Contrast performance of an 8m off-axis, segmented space telescope equipped with an adaptive optics system

Axel Potier, Garreth Ruane, Kiarash Tajdaran +9

The Astro2020 decadal survey recommended an infrared, optical, ultra-violet (IR/O/UV) telescope with a $\sim$6~m inscribed diameter and equipped with a coronagraph instrument to di…