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Four projects exploiting Multi Conjugate Adaptive Optics with Layer-Oriented wavefront sensing technique are being developed by our group in this period. The purpose of these projects is, in some cases, to give experimental evidence to the Layer-Oriented concept, developed in the last few years. In some other cases, to build real facilities to be used in 8-m class telescopes, like VLT in Chile or LBT in Arizona. A brief description of these project will be given while indeed an analysis of the possible scientific outcome which can be obtained when reaching diffraction limit images in the near infrared using MCAO will be performed.
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Lombini, M. et al. (2007). Layer-Oriented MCAO Projects for 8-m Class Telescopes and Possible Scientific Outcome. In: Lobanov, A.P., Zensus, J.A., Cesarsky, C., Diamond, P.J. (eds) Exploring the Cosmic Frontier. ESO Astrophysics Symposia European Southern Observatory. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39756-4_15
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