Grant West
University of Arizona
8 Papers
4 Citations
Grant West is an academic researcher from University of Arizona. The author has contributed to research in topics: Adaptive optics & Wavefront. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 5 publications.
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Development and status of MAPS, the MMT AO exoPlanet characterization system
Katie M. Morzinski,Manny Montoya,C. Fellows,Olivier Durney,John Ford,Grant West,Andrew Gardner,Amali Vaz,Narsireddy Anugu,Emily Mailhot,Jared Carlson,Lori Harrison,Frank Gacon,E. Downey,Philip Hinz,Terry J. Jones,J. Patience,Suresh Sivanandam,Shaojie Chen,Masen Lamb,Adam Butko,Siqi Liu,Tim Hardy,Buell T. Jannuzi +23 more
- 13 Dec 2020
TL;DR: In this paper, the adaptive-secondary mirror (ASM)-based AO system on the 6.5m MMT in Arizona was updated and refurbished for exoplanet characterization.
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Laboratory testing and calibration of the upgraded MMT adaptive secondary mirror
Amali Vaz,Katie M. Morzinski,Manny Montoya,C. Fellows,John Ford,Andrew Gardner,Olivier Durney,Grant West,Lori Harrison,Frank Gacon,E. Downey,Jared Carlson,Emily Mailhot,Narsireddy Anugu,Buell T. Jannuzi,P. Hinz +15 more
- 13 Dec 2020
TL;DR: The laboratory testing and calibration of one MAPS component: the refurbished MMT adaptive secondary mirror (ASM), which includes a complete redesign of electronics and actuators, including simplified hub-level electronics and digital electronics incorporated into the actuators themselves.
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Design and development of a high-speed visible pyramid wavefront sensor for the MMT AO system
Narsireddy Anugu,Olivier Durney,Katie M. Morzinski,P. Hinz,Suresh Sivanandam,Jared R. Males,Andrew K. Gardner,C. Fellows,Manny Montoya,Grant West,Amali Vaz,Emily Mailhot,Jared Carlson,Shaojie Chen,Masen Lamb,Adam Butko,E. Downey,Jacob Tyler,Buell T. Jannuzi +18 more
- 13 Dec 2020
TL;DR: The design and development of the visible pyramid wavefront sensor, VPWFS is presented, which consists of an acquisition camera, a fast-steering tip-tilt modulation mirror, a pyramid, a pupil imaging triplet lens, and a low noise and high-speed frame rate based CCID75 camera.
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Status update for MAPS, the MMT AO exoPlanet characterization System
Manny Montoya,Katie M. Morzinski,Olivier Durney,Andrew John Gardner,Emily Mailhot,Danilo Vargas,Amali Vaz,Grant West,Jennifer Patience,Buell T. Jannuzi,Narsireddy Anugu,Jared Carlson,K. Chapman,Shaojie Chen,C. Fellows,L. Harrison,Terry J. Jones,Craig Kulesa,Masen Lamb,Siqi Liu,Donald W. McCarthy,Suresh Sivanandam,Jacob M. Taylor +22 more
- 29 Aug 2022
TL;DR: The MMT Adaptive Optics exoPlanet characterization System (MAPS) as mentioned in this paper is an exoplanet characterization program that encompasses instrument development, observational science, and education, which is approaching first light, anticipated for Summer/Fall of 2022.
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The MAPS adaptive secondary mirror: first light, laboratory work, and achievements
Jesse A. Johnson,Amali Vaz,Manny Montoya,Narsireddy Anugu,Cameron Ard,Jared Carlson,Kimberly Chapman,Olivier Durney,Chuck Fellows,Andrew John Gardner,O. Guyon,Buell T. Jannuzi,Ron Jones,Craig Kulesa,Joseph Long,Eden McEwen,Jared R. Males,Emily Mailhot,Jorge Sanchez,Suresh Sivanandam,Robin Swanson,Jacob Taylor,Danilo Vargas,Grant West,Jennifer Patience,Katie Morzinski Steward Observatory University of Arizona,School of Earth,Space Exploration Arizona State University,David A. Dunlap Department of AstronomyAstrophysics Univ Toronto,D. I. F. Astronomy,Astrophysics University of Toronto,Department of Computer Science University of Toronto +31 more
- 25 Sep 2023
TL;DR: The MAPS ASM represents a major leap forward in design, structure and function, and has achieved significant progress in laboratory testing and initial on-sky engineering runs. However, there are still technical issues to be addressed.