Computer Science – Performance
Scientific paper
Jul 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010spie.7733e..68r&link_type=abstract
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes III. Edited by Stepp, Larry M.; Gilmozzi, Roberto; Hall, Helen J. Proceedings of the SPIE,
Computer Science
Performance
Scientific paper
The 25-m aperture Cornell Caltech Atacama Telescope (CCAT) will have a primary mirror that is divided into 162 individual segments, each of which is equipped with 3 positioning actuators. This paper presents a mathematical description of the telescope, its actuators and sensors, and uses it to derive control laws for figure maintenance. A Kalman Filter-based Optical State Estimator is used to continuously estimate the aberrations of the telescope; these are used in a state-feedback controller to maintain image quality. This approach provides the means to correct for the optical effects of errors that occur in un-actuated degrees of freedom, such as lateral translations of the segments. The control laws are exercised in Monte Carlo and simulation analysis, to bound the closed-loop performance of the telescope and to conduct control design trades.
Bradford Matt
Kissil Andy
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