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  1. Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany

    A. Eckart

  2. Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany

    S. Hippler

  3. European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany

    A. Glindemann

  4. Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany

    W. Hackenberg, R. I. Davies, T. Ott, S. Rabien, D. Butler, H.-C. Holstenberg, N. Wilnhammer & R. Genzel

  5. University of California, San Diego, Calif., U.S.A.

    A. Quirrenbach

  6. Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md., U.S.A.

    P. Kalas & S. V. W. Beckwith

  7. Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, Germany

    M. Kasper, R.-R. Rohloff, K. Wagner & I. Appenzeller

  8. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Mass., U.S.A

    D. Looze

  9. Universitätsternwarte, LMU München, Germany

    D. Hamilton

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Eckart, A., Hippler, S., Glindemann, A. et al. ALFA: The MPIA/MPE Laser Guide Star AO System. Experimental Astronomy 10, 1–3 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008119225652

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