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20192023
most citedThe James Webb Space Telescope Mission: Optical Telescope Element Design, Development, and Performance

122 citations · 172 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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5 papers

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★ 22 cited

JWST NIRCam Defocused Imaging: Photometric Stability Performance and How it Can Sense Mirror Tilts

Everett Schlawin, Thomas Beatty, Brian Brooks +25

We use JWST NIRCam short wavelength photometry to capture a transit lightcurve of the exoplanet HAT-P-14 b to assess performance as part of instrument commissioning. The short wave…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 20 cited

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…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 3 cited

Predicting contrast sensitivity to segmented aperture misalignment modes for the HiCAT testbed

Iva Laginja, Remi Soummer, Laurent M. Mugnier +10

This paper presents the setup for empirical validations of the Pair-based Analytical model for Segmented Telescope Imaging from Space (PASTIS) tolerancing model for segmented coron…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 5 cited

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…