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most citedThe Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) Mission Concept Study Final Report

146 citations · 444 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.IM2023★ 122 cited

The James Webb Space Telescope Mission: Optical Telescope Element Design, Development, and Performance

Michael W. McElwain, Lee D. Feinberg, Marshall D. Perrin +126

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared space telescope that has recently started its science program which will enable breakthroughs in astrophysics and planeta…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 7 cited

Adaptive optics performance of a simulated coronagraph instrument on a large, segmented space telescope in steady state

Axel Potier, Garreth Ruane, Christopher C. Stark +9

Directly imaging Earth-like exoplanets (``exoEarths'') with a coronagraph instrument on a space telescope requires a stable wavefront with optical path differences limited to tens…

astro-ph.IM2022

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 6~m inscribed diameter and equipped with a coronagraph instrument to di…

astro-ph.GA2021

The Galaxy Evolution Probe

Jason Glenn, Charles M. Bradford, Erik Rosolowsky +21

The Galaxy Evolution Probe (GEP) is a concept for a mid- and far-infrared space observatory to measure key properties of large samples of galaxies with large and unbiased surveys.…

astro-ph.IM2021

LUVOIR-ECLIPS closed-loop adaptive optics performance and contrast predictions

Axel Potier, Garreth Ruane, Pin Chen +8

One of the primary science goals of the Large UV/Optical/Infrared Surveyor (LUVOIR) mission concept is to detect and characterize Earth-like exoplanets orbiting nearby stars with d…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 146 cited

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…