ARCIDIACONO, CARMELOCARMELOARCIDIACONOSCHREIBER, LAURALAURASCHREIBERBregoli, G.G.BregoliFOPPIANI, ITALOITALOFOPPIANIOberti, S.S.ObertiDIOLAITI, EMILIANOEMILIANODIOLAITIAGAPITO, GUIDOGUIDOAGAPITOPUGLISI, Alfio TimothyAlfio TimothyPUGLISIXOMPERO, MARCOMARCOXOMPEROCORTECCHIA, FaustoFaustoCORTECCHIAPatti, MauroMauroPattiLOMBINI, MATTEOMATTEOLOMBINIBUSONI, LORENZOLORENZOBUSONIVérinaud, C.C.VérinaudFelini, C.C.FeliniDe Caprio, V.V.De CaprioCosentino, G.G.CosentinoCILIEGI, PaoloPaoloCILIEGIBELLAZZINI, MicheleMicheleBELLAZZINIFeautrier, P.P.FeautrierESPOSITO, SimoneSimoneESPOSITORAGAZZONI, RobertoRobertoRAGAZZONI2021-01-052021-01-052018978151061959397815106196090277-786Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/29488MAO (MAORY Adaptive Optics) is the a developed numerical simulation tool for adaptive optics. It was created especially to simulate the performance of the MAORY MCAO module of the Extremely Large Telescope. It is a full end-to-end Monte-Carlo code able to perform different flavors of adaptive optics simulation. We used it to investigate the performance of a the MAORY and some specific issue related to calibration, acquisition and operation strategies. As, MAORY, MAO will implement Multi-conjugate Adaptive Optics combining Laser Guide Stars (LGS) and Natural Guide Stars (NGS) measurements. The implementation of the reference truth WFS completes the scheme. The simulation tool implements the various aspect of the MAORY in an end to end fashion. The code has been developed using IDL and use libraries in C++ and CUDA for efficiency improvements. Here we recall the code architecture, we describe the modeled instrument components and the control strategies implemented in the code.ELETTRONICOenConference paper10.1117/12.23117022-s2.0-85053558470000452819300135https://www.spiedigitallibrary.org/conference-proceedings-of-spie/10703/2311702/Numerical-simulations-of-MAORY-MCAO-module-for-the-ELT/10.1117/12.2311702.full2018SPIE10703E..4IAFIS/05 - ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICAERC sectors::Physical Sciences and Engineering::PE9 Universe sciences: astro-physics/chemistry/biology; solar systems; stellar, galactic and extragalactic astronomy, planetary systems, cosmology, space science, instrumentation