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We report here on the progress of this work in multiple areas including modeling and simulation of the magnetic fluid system optimized for a 0.5 m diameter demonstration mirror and the supporting development of laboratory 0.25 m × 0.25 m flat prototypes of the fluid and magnetic systems. Analytical and finite element models of the ferrofluid and magnetic array have been developed and these results have informed a PDR-level design for a notional build and demonstration of a 0.5 m diameter F/2 spherical mirror with overall root mean squared (RMS) WFE of λ/6 at λ= 550 nm at Zenith which can be slewed to off-zenith pointing angles of up to 10°. |