High-Contrast Observations with an Integral Field Spectrograph

This thesis is comprised of work carried out during the commissioning phase of Project 1640, a combined coronagraph--integral field spectrograph for Palomar Observatory's adaptive optics-equipped 200'' Hale Telescope. I have divided my investigations into three chapters. First, I desc...

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Main Author: Zimmerman, Neil Thomas
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.7916/D8GM8F91