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2004 Michelson Summer School

Gliese 229B discovery image from the Palomar 60 Adaptive Optics Coronograph.California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 
July 20-23, 2004


WEDNESDAY

Opening Comments - G. van Belle (Michelson Science Center)

INTRODUCTION TO HIGH-CONTRAST IMAGING

Introduction to Coronagraph Optics -  W. Traub (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

Introduction to Fourier Optics – R. Allen (Space Telescope Science Institute)

ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE CONSIDERATIONS

Wavefront Estimation & Control:  Space – J. Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Wavefront Estimation & Control:  Ground – D. Gavel (UCO/Lick Observatory)

Scientific Objectives of High Contrast Imaging – K. Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

THURSDAY

KEY CORONAGRAPH TYPES

Key Types Introduction – W. Traub (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

Image Plane Coronagraphs – A. Sivaramakrishnan (Space Telescope Science Institute)

Pupil Plane Coronagraphs – J. Kasdin (Princeton University)

Pupil Mapping & Densification Coronagraphs – O. Guyon (Subaru Telescope)

Nulling Coronagraphs –  B. Lane (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

Phase Mask Coronagraphs – R. Soummer (Space Telescope Science Institute)

GROUND-BASED CORONAGRAPHS

Companion Searches – J-L. Beuzit (Laboratoire d’Astrophysique Observatoire de Grenoble)


FRIDAY

GROUND-BASED CORONAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT

Coronagraphic Spectroscopy – B. Woodgate (NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center)

Additional Coronagraphic Science – B. Oppenheimer (American Museum of Natural History)

10-6, 10-8, and 10-10 Issues– R. Dekany (California Institute of Technology) & B. Macintosh (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory)

SPACE-BASED CORONAGRAPHS



Hubble Space Telescope Coronagraphs J. Krist (Space Telescope Science Institute)
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Eclipse Coronagraph – J. Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Terrestrial Planet finder-Coronagraph – S. Shaklan (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Concluding Remarks - G. van Belle (Michelson Science Center)



2004 Michelson Interferometry Summer School
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, July 20-23, 2004