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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | Astronomy |
| Keywords | Pyramid Wavefront Sensor, Atmospheric Tomography, Mult-layer Adaptive Optics, Laser Guide Stars, Adaptive Optics for Giant Telescopes |
Current contact address
| Country | Italy |
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| City | Padova |
| Institution | Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF) |
| Institute | Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Hans-Walter Rix | Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg |
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| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/11/2001 |
Programme(s)
| 2001 | Wolfgang Paul Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| At the world¹s largest ground-based telescopes, astronomers are increasingly able to cancel out the blurring caused by Earth¹s atmosphere and view the universe almost as sharply as if the telescopes were in outer space. Dr. Roberto Ragazzoni is a leading scientist in this challenging field of adaptive optics and atmospheric tomography. Together with the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie in Heidelberg he will develop and test a multi-conjugate adaptive optics system for the Large Binocular Telescope in which Germany has a 25% share. |