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SHARK-VIS: the upcoming high-resolution high-contrast visible imager for LBT

18 Settembre 2018 @ 11:45 - 12:45

SHARK-VIS is the visual channel (400-1000 nm) of SHARK, the upcoming extreme-AO instrument for the LBT optimized for high-contrast observations. The project is led by the OAR AO group and the instrument is currently being built at OAR with the first light foreseen in 2019.
SHARK-VIS will provide LBT with unprecedented high-contrast and high-resolution imaging capabilities in the visible band, thanks to both several technical solutions, aimed at optimizing the PSF stability, and its “fast cadence imaging” approach, based on the use of a high-frame-rate low-noise camera exploited by specific custom algorithms. The instrument will produce diffraction-limit images with an angular resolution down to 15 mas and with frame rates up to 1kHz.
In the first part of the talk, instrument details, expected performances, and the project status will be discussed.
In the second part of the presentation, we will present a summary of the main scientific cases for which SHARK-VIS is expected to provide breakthrough results, also considering the simultaneous use of the SHARK-NIR companion instrument (built at OAPd) and LMIRCAM, which will turn LBT into a unique high-resolution facility with continuous wavelength coverage from 0.4 to 3.5 um. Main science cases include identification of accreting planets in star-forming regions, morphology of jets and disks in young stars, characterization of minor bodies of the Solar system, and investigation of the central regions of bright AGNs.

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Data:
18 Settembre 2018
Ora:
11:45 - 12:45
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Oratore

Simone Antoniucci - Fernando Pedichini (INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma)

Luogo

Aula Gratton

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