Atmospheric time constant with MASS and FADE

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2011-01-17

arxiv.org/abs/1101.3211v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics

Contribution in conference "Comprehensive characterization of astronomical sites", held October 4-10, 2010, in Kislovodsk, Rus

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The approximate nature of the adaptive-optics time constant measurements with MASS is examined. The calibration coefficient C derived from numerical simulations of polychromatic scintillation shows dependence on the height of the turbulence layer, wind speed, and seeing. The previously recommended value of C=1.27 is a good match to typical conditions, while C can vary from 0.6 to 1.6 in other circumstances. For two nights, MASS was compared with the time constant measured with adaptive optics, and the expected agreement was found. We show that the single-layer approximation used in some AO systems to derive the AO time constant can give wrong results. A better approach is to estimate it from the speed of focus variation (the FADE method). The analysis of the speed of scintillation developed recently by V.~Kornilov will lead to more accurate measurements of the AO time constant with MASS.

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