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most citedDetection of Nine M8.0-L0.5 Binaries: The Very Low Mass Binary Population and its Implications for Brown Dwarf and VLM Star Formation

344 citations · 1.5k across the 32 of their papers we have counts for

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astro-ph.IM2026

Early Exploration of the Scientific Discovery Space for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Courtney D. Dressing, Danica Adams, Evelyne Alecian +324

The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) is a future NASA flagship mission concept identified by the Astro2020 Decadal Survey as the highest priority for large space missions. HWO sh…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 2 cited

Random Vibration Testing of Microelectromechanical Deformable Mirrors for Space-based High-Contrast Imaging

Axel Potier, Camilo Mejia Prada, Garreth Ruane +11

Space-based stellar coronagraph instruments aim to directly image exoplanets that are a fraction of an arcsecond separation and ten billion times fainter than their host star. To a…

astro-ph.IM2022

Opportunities for Technosignature Science in the Astro2020 Report

Jacob Haqq-Misra, Sofia Sheikh, Manasvi Lingam +7

The Astro2020 report outlines numerous recommendations that could significantly advance technosignature science. Technosignatures refer to any observable manifestations of extrater…

astro-ph.IM2021★ 20 cited

Flight mask designs of the Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument

A J Eldorado Riggs, Dwight Moody, Jessica Gersh-Range +17

Over the past two decades, thousands of confirmed exoplanets have been detected; the next major challenge is to characterize these other worlds and their stellar systems. Much info…

astro-ph.IM2021

A Decade of NASA Strategic Astrophysics Technology Investments: Technology Maturation, Infusion, and Other Benefits

Thai Pham, Opher Ganel, Azita Valinia +3

NASA Astrophysics Division funds development of cutting-edge technology to enable its missions to achieve ambitious and groundbreaking science goals. These technology development e…

astro-ph.IM2020★ 25 cited

Wavefront sensing and control in space-based coronagraph instruments using Zernike's phase-contrast method

Garreth Ruane, J. Kent Wallace, John Steeves +14

Future space telescopes with coronagraph instruments will use a wavefront sensor (WFS) to measure and correct for phase errors and stabilize the stellar intensity in high-contrast…