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astro-ph.IM2019

Optical design for CETUS: a wide-field 1.5m aperture UV payload being studied for a NASA probe class mission study

Robert A. Woodruff, William C. Danchi, Sara R. Heap +12

As part of a study funded by NASA Headquarters, we are developing a Probe-class mission concept called the Cosmic Evolution Through UV Spectroscopy (CETUS). CETUS includes a 1.5-m…

astro-ph.IM2020

The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) Mission Concept Study Final Report

B. Scott Gaudi, Sara Seager, Bertrand Mennesson +183

The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory, or HabEx, has been designed to be the Great Observatory of the 2030s. For the first time in human history, technologies have matured sufficient…

astro-ph.IM2021

The Polstar High Resolution Spectropolarimetry MIDEX Mission

Paul A. Scowen, Ken Gayley, Coralie Neiner +7

The Polstar mission will provide for a space-borne 60cm telescope operating at UV wavelengths with spectropolarimetric capability capturing all four Stokes parameters (intensity, t…

astro-ph.SR2019

PolStar -- An Explorer-Class FUV Spectropolarimetry Mission to Map the Environments of Massive Stars

Paul Scowen, Richard Ignace, Coralie Neiner +26

PolStar is an Explorer-class far ultraviolet (FUV) spectropolarimetry mission designed to target massive stars and their environments. PolStar will take advantage of resonance line…

astro-ph.GA2019

The NASA Probe space mission concept, Cosmic Evolution Through UV Surveys (CETUS)

Sara Heap, Jonathan Arenberg, Tony Hull +2

The mission concept, Cosmic Origins Through UV Surveys (CETUS) is an all-UV space mission concept that was selected and funded by NASA for study in 2017. The main capabilities of C…