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A3 Optical and Radio Part 2

This class was created by Brainscape user Holly Fitzgerald. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Holly Fitzgerald
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Decks in this class (12)

Lecture 1: telescopes
The first telescopes 1,
Types of refracting telescopes 2,
Galilean telescope 3
31  cards
Lecture 2: Diffraction and PSF
Fraunhofer diffraction 1,
Fraunhofer condition 2,
Spatial frequency 3
27  cards
Lecture 3: Optical Transfer Function
Period 1,
Width d where d d_0 2,
Diffracted amplitude 3
53  cards
Lecture 4: Atmospheric Turbulence
Layers of the atmosphere 1,
At 50km pressure has fallen to ar...,
Temperature variations giving ris...
64  cards
Lecture 5: Adaptive Optics
Turbulent cells evolve on longer ...,
Turbulent cells move by its own s...,
Atmospheric time constant or cohe...
25  cards
Lecture 6: Wavefront Sensing & Correction
Active optics compensates for oth...,
Active optics counteracts effect ...,
Active optics acute on 3
40  cards
Lecture 7: Adaptive Optics Errors & Guide Stars
Total residual phase variance is ...,
Wavefront reconstruction 2,
Wavefront reconstruction limited ...
43  cards
Lecture 8: Spectroscopic Instruments
Chemical composition of stellar b...,
Velocity determined from 2,
Doppler shift observed in light f...
36  cards
Lecture 9: Spectroscopic Applications
Grating most efficient when 1,
Solution for grating efficiency 2,
Direct of specular reflection off...
10  cards
Lecture 10: Echelle Spectrograph & Etendue
Spectrum of a particular order is...,
Echelle spectrograph 2,
Cross disperser grating 3
28  cards
Lecture 11: Telescope Design
Cassegrain reflector 1,
Conic sections 2,
Parabolic mirror 3
11  cards
Lecture 12: Revision
Star 1,
Plane parallel waves brought to f...,
Aperture does not cover entire wa...
24  cards

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