title: Model of image degradation due to wind buffeting on an extremely large telescope.
abstract: A parametric model of wind buffeting on an extremely large telescope with a multipod secondary support is described. The model estimates wave-front errors that are due to wind buffeting on a segmented primary, wind-induced secondary figure and position errors, and primary-mirror deformations caused by wind forces on the secondary support. The approach is based on a Zernike expansion of pressure fluctuations, with simple models of stiffness, resonance, and control. The model shows that wind buffeting on a multipod attached to the primary mirror cell significantly degrades the image quality in a large telescope with a slow primary.
authors.affiliation: California Institute of Technology, MS 105-24, Pasadena, California 91125, USA. spadin@caltech.edu
authors.forename: Stephen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Padin
authors.forename: Warren
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Davison