PhD Thesis Abstracts

Subjects for PhD students from Universities in the frame of a PhD thesis at ESO HQ with a duration up to 3 years	Thesis supervisor
Analysis of the impact of external perturbations on the image quality of large telescopes	M. Le Louarn
Wavefront reconstruction and control of PCS using numerical simulations	M. Le Louarn together with Prof. Nuutti Hyvönen of Aalto University (Finland)
Wide-astrometry mode with GRAVITY at the Very Large Telescope Interferometer	F. Delplancke-Ströbele together with G. Bourdarot and T. Shimizu (MPE
Large eddy simulation for Low wind effect mitigation in large telescopes	M. Brinkmann togeher with Professor Manhart (TUM)
Development of an interferometric testbench with pupil phase apodization in view of exo-planet detection	S. Lacour
The Bi-O-edge sensor: a new concept of ultra-sensitive Wave-Front Sensor dedicated to exo-earth characterization	C. Verinaud
Analysis and optimization of Astrocombs - Enabling measurements of the cosmic acceleration	O. Pfuhl
Optimal regularization and pupil fragmentation for Pyramid wavefront sensing	M. Le Louarn
Detector simulation framework for ground and space based astronomy	E. George B. Serra
Phasing segmented mirrors with a Laser Guide Star	S. Lévêque
Extreme AO control for Exoearth detection	M. Kasper

Table 2: List of subjects (and supervisors) for the PhD theses.

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