approach to Rayleigh guide beacons
    (Lloyd-Hart, Michael; Jefferies, Stuart M.; Hege, E. Keith; Angel, J. Roger P.)
    Proc. SPIE Vol. 4007, p. 277-283, Adaptive Optical Systems Technology, Peter L. Wizinowich; Ed.
  • Atmospheric tomography with Rayleigh laser beacons for correction of wide fields and 30-m-class telescopes
    (Angel, J. Roger P.; Lloyd-Hart, Michael)
    Proc. SPIE Vol. 4007, p. 270-276, Adaptive Optical Systems Technology, Peter L. Wizinowich; Ed.
  • Flat mirror optics to study extra-solar terrestrial planets form space
    (J. R. P. Angel, J. H. Burge, and N. J. Woolf)
    ASP Conference Series, Working on the Fringe, eds. S. C. Unwin and R. V. Stachnick, 194, 389-396, 2000
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1997

  • The Double Nucleus of M31 in J, H, and K
    (P. Hinz, M. Lloyd-Hart, K. Hege, D. McCarthy, and F. Melia)
    IAU Symposium 184, The Central Regions of the Galaxy and Galaxies, Kyoto, 1997.
  • The LBT: A Unique Scientific and Technology Precursor to Planet Finder
    (J. R. P. Angel and N. Woolf)
    Planets Beyond the Solar System and the Next Generation of Space Missions, ed.  David Soderblom, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series, 119, 207-222, 1997.
  • Planet Finder Options I: New Linear Nulling Array Configurations
    (N. J. Woolf and J. R. P. Angel)
    ibid, 285-293.
  • Design and Implementation of a Center Mount Refractive Laser Projector for the 6.5m MMT
    (B. P. Jacobsen and J. R. P. Angel)
    p. 132-137.

  • (M. Lloyd-Hart, D. G. Sandler, and J. R. P. Angel)
    p. 28-33.

  • (Jian Ge, J. R. P. Angel, B. D. Jacobsen, T. Roberts, T. Martinez, W. Livingston, B. McLeod, M. Lloyd-Hart, P. McGuire, R. Noyes.)
    p. 10-15.
  • Sodium Guide Star Dye Laser used at the MMT
    (W. T. Roberts, Jr., T. Martinez, and J. R. P. Angel)
    p. 86-91.
  • Sodium Guidestar Lasers Based on Solid-State Raman Lasers
    (James T. Murray, Richard C. Powell, William L. Austin, William T. Roberts, Jr., J. Roger P. Angel, Chris T. Shelton, and David G. Sandler)
    p. 99-104.
  • Proc. SPIE conference on
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    eds. R. K. Tyson and R. Q. Fugate
    3126, San Diego, July 30, 1997.
  • Final Review of Adaptive Optics Results from the Pre-conversion MMT
    (M. Lloyd-Hart, R. Angel, T. Groesbeck, P. McGuire, D. Sandler, D. McCarthy, T. Martinez, B. Jacobsen, T. Roberts, P. Hinz, J. Ge, B. McLeod, G. Brusa, K. Hege, and E. Hooper)
    p. 44-54.
  • The 6.5m MMT Laser-guided Adaptive Optics System: Overview and Progress Report II
    (Chris Shelton, Michael Lloyd-Hart, Roger Angel, and David Sandler)
    p. 2-7.
  • Adaptive Optics Spectroscopy: Preliminary Theoretical Results
    (Jian Ge, Roger Angel, David Sandler, Chris Shelton, Don McCarthy, Jim Burge)
    p. 343-354.
  • Fabrication of Ultra Thin Mirrors for Adaptive and Space Optics
    (Steve Miller, Roger Angel, Buddy Martin, John Kapp, Dean Ketelsen, and Lee Dettmann)
    p. 391-396.
  • Final prototype design for the adaptive secondary mirror of the 6.5-m MMT
    (D. G. Burns, T. K. Barrett, T. J. Brinkley, D. Goyena, D. G. Sandler, H. M. Martin, G. Brusa, and J. R. P. Angel)
    p. 164-172.
