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Figure 12.1: All the GRIL projects for the next 5 years. Those yet to be decided are indicated as ”under
discussion”. Note that GRIL will not get involved in all of them (see text). See also caption of Figure 10.1
OPTIONAL PROJECTS
Following the opportunities that will appear in the next years, the LAOG could participate in the projects
presented below depending on the conditions and possibilities.
Interferometric telescopes AO equipment Equipping with AO systems the small telescopes used, for
instance, in large interferometers is in discussion. Observations with the VLTI AT would benefit from it and a
similar need is invoqued for CHARA. These needs may be covered by low-cost AO systems that are still to be
designed. In the event where the LAOG would start a full AO system development, we would establish a link
with these partners in order to try collaborating on this matter.
AO equipment for ELT Another direction in the longer range is a participation to the AO equipment
of ELT by providing micro-mirrors components and possibly other sub-systems of these probably large and
complex systems. AO might be employed here not only for turbulence-degraded PSF correction but also for
instrumental phase errors correction. Our involvement will largely depend on the success of R&D planned in
the JRA1 and on the conceptual view emerging from the starting studies.
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