California Association for Research in Astronomy
Who it subcontracts to
No subawards reported under its lunar awards.
Who it works for
DR. ANTONIN BOUCHEZ WILL BE THE INSTITUTIONAL PI AT THE W. M. KECK OBSERVATORY FOR THE PROPOSAL TITLED “KECK OBSERVATORY AS AN HWO TESTBED: VALIDATING WAVEFRONT SENSING AND CONTROL SCHEMES ON A LARGE SEGMENTED APERTURE IN PARALLEL WITH HIGH-CONTRAST SCIENCE”. HE WILL COORDINATE THE WORK, WHICH WILL BE PERFORMED BY DR. MAHAWA CISSÉ. THE TASKS TO BE PERFORMED ARE AS FOLLOWS: • COORDINATE AND OPERATE DAYTIME TESTS ON THE KECK ADAPTIVE OPTICS BENCH • LEAD THE APPLICATIONS FOR ENGINEERING TIME DURING THE DAY OR AT NIGHT • SERVE AS AN EXPERT ON THE KECK ADAPTIVE OPTICS SYSTEMS, ERROR BUDGET, AND HIGH CONTRAST IMAGING OBSERVING • LEAD THE TRANSITION OF THE ZERNIKE WAVEFRONT SENSOR INTO AN OPERATIONAL PHASING TOOL TO BE USED FOR SCIENCE OPERATIONS • SUPPORT INVESTIGATIONS IN THE CURRENT AND FUTURE DESIGNS OF EDGE SENSORS FOR PHASING • HANDS-ON SUPPORT OF THE LASER TRUSS DESIGN, INCLUDING FEASIBILITY STUDIES, MEASUREMENTS, AND TESTS REQUIRED AT THE OBSERVATORY