  • Laser-based adaptive optics system for the 6.5 m MMT
    (M. Lloyd-Hart, D. G. Sandler, and J. R. P. Angel)
    Proc. ESO Workshop on Laser Technology and Laser Guide Star for Adaptive Optics Astronomy, 28-33, Garching, 1997.
  • Mesosphere sodium column density and the sodium laser guide star brightness
    (J. Ge, J.R.P. Angel, B.D. Jacobsen, T. Roberts, T. Martinez, W. Livingston, B. McLeod, M. Lloyd-Hart, P. McGuire, and R. Noyes)
    Proc. ESO workshop on Laser Technology for Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics, Garching, in press
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Conference Proceedings

1996

  • Planet Finder Options II: The Development of Methods for Seeing External Planet Radiation
    (N.J. Woolf)
    Published in the Proceedings of the Workshop on Infrared Space Interferometry, Toledo, Spain, March, 1996.
  • Next Generation Space Telescope: a Monolithic Mirror Candidate
    (J.R.P. Angel, B. Martin, D. Sandler, N. Woolf, P. Bely, P. Benvenuti, R. Frosbury, R. Laurence, J. Crocker, R. Giancconi)
    Proc. SPIE on Space Telescopes and Instruments IV, 2807, 354-356, eds. P.Bely and J.B. Breckinridge, Denver, CO, 1996.
  • Planet Finder Options III: Focal Plane Instrumentation and Adjustment
    (N. J. Woolf, J. R. P. Angel, J. M. Burge)
    To be published in the Proceedings of the Workshop of Infrared Space Interferometry, Toledo, Spain, March 1996.
  • An Optical Ultrahigh Resolution Spectrograph for Use with Adaptive Optics
    (J. Ge, B. Jacobsen, J. R. P. Angel, N. Woolf, J. H. Black, M. Lloyd-Hart, R. Q. Fugate, and P. Gray)
    Adaptive Optics OSA Technical Digest Series, 23, 122-124 1996.
  • Next Generation Space Telescope: a Monolithic Mirror Candidate
    (J. R. P. Angel, B. Martin, D. Sandler, N. Woolf, P. Bely, P. Benvenuti, R. Frosbury, R. Laurence, J. Crocker, R. Giancconi)
    Proc. SPIE on Space Telescopes and Instruments IV, 2807, 354-356, eds. P. Bely and J. B. Breckinridge, Denver, CO, 1996.
  • Workshop on Optical/Infrared Interferometry and Adaptive Optics, in honor of Charles H. Townes for his 80th birthday
    (January 25-27, 1996)
    Adaptive Optics Results from Tucson
    D. McCarthy
  • Scientific Prospects for Interferometry and Adaptive Optics to Investigate Extra-solar Planetary Systems
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    R. Angel, N. Woolf, and D. Sandler
  • Optical Telescopes of Today and Tomorrow
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    Landskrona/Hven
    SPIE Proceedings, 2871, Sweden(May 29-June 2, 1996)
  • Design of the 6.5 m MMT adaptive optics system, and results from its prototype system FASTTRAC II
    (M. Lloyd-Hart, R. Angel, T.D. Groesbeck, T. Martinez, B.P. Jacobsen, and D. Sandler)
    pp. 880-889
  • MMT Adaptive Secondary Mirror Prototype Performance
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    D. Bruns, T. Barrett, D. Sandler, H. Martin, and G. Brusa
    pp. 890-896
  • Direct Imaging of Extra-Solar Planets from the Ground using Adaptive Optics
    (D.G. Sandler, J.R.P. Angel)
    ibid, 842-849
  • Detection and Spectroscopy of Exo-planets Like Earth
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    R. Angel, J. Burge, T.D. Groesbeck, T. Martiney, B.P. Jacobsen, and N. Woolf
    pp. 516-519
  • Adaptive Optics
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    Optical Society of America meeting July 8-12, 1996, Maui. Proceedings appear in Adaptive Optics, 1996 OSA Technical Digest Series vol. 13.
