Modeling, Systems Engineering, and Project Management for Astronomy III

by Angeli, George Z.; Cullum, Martin J.

• ISBN13: 9780819472274
• ISBN10: 0819472271
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-07-22
• Publisher: Society of Photo Optical

Summary

Proceedings of SPIE present the original research papers presented at SPIE conferences and other high-quality conferences in the broad-ranging fields of optics and photonics. These books provide prompt access to the latest innovations in research and technology in their respective fields. Proceedings of SPIE are among the most cited references in patent literature.

Table of Contents

High redshift galaxy surveys

ATST systems engineering: project update and lessons learned

Systems engineering for the preliminary design of the Thirty Meter Telescope

An integrated systems approach for the modeling of infrared instruments for the next generation telescopes

Efficiency evaluation of proposed EAGLE target acquisition systems

Management of optical interfaces in the VLT KMOS instrument

System engineering and management in a large and diverse multinational consortium

James Webb Space Telescope Mid-Infrared Instrument cooler systems engineering

Unique integration and test philosophy for the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer flight system

Alignment of two mirror astronomical telescopes (the astigmatic component)

LOTIS at completion of Collimator integration

Organisation and management of the ALMA project

Managing a big ground-based astronomy project: the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) project

Cost scaling of finely segmented filled aperture large telescope observatories: a TMT study

The SPHERE exoplanet imager: a new management paradigm?

Development of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission

Management in a U.S./European partnership: the MIRI instrument on JWST

Wind turbulence structure inside telescope enclosures

Initial design factors and airflow analysis for the LSST enclosure

Advances in aerothermal modeling for TMT

Dome and mirror seeing estimates for the Thirty Meter Telescope

An integrated model of the European Extremely Large Telescope

Analysis of Normalized Point Source Sensitivity as a performance metric for the Thirty Meter Telescope

High-resolution optical modeling of the Thirty Meter Telescope for systematic performance trades

Monte Carlo simulation framework for TMT

Dynamic analysis of TMT

Optical modeling activities for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST): Part V. Operational alignment updates

The ESA-developed NIRSpec performance simulator

The JWST/NIRSpec instrument performance simulator

Numerical simulation of the VLT/MUSE instrument

Integrated modeling for the GPi flexure sensitive structure

Simulation of the Planck-HFI thermal control system

Analysis of TMT primary mirror control-structure interaction

Thermal performance prediction of the TMT optics

X-shooter near infra-red spectrograph cryogenic design

Modeling temperature-induced surface distortions in the MMTO 6.5 meter primary mirror

Advanced Technology Solar Telescope lower enclosure thermal system

Spatial Nyquist fidelity method for structural models of opto-mechanical systems

The ALMA Band 3 (84-116 GHz) receiver production plan

Thirty Meter Telescope cost estimating process

Tonantzintla's Observatory Astronomy Teaching Laboratory project

FRACTAL Systems & Project suite: engineering tools for improving development and operation of the systems

The image quality error budget for the VST telescope

Exploring model based engineering for large telescopes: getting started with descriptive models

System definition of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM)

Enola Gay: an integrated modelling optical toolbox applied to a wide-field telescope

Simulation model of FAST focus cabin for pointing accuracy analysis

System architectural design of multiwavelength data mining

Integrated thermal disturbance analysis of optical system of astronomical telescope

Modeling large deformable mirrors

Advanced 2D spectroscopic predicted data

Filling the gap between FEM and control simulations in telescope projects

Earthquake safety system design for a telescope primary mirror

Implementation of differential wavefront sampling in optical alignment of pupil-segmented telescope systems

Aspects of error budgeting for coronagraphic differential imaging: effects of dust and cosmetic errors

Autonomous high dynamic range phase unwrapping

Analysis of the spectral surface radiance by using the surface BRDF and the atmospheric transmission effects

Finite element analysis of TMT vibrations transmitted through Telescope-Enclosure-Soil Interaction

Modeling of a large deformable mirror for future E-ELT

Author Index

Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.