LEADER 05383nam 22008535 450 001 9910254624703321 005 20200630032507.0 010 $a3-319-18209-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-319-18209-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000467601 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001558525 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)16184022 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001558525 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)14819067 035 $a(PQKB)10807471 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-319-18209-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6285616 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5587279 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5587279 035 $a(OCoLC)918563818 035 $a(PPN)188461191 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000467601 100 $a20150805d2016 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGeneral Theory of Light Propagation and Imaging Through the Atmosphere /$fby T. Stewart McKechnie 205 $a1st ed. 2016. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Springer,$d2016. 215 $a1 online resource (XXIX, 624 p. 190 illus., 13 illus. in color.) 225 1 $aSpringer Series in Optical Sciences,$x0342-4111 ;$v196 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a3-319-18208-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- Terms, Definitions and Theoretical foundations -- Diffraction -- Wave propagation after scattering by a thin atmospheric layer -- Wave propagation over extended atmospheric paths -- Properties of point-object im ages formed by telescopes -- Properties of point-object im ages formed by telescopes -- Average intensity envelopes of unresolved star images -- Core and halo structure in star images formed by large telescopes -- Statistical properties of stellar speckle patterns -- Star image appear ance for small and large average turbulence structure sizes -- Approximate intensity envelopes for star images formed by telescopes with/without AO -- Telescope optical tolerances and telescope resolution -- Laboratory simulation of im ages formed by large telescopes -- Laser beam propagation and atmospheric path characterization.- Atmospheric isoplanatic angle: Image stabilization and AO image correction. 330 $aThis book lays out a new, general theory of light propagation and imaging through Earth?s turbulent atmosphere. Current theory is based on the ? now widely doubted ? assumption of Kolmogorov turbulence. The new theory is based on a generalized atmosphere, the turbulence characteristics of which can be established, as needed, from readily measurable properties of point-object, or star, images. The pessimistic resolution predictions of Kolmogorov theory led to lax optical tolerance prescriptions for large ground-based astronomical telescopes which were widely adhered to in the 1970s and 1980s. Around 1990, however, it became clear that much better resolution was actually possible, and Kolmogorov tolerance prescriptions were promptly abandoned. Most large telescopes built before 1990 have had their optics upgraded (e.g., the UKIRT instrument) and now achieve, without adaptive optics (AO), almost an order of magnitude better resolution than before. As well as providing a more comprehensive and precise understanding of imaging through the atmosphere with large telescopes (both with and without AO), the new general theory also finds applications in the areas of laser communications and high-energy laser beam propagation. 410 0$aSpringer Series in Optical Sciences,$x0342-4111 ;$v196 606 $aOptics 606 $aElectrodynamics 606 $aPhysical measurements 606 $aMeasurement    606 $aObservations, Astronomical 606 $aAstronomy?Observations 606 $aAtmospheric sciences 606 $aPhysics 606 $aClassical Electrodynamics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P21070 606 $aMeasurement Science and Instrumentation$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P31040 606 $aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22014 606 $aAtmospheric Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G36000 606 $aMathematical Methods in Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P19013 615 0$aOptics. 615 0$aElectrodynamics. 615 0$aPhysical measurements. 615 0$aMeasurement   . 615 0$aObservations, Astronomical. 615 0$aAstronomy?Observations. 615 0$aAtmospheric sciences. 615 0$aPhysics. 615 14$aClassical Electrodynamics. 615 24$aMeasurement Science and Instrumentation. 615 24$aAstronomy, Observations and Techniques. 615 24$aAtmospheric Sciences. 615 24$aMathematical Methods in Physics. 676 $a551.565 700 $aMcKechnie$b T. Stewart$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0805096 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910254624703321 996 $aGeneral Theory of Light Propagation and Imaging Through the Atmosphere$91807582 997 $aUNINA