  • Review of Large Telescope Adaptive Optics Systems
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    D. Sandler
    p. 2.
  • Progress Toward the 6.5m MMT Infrared Adaptive Optics System
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    M. Lloyd-Hart, R. Angel, D. Sandler, P. Salinari, D. Bruns, and T. Barrett
    p. 28.
  • Sodium Laser Guide Star Observations with FASTTRAC II
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    T. Groesbeck, M. Lloyd-Hart, R. Angel, D. McCarthy, G. Brusa, P. Gray, B. McLeod, S. Mohanty, T. Martinez, B. Jacobsen, D. Wittman, P. Ryan, D. Bruns, and D. Sandler
    p. 31.
  • Five-order adaptive optics for meter-class telescopes
    (Donald G. Burns)
    p.63
  • Halo Properties and Their Influence on Companion Searches at the Starfire Optical Range
    ()
    P. Ryan, R. Angel, D. McCarthy, L. Close, S. Mohanty, and R. Fugate
    p. 118.
  • An Optical Ultrahigh Resolution Spectrograph for Use with Adaptive Optics
    ()
    J. Ge, B. Jacobsen. Angel, N. Woolf, J. Black, M. Lloyd-Hart, P. Gray, and R. Fugate
    p. 122.
  • Post-processing of adaptive optics images: Blind deconvolution analysis
    (Julian C. Christou, E. Keith Hege, Stuart M. Jefferies)
    p.130.
  • Wavefront Control Optimization Using Adaptive Filters
    ()
    M. Lloyd-Hart and T. Rhoadarmer
    p. 268.
  • Status of the Design of an Adaptive Secondary for the 6.5m Conversion of the MMT Telescope
    ()
    G. Brusa, P. Gray, C. Del Vecchio, P. Salinari, and W. Gallieni
    p. 273
  • Searching for Brown Dwarfs and Extra-solar Planets from the Ground Using Adaptive Optics
    ()
    D. Sandler, S. Stahl, and R. Angel
    p. 300.
  • Adaptive Secondary Development
    ()
    D. Bruns, T. Barrett, G. Brusa, R. Biasi, and D. Gallieni
    p. 302.
  • The Spatial and Color Distribution of Supergiants in M33
    (D. Wittman, M. Rieke, and D. McCarthy)
    Bull. AAS, 1996, 28, 837.
    Presented at the 188th meeting of the AAS in Madison:
  • Prototype Very High Resolution Spectrograph with Adaptive Optics
    (J. Ge, J.R.P. Angel, B. Jacobsen, N. Woolf, J.H. Black, M. Lloyd-Hart, P. Gray, and R. Fugate)
    Bull. AAS, 1996, 28, 905.
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Conference Proceedings

1995

  • Anaxagoras and the Scientist/Laity Interaction
    (N.J. Woolf)
    Vistas in Astronomy, #39, 699-709, 1995.
  • method for optimizing closed-loop adaptive optics wavefront reconstruction algorithms on the basis of experimentally measured performance data
    (T.A. Rhoadarmer and B.L. Ellerbroek)
    Adaptive Optical Systems and Applications, ed. R.K. Tyson and R.Q. Fugate, Proc. SPIE 2534, 213-225, 1995.
  • "Adaptive Optics System for the 6.5m MMT,"
    (October 2-6, 1995, Technical University of Munich, Garching, Germany)
    D. G. Sandler, M. Lloyd-Hart, T. Martinez, P. Gray, T. Groesbeck, R. Angel, T. Barrett, D. Bruns, and S. Stahl
    pp. 49-54.
  • "Force-Actuated Adaptive Secondary Mirror Prototype,"
    ()
    D. D. Bruns, T. K. Barrett, D. G. Sandler, H. M. Martin, G. Brusa, D. Modisett, R. Angel, R. Biasi, D. Gallieni, and P. Salinari
    pp. 251-256.
