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The exozodi spectral effect: Residual habitable zone dust may bias exoEarth characterization
Miles H. Currie, Christopher C. Stark, Eleonora Alei +1
The paper studies how residual exozodiacal dust in the habitable zones of nearby stars can add a continuum signal to direct imaging spectra of Earth-like exoplanets, potentially re…
Masses of Potentially Habitable Planets Characterized by the Habitable Worlds Observatory
Kaz Gary, B. Scott Gaudi, Eduardo Bendek +5
Constraints on the masses of exoplanets directly imaged and characterized by the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) are crucial for categorizing these planets and interpreting thei…
Habitable Worlds Observatory's Concept and Technology Maturation: Initial Feasibility and Trade Space Exploration
Lee D. Feinberg, Breann N. Sitarski, Michael W. McElwain +10
The Habitable Worlds Observatory is the first telescope ever designed to search for life and will be a powerhouse of discovery across topics in astrophysics. The observatory was th…
Multi-bandpass Photometry for Exoplanet Atmosphere Reconnaissance (MPEAR) with the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) -- I. Differentiating Earth from Neptunes During Discovery
Eleonora Alei, Avi M. Mandell, Miles H. Currie +7
As the architecture for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is being developed, it is crucial to optimize the observing strategies for a survey to detect and characterize Earth-…
A comprehensive spectroscopic reference of the solar system and its application to exoplanet direct imaging
Allison Payne, Geronimo L. Villanueva, Vincent Kofman +5
We present a calibrated database of reflectance spectra for the solar system planets (i.e., Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune) and for Titan, spanning f…
Shedding Light on Large Space-Based Telescopes: Modeling Stray Light due to Primary Mirror Damage from Micrometeoroid Impacts
Megan T. Gialluca, Jonathan W. Arenberg, Chris Stark +5
A large space-based telescope aimed at detecting and characterizing the atmospheres of Earth-like planets orbiting Sun-like stars will require unprecedented contrast and stability.…