Documents

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Citations

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The primary references to be cited by users of GeMS are:

"Gemini multiconjugate adaptive optics system review - I. Design, trade-offs and integration ", F. Rigaut et al. [SAO/NASA ADS] [arXiv]

"Gemini multi-conjugate adaptive optics system review II: Commissioning, operation and overall performance ", B. Neichel et al. [SAO/NASA ADS][arXiv]

Another useful reference to cite, in an astrometry-science case, is:

"Astrometric performance of the Gemini multi-conjugate adaptive optics system in crowded fields ", B. Neichel et al. [SAO/NASA ADS][arXiv]

Other useful documents

"Science case for GeMs": The original document from 2000

Publications on GeMS

SPIE 2008

"The Gemini South MCAO laser guide star facility: getting ready for first light" C. D'Orgeville, F. Daruich, G. Arriagada, M. Bec, et al.
"GeMS: Gemini Mcao System: current status and commissioning plans" M. Boccas, F. Rigaut, D. Gratadour, C. D'Orgeville, et al.
"The Gemini MCAO bench: system overview and lab integration" M. Bec, F. Rigaut, R. Galvez, G. Arriagada, et al.
"The Gemini-South MCAO operational model: insights on a new era of telescope operation" G. Trancho, M. Bec, E. Artigau, C. D'Orgeville, et al.

AO4ELT 2009

"A Sample of GeMS Calibrations and Control Schemes" F. Rigaut, B. Neichel, M. Bec, M. Boccas et al.
"Calibration of the MCAO Canopus Bench" A. Garcia-Rissman, F. Rigaut, M. Bec, M. Boccas et al.
"Reconstruction Strategies for GeMS" B. Neichel, F. Rigaut, M. Bec, A. Garcia-Rissman

SPIE 2010

"MYST: a comprehensive high-level AO control tool for GeMS" F. Rigaut, B. Neichel, M. Bec, A. Garcia-Rissman
"The Gemini MCAO System GeMS: nearing the end of a lab-story" B. Neichel, F. Rigaut, M. Bec, M. Boccas et al.

AO4ELT2011

" Gemini South MCAO on-sky results " F. Rigaut et al.
" Gemini Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics (GeMS) Laser Guide Star Facility Commissioning Results" C. D'Orgeville et al.
" Rayleigh scattering, Fratricide effect and spot elongation: first on-sky results with GeMS" B. Neichel et al.
" First results on a Cn2 profiler for GeMS" A. Cortes et al.
" Vibration characterization and mitigation for GeMS" A. Guesalaga et al.

SPIE 2012

" GeMS: first on-sky results "F. Rigaut et al.
" Science Readiness of the Gemini MCAO System: GeMS" B. Neichel et al. ( " power point presentation " )
" Results from the commissioning of the Gemini South Adaptive Optics Imager (GSAOI) at Gemini South Observatory " R. Carrasco et al.
" Gemini South multi-conjugate adaptive optics (GeMS) laser guide star facility on-sky performance results " C. d'Orgeville et al.
" Design of frequency-based controllers for vibration mitigation at the Gemini-South telescope " A. Guesalaga et al.
" Improving stability, robustness and performance of Laser systems " A. Guesalaga et al.
" New results on a Cn2 profiler for GeMS " A. Cortes et al.

AO4ELT 2013

Review of Gemini South Laser Guide Star Facility performance and upgrades, V.Fesquet et al. [SAO/NASA ADS]
GeMS first science results, b.Neichel et al.[SAO/NASA ADS]
Two Pathfinder Tests of High Precision Astrometry On-Sky, M. Ammons et al. [SAO/NASA ADS]
Estimating the reduction of vibrations in MACAO and ALTAIR AO systems using H2 control synthesis, A. Guesalaga [SAO/NASA ADS]
Analysis of the frozen flow assumption using GeMS telemetry data, A. Cortes. [SAO/NASA ADS]
On-sky validation of LIFT on GEMS, C. Plantet [SAO/NASA ADS]
A two deformable-mirror concept to improve the laser efficiency of Gemini South MCAO (GeMS), C. Bechet. [SAO/NASA ADS]
Analysis of fratricide effect observed with GeMS and its relevance for large aperture astronomical telescopes, A. Otorola. [SAO/NASA ADS]
First performance of the GeMS + GMOS system, P.Hibon. [SAO/NASA ADS]
GeMS: from the on-sky experimental system to science operation. The AO point of view, F.Vidal. [SAO/NASA ADS]
Point spread function reconstruction on the Gemini Canopus bench, L.Gilles. [SAO/NASA ADS]

Publications

" Atmospheric turbulence profiling using multiple laser star wavefront sensors " A. Cortes, B. Neichel, A. Guesalaga, J. Osborn, F. Rigaut and D. Guzman, MNRAS, Volume 427, Issue 3, pp. 2089-2099, 2012
" Comparison of vibration mitigation controllers for adaptive optics systems " A. Guesalaga, B. Neichel, F. Rigaut J. Osborn, and D. Guzman, Applied Optics, vol. 51, issue 19, p. 4520, 2012
" Characterization of the sodium layer at Cerro Pachon, and impact on laser guide star performance " ,B. Neichel, C. d'Orgeville, J. Callingham, F. Rigaut, C. Winge and G. Trancho, MNRAS, 429, 3522, 2013
" An upper limit to the sodium layer longitudinal and transversal altitude structure function from MCAO data " ,F. Rigaut, B. Neichel, MNRAS, 83L, 2013
" Cn2 and wind profiler method to quantify the frozen flow decay using wide-field laser guide stars adaptive optics ", A. Guesalaga et al., 2014, accepted in MNRAS. [SAO/NASA ADS] [arXiv]
"Compensation of the null modes by Gemini MCAO" by F. Rigaut
"Methods for correcting tilt anisoplanatism in laser-guide-star-based multiconjugate adaptive optics" by B. Ellerbroek and F. Rigaut.

Press Release

" NGC 2346: A COSMIC BUTTERFLY’S DELICATE WINGS " 9 July 2015
" Gemini Frontier Field: First Data Now Available " 8 September, 2014
" Next-generations Adaptive Optics brings remarkable details to light in stellar nursery " 9th January 2013
" Gemini Video Explains the Next Generation of Adaptive Optics " 3rd April 2012
" Revolutionary Instrument Propels Astronomical Imaging to New Extremes" 5th January 2012
" Special edition of the Gemini Focus June 2011
" GeMS First Light: A New Generation of Adaptive Optics Begins" 17th June 2011
" Gemini South Shines First Sodium Laser “Constellation” " 26th January 2011

Videos

" Correcting atmospheric distortions "
" How does GeMS works "
" The Gemini MCAO system." By R. Perez & C. Corbeaux.