  • An Introduction to FASTTRAC II and the Latest Results from FASTTRAC I: 0.2-arcsec Imaging of the Galactic Center
    (L. Close, D. McCarthy, G. Brusa, M. Lloyd-Hart, R. Angel, P. Gray, B. McLeod, T. Groesbeck, D. Wittman, P. Ryan, T. Martinez, J. Hughes, M. Cheselka, B. Jacobsen, D. Bruns, and D. Sandler)
    OSA/ESO Conference in Garching on Adaptive Optics, October, 1995.
  • "High Accuracy Capacitive Displacement Transducer for the Position Local Control Loops at the Adaptive Secondary,"
    ()
    V. Biliotti, R. Biasi, G. Brusa, D. Gallieni, R. Spairani, and R. Aiello
    pp. 213-219.
  • "Control Law Design for Electromagnetic Actuators at the Secondary Mirror,"
    ()
    R. Biasi, D. Gallieni, and P. Mantegazza
    pp. 221-227.
  • "Preliminary Mechanical Design of an Adaptive Secondary Unit for the MMT-Conversion Telescope,"
    ()
    C. Del Vecchio, W. Gallieni, P. Salinari, and P. M. Gray
    pp. 243-249.
  • Spatio-Temporal Prediction for Adaptive Optics Wavefront Reconstructors
    (M. Lloyd-Hart and P. McGuire)
    pp. 95-101.
  • "Imaging Exoplanets with the 6.5 m MMT and Magellan Telescopes,"
    (D. Sandler, R. Angel, P. Ryan, and S. Stahl)
  • "Techniques for Optical Fabrication of a 2-mm-thick Adaptive Secondary Mirror,"
    ()
    H. M. Martin and D. S. Anderson
  • "New Wavefront Reconstructor for the MMT Adaptive Secondary,"
    ()
    S. M. Stahl and T. K. Barrett

  • (P.M. Gray, M. Lloyd-Hart, J.R.P. Angel, D. McCarthy, D. Sandler, T. Martinez, L.M. Close, G. Brusa, D. Bruns, B. McLeod, P.T. Ryan, T. Groesbeck, D. Wittman, B.P. Jacobsen, J. Hughes, M. Hunten, and M. Cheselka)
    Proc. SPIE Conference on Adaptive Optical Systems and Applications, 2534, 2-16, Ed R.K. Tyson and R.Q. Fugate, 1995.
  • The 6.5m MMT Infrared Adaptive Optics System: Detailed Design and Progress Report
    (D. G. Sandler, M. Lloyd-Hart, T. Martinez, P. Gray, R. Angel, T. Barrett, D. Bruns, and S. Stahl)
    ibid, p. 372.
  • Adaptive Optics System for Direct Imaging of Extra-Solar Planets from the Ground
    (D.G. Sandler, S. Stahl, and J.R.P. Angel)
    ibid, p. 378.
  • High Resolution Spectroscopy with an Adaptive Optics Telescope
    (N. Woolf, R. Angel, J. Black, J. Ge, B. Jacobsen, M. Lloyd-Hart, and R. Fugate)
    ibid.
  • An Adaptive Beam-combining Mirror for the Multiple Mirror Telescope
    (L. Close, G. Brusa, D. Bruns, D. McCarthy, and M. Lloyd-Hart)
    p. 105.
  • Design Analysis and Simulations for the Multiple Mirror Telescope's Infrared Adaptive Optics System
    (T. D. Groesbeck, S. M. Stahl, and D. G. Sandler)
    p. 17
  • Techniques for Optical Fabrication of a 2-mm Thick Adaptive Secondary Mirror
    (H. M. Martin and D. S. Anderson)
    p. 134.
  • Design and Prototype Tests of an Adaptive Secondary Mirror for the New 6.5m Single Mirror MMT
    (D. Bruns, D. G. Sandler, H. M. Martin, and G. Brusa)
    p. 130.
  • Optical Measurements of a Prototype Adaptive-Optic Secondary Mirror
    (D. Modisett and H. M. Martin)
    p. 140.
  • Real-time Reconstructor for Adaptive Secondary Control of the 6.5m Single-Mirror MMT
    (S. M. Stahl, T. K. Barrett, and D.G. Sandler)
    p. 206.
