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most citedHWