B. A. McLeod

Physics and Astronomy · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing(78), Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies(76), Astronomy and Astrophysical Research(75), Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena(45), Optical Systems and Laser Technology(40)

Publications194 total

GMACS: A Moderate-dispersion Optical Spectrograph for the Giant Magellan Telescope
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific·2025· 1 cited
Results from the GMT wide-field phasing testbed
2024· 1 cited
Adaptive optics development at the Giant Magellan Telescope: recent progress
2024· 1 cited
Off-axis Hartmann wavefront sensing for the GMT-Consortium Large Earth Finder (G-CLEF) red camera optics
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Giant Magellan Telescope Adaptive Optics Overview
SPIRE - Sciences Po Institutional REpository·2023· 1 citedOpen Access
Phasing the segmented Giant Magellan Telescope: progress in testbeds and prototypes
Adaptive Optics Systems VIII·2022· 2 cited
Overview and status of the GMT wavefront control system
Adaptive Optics Systems VIII·2022· 6 cited
The GMT telescope metrology system design
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX·2022· 6 cited
The wide field phasing testbed for the Giant Magellan Telescope
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IX·2022· 4 citedOpen Access
Piston-tip-tilt mirror array in the wide field phasing testbed for the Giant Magellan Telescope
Adaptive Optics Systems VIII·2022· 1 cited
Aligning the GMT wide field phasing testbed optical system using a laser tracker and an interferometer
Advances in Optical and Mechanical Technologies for Telescopes and Instrumentation V·2022· 1 cited
The GMT's acquisition guiding and wavefront sensing system NOVEC-7100 cooling system
2020
Mechanism prototyping for the GMT acquisition guiding and wavefront sensing system
2020
MMIRS-DRP: MMIRS Data Reduction Pipeline
Astrophysics Source Code Library·2019
On-sky performance of the GMT dispersed fringe phasing sensor prototype
2019
Preliminary on-sky results of the next generation GMT phasing sensor prototype
Adaptive Optics Systems VI·2018· 3 cited
An overview and status of GMT active and adaptive optics
Adaptive Optics Systems VI·2018· 22 cited
The Giant Magellan Telescope phasing strategy and performance
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII·2018· 10 cited
Control algorithm and performance of the active optics system of the Giant Magellan telescope
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII·2018· 4 cited
Mechanisms in the GMT acquisition guiding and wavefront sensing system
Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes VII·2018· 2 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Nelson Caldwell(13), C. S. Kochanek(13), E. Falco(12), Hans‐Walter Rix(7), K. Z. Stanek(7), Charles R. Keeton(6), Joseph Lehár(6), Daniel G. Fabricant(6), Andrew Szentgyorgyi(6), John Roll(6), David J. Sand(6), Anil C. Seth(6), Jay Strader(6), Antonin Bouchez(6), R. Kirshner(5), P. Garnavich(5), Warren R. Brown(5), Mark Ordway(5), Denija Crnojević(5), Puragra Guhathakurta(5)