  • Presented at the SPIE Conference on Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization
    (San Diego July 1995)
    volume 2537 of SPIE Proceedings, Editor: J.M. Sasian
  • Single-Exposure, Wide-Wavelength Coverage Echelle Spectrograph
    (P. Ryan and R. Angel)
    Proc. SPIE Conference on Novel Optical Systems Design and Optimization, 2537, 129-138, Ed J.M. Sasian, 1995.
  • Astigmatic-Waist TEM00-Output Dye Laser Design
    (T. Martinez and R. Angel)
    ibid, 316-320
  • SPIE Conference on Novel Optical Aperture Synthesis
    (San Diego July 1995)
    volume 2566B of SPIE Proceedings, Editors: N. Clark and J.D. Gonglewski
  • Simulation of Aperture Synthesis with the Large Binocular Telescope
    (E.K. Hege, J.R.P Angel, M. Cheselka, and M. Lloyd-Hart)
    Proc. SPIE Conference on Optical Aperture Synthesis, 2566B, 144-155, Ed. J.D. Gonglewski, 1995.
  • Speckle deconvolution imaging using an iterative algorithm
    (J.C. Christou, E.K. Hege, and S.M. Jefferies)
    Proc. SPIE, vol. 2566, p. 134-143.
  • FASTTRAC II near-IR Adaptive Optics System for the Multiple Mirror Telescope: Description & Preliminary Results
    (P. M. Gray, M. Lloyd-Hart, J. R. P. Angel, D. W. McCarthy, Jr., D. G. Sandler, T. Martinez, L. M. Close, G. Brusa, D. G. Bruns, B. A. McLeod, P. T. Ryan, T. D. Groesbeck, D. M. Wittman, B. P. Jacobsen, J. M. Hughes, M. Hunten, and M. Cheselka)
    Proc. SPIE Conference on Adaptive Optical Systems and Applications, ed. R. K. Tyson & R. Q. Fugate, 2534, 2-16, San Diego, 1995.
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Conference Proceedings

1994

  • Millimeter and Submm-Interferometry on Mt. Graham, Arizona
    (J.H. Bieging, R.N. Martin, C. Walker, J.R.P. Angel, J.M. Hill, N.J. Woolf, J.W.M. Baars)
    Astronomy with millimeter and submillimeter wave interferometry, IAU Colloquilum, #140, 426-427, 1994
  • An Adaptive Steerable Imaging Array
    (E.K. Hege, J.R.P. Angel, A.D. Gleckler, K.P. Pflibsen and B.L. Ulich)
    IAU Symposium No. 158, Very High Angular Resolution Imaging, ed. W.J. Tango, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1994, p167-169.
  • Close companions to T Tauri stars: Abundant and Perturbing
    (A. M. Ghez, D. W. McCarthy, A. J. Weinberger, G. Neugebauer, and K. Matthews)
    in "Interacting Binary Stars", ASP Proceedings, ed. A. Shafter, 1994, in press.
  • Near Infrared Speckle Imaging Study of T Tauri Stars: Orbital Motion
    (A. M. Ghez, D. W. McCarthy, A. J. Weinberger, G. Neugebauer, and K. Matthews)
    Infrared Astronomy with Arrays: The Next Generation, ed. I. S. McLean, 1994, in press.
  • Application of Machine Learning to Real-Time Removal of Atmospheric Blurring of Astronomical Images
    (M. Lloyd-Hart)
    Proc. Eighth Yale Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems, ed. K. S. Narendra, 1994, 162- 167.
  • Application of Multi-frame Iterative Blind Deconvolution for Diverse Astronomical Imaging
    (J. C. Christou, S. M. Jefferies, E. K. Hege and C. U. Keller)
    Proc. SPIE Conference on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 'Amplitude and Spatial Interferometry,' 1994, 2200, p433-444.
