Code of Conduct
AIP Technische Projekte für das LBT
Als Partner des LBTs ist das AIP massgeblich an der Entwicklung und den Bau der wissenschaftlichen Instrumente für das Teleskop involviert.
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The AIP has developed and built the so called Acquisition, Guiding and Wavefront sensor units (AGW-units). As the name suggests these units allows the telescope to localize the science field in the sky and to make the telescope closely follow the movements of the targets in the sky (guiding) while keeping the telescope optics optimally aligned (wavefront sensing). Four of these units have been built, two are foreseen to support the use of the LUCIFER instruments and two for the PEPSI polarimeters. |
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The AIP is also involved with the ARGOS project which is a so called laser guide star facility for the telescope. ARGOS will allow the telescope to be used in the so-called adaptive optics mode across much of the sky thus allowing the routine use of this mode for any scientific target. The AIP is developing and building the natural guide star sensor for this system. |
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The AIP is developing a large scientific instrument, namely the the fiber fed, bench mounted, very high spectral resolution spectrograph PEPSI. It will provide a unique polarimetric mode as well as spectral resolution of up to 300.000 in the optical wavelength range. |
