LIQUID MIRROR SURFACE ABERRATIONS .1. WAVE-FRONT ANALYSIS

被引：6

作者：

GIBSON, BK

HICKSON, P

机构：

[1] Dept. of Geophysics and Astronomy, No. 129-2219 Main Mall, University of British Columbia, Vancouver

来源：

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL | 1992年 / 391卷 / 01期

关键词：

TELESCOPES;

D O I：

10.1086/171356

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

Five sources of wavefront aberration for rotating liquid mirrors are investigated: the Earth's curvature, Coriolis force, and gravitational field gradient perpendicular to the mirror surface, symmetry axis misalignment, and lunar tides. Coriolis effects provide the single largest perturbation, introducing correctable astigmatic and pseudocomatic images of up to 10" in diameter for a typical 10 m class mirror. The curvature of the Earth, gravitational field gradient, and lunar tides all have negligible effects on the surface of the liquid mirror. Small axis misalignments do not introduce any wavefront aberration.

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页码：409 / 417

页数：9

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