  • Atmospheric Limitations on Speckle Astrometry with Large Telescopes
    (R. Dekany, M. Cheselka, K. Hege, and R. Angel)
    Proc. SPIE Conference on Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation for the 21st Century, 'Amplitude and Spatial Interferometry,scope (D. Sandler, S. Stahl, J.R.P. Angel, and M. Lloyd-Hart) ibid, 407-413.
  • First Light on an Edge-Matched Segmented Adaptive Mirror at McMath Telescope
    (A. D. Gleckler, R. Angel, D. McCarthy, P. Wizinowich, B. Ulich, and K. Pflibsen)
    ibid, 394-406.
  • Optimization of Wavefront Sensors for the Highest Accuracy and Sensitivity
    (J.R.P. Angel)
    Proc. NATO Advanced Study Institute on Adaptive Optics for Astronomy, eds. D. Alloin, and J-M. Mariott, Cargese, 1993, published as NATO series C, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 139-147, The Netherlands 1994.
  • Casting 6.5 Meter Mirrors for the MMT Conversion and Magellan
    (B. Olbert, J.R.P. Angel, J.M. Hill, and S.F. Hinman)
    Proc. SPIE Conference on Advanced Technology Optical Telescopes V, 2199, Kona, Havaii, 144-155, 1994.
  • Design of an Echelle Spectrograph Without Knobs
    (P. Ryan and J. R. P. Angel)
    Bull. AAS, 1994, 26, 1322.
  • Stellar Spectroscopy and Adaptive Optics
    (N. Woolf, J. R. P. Angel, and J. Black)
    Bull. AAS, 1994, 26, 1374.
  • High Accuracy Stellar Wavefront Sensing with a Zernike Interferometer
    (B. Jacobsen and J. R. P. Angel)
    Bull. AAS, 1994, 26, 1373.
  • Search for Planets of Nearby Stars by Direct Imaging from the Ground
    (J. R. P. Angel, N. Woolf, D. McCarthy, M. Lloyd-Hart, D. Sandler, R. Q. Fugate, J. I. Lunine)
    Bull. AAS, 1994, 26, 1373.
  • FASTTRAC I: A High Resolution Infrared Tip-Tilt Imager
    (L. M. Close, D. Wittman, D. W. McCarthy, and M. Rieke)
    Bull. AAS, 1994, 26, 1373.
  • Large Post-Great Observatory IR/visual Space Telescope
    (H. Thronson, J. Bilbro, J. Mather, R. Capps, R. Angel, P. Stockman)
    Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, No. 4, Vol. 27, 1995, p.1383.
  • Direct Detection of Extra-Solar Planets and their systems
    (N.J. Woolf)
    ibid, p.1416.
  • Adaptive Optics development at the MMT: Exo-planets to Protogalaxies
    (Roger Angel)
    ibid, p.1423.
  • Measurement of Focus and Off-Axis Anisoplanatism using a Sodium Resonance Beacon and Binary Stars
    (M. Lloyd-Hart, B. Jacobsen, R. Angel, R. Dekany, B. Carter, W. Wild, E. Kibblewhite, and J. Beletic)
    Proc. SPIE Conference on Adaptive Optics in Astronomy, ed. F. Merkle, 2201, 284-294, Kona, 1994.
  • Preliminary Closed-Loop Results from an Adaptive Optics System using a Sodium Resonance Guide Star
    (M. Lloyd-Hart, R. Angel, B. Jacobsen, D. Wittman, D. McCarthy, E. Kibblewhite, B. Carter, and W. Wild)
    ibid, 364-372
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Conference Proceedings

1993

  • An Adaptive Steerable Imaging Array
    (E.K. Hege, J.R.P. Angel, A.D. Gleckler, K.P. Pflibsen & B.L. Ulich)
    Proc. SPIE Conference on Digital Image Recovery and Synthesis II, 2029, ed. P.S. Idell, 354-368, 1993.
  • Laser Guide Star Adaptive Optics at the Multiple Mirror Telescope
    (B. Jacobsen, R. Angel, M. Lloyd-Hart, D. Wittman, B. Carter, E. Kibblewhite, W. Wild, and J. Beletic)
    Proc. ASP Conference on Adaptive Optics for Large Telescopes, San Diego, 1993.
  • Adaptive Optics for Diffraction-Limited Imaging with 8 m Telescope
    (D. Sandler, S. Stahl, R. Angel, M. Lloyd-Hart, D. McCarthy)
    Proc. ICO-16 Satellite Conference on Active and Adaptive Optics, ed. F. Merkle, Garching, 2-5 August 1993, 509-514.
  • Preliminary Results from a Closed-Loop Adaptive Optics System using a Sodium Laser Guide Star at the Multiple Mirror Telescope
    (M. Lloyd-Hart, R. Angel, B. Jacobsen, D. Wittman, E. Kibblewhite, B. Carter, W. Wild, and J. Beletic)
    Proc. ICO-16 Satellite Conference on Active and Adaptive Optics, ed. F. Merkle, Garching, 2-5 August 1993, 95-100.  
  • Sodium Beacons Used for Adaptive Optics on the Multiple Mirror Telescope
    (B. Carter, E. Kibblewhite, W. Wild, R. Angel, M. Lloyd-Hart, J. Jacobsen, D. Wittman, and J. Beletic)
    Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Summer Institute on Adaptive Optics for Astronomy, ed. D. M. Alloin & J. M. Mariotti, 1993, 205-210.
  • Searching for Planets by Differential Astrometry with Large Telescopes
    (R. Dekany, R. Angel, K. Hege and D. Wittman)
    In Planetary Systems: Formation, Evolution and Detection, presented in Pasadena 1992, 1994, 212, 299-319. (Astrophysics and Space Science, 212, 299-319.)
  • Point Spread Function Calibration of Dilute Aperture Imagery
    (E. K. Hege, M. Cheselka, R. Dekany, and D. Colucci)
    Proc. SPIE Conference on Digital Image Recovery and Synthesis, 1993, 2029, Ed. P. Idell, 321-329.
  • Infrared Imaging Using a Tip-Tilt Secondary Mirror
    (L. M. Close and D. W. McCarthy)
    Proc. SPIE Conference on Active and Adaptive Optical Components and Systems II, 1993, 1920, 353-363.
  • Diffraction-Limited K-band Imaging at the Multiple Mirror Telescope with Adaptive Optics
    (M. Lloyd-Hart, D. Colucci, D. Wittman, B. McLeod, A. Ghez, D. McCarthy, R. Dekany, and R. Angel)
    Proc. SPIE Conference on Active and Adaptive Optical Components and Systems II, ed. M.A. Ealey, 1920, 388-347, Albuquerque, 1993.
  • Noise Analysis of Interferometric Piston Phasing for Adaptive Optics with Dilute Pupil Telescopes
    (R. Dekany, M. Lloyd-Hart, D. Sandler, and R. Angel)
    ibid, 277-285.
  • Observation and Interpretation of a Near Infrared Spot Feature on Uranus
    (W. Wild, B. Carter, E. Kibblewhite, D. Wittman, M. Lloyd-Hart, R. Angel, and K. Baines)
    Bull. AAS, 1993, 25, 1078.
  • Observations of a Dark Spot on Uranus IAU Circular
    ()
    5820, June 24, 1993.
  • High Resolution Imaging with Adaptive Optics at the Multiple Mirror Telescope
    (M. Lloyd-Hart, B. McLeod, D. Wittman, D. Colucci, D. McCarthy, R. Angel, and R. Dekany)
    Bull. AAS, 1993, 24, 1240.
  • The Performance of Partial Adaptive Correction at the MMT
    (J. Christou and D. McCarthy)
    Bull. AAS, 1993, 24, 1241.
  • Infrared Imaging Using a Prototype Adaptive Secondary Mirror for Rapid Tip-tilt Correction
    (D. McCarthy and L. Close)
    Bull. AAS, 1993, 24, 1240.
  • What Color is Black? Multi-band Photometry at the Location of the Black Hole Candidate Sgr A*
    (L. Close, D. McCarthy, J. Christou, and F