Tolerancing observatories is traditionally done with forward modeling of a static system.
This is upended by the addition of active feedback systems limited by sensing noise.
This project seeks to build a set of tools for parametrically establishing observatory tolerances in the spatio-temporal domain.
Background reading:
Poyneer, L. A., Palmer, D. W., Macintosh, B., Savransky, D., Sadakuni, N., Thomas, S., et al. (2016). Performance of the Gemini Planet Imager’s adaptive optics system. Applied Optics, 55(2), 323–340. https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.55.000323
Males, J. R., & Guyon, O. (2018). Ground-based adaptive optics coronagraphic performance under closed-loop predictive control. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems, 4(1), 019001. https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.4.1.019001
Douglas, E. S., Males, J. R., Clark, J., Guyon, O., Lumbres, J., Marlow, W., & Cahoy, K. L. (2019). Laser Guide Star for Large Segmented-aperture Space Telescopes. I. Implications for Terrestrial Exoplanet Detection and Observatory Stability. The Astronomical Journal, 157(1), 36. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/aaf385