University of California - SC
$235,000.00 CAD
≈ 3 Canadians' average pay for a year
- Department
- National Research Council Canada
- Recipient country
- United States
- Fiscal year
- 2021-2022
- Agreement period
- March 15, 2022 – August 31, 2024
- Reference
- nrc-cnrc:172-2021-2022-Q4-988578
Published purpose
This collaboration with UCSC will support the design of new technologies for the CAL2.0 upgrade of the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI) instrument. Specifically, UCSC will: (1) develop simulations to inform CAL2.0 project hardware design, (2) design and deliver custom coronagraphic mask hardware to HAA to be deployed into GPI/CAL2.0, (3) design real-time adaptive optics software. The overall goal of the CAL2.0 project is to enhance the GPI instrument’s sensitivity such that it will directly detect fainter extrasolar planets than was previously possible.
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