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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…
Segment-level thermal sensitivity analysis for exo-Earth imaging
Ananya Sahoo, Iva Laginja, Laurent Pueyo +4
We present a segment-level wavefront stability error budget for space telescopes essential for exoplanet detection. We use a detailed finite element model to relate the temperature…
The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning
Jane Rigby, Marshall Perrin, Michael McElwain +623
This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the performanc…
Analytical tolerancing of segmented telescope co-phasing for exo-Earth high-contrast imaging
Iva Laginja, Remi Soummer, Laurent M. Mugnier +5
This paper introduces an analytical method to calculate segment-level wavefront error tolerances in order to enable the detection of faint extra-solar planets using segmented teles…
Wavefront error tolerancing for direct imaging of exo-Earths with a large segmented telescope in space
Iva Laginja, Lucie Leboulleux, Laurent Pueyo +8
Direct imaging of exo-Earths and search for life is one of the most exciting and challenging objectives for future space observatories. Segmented apertures in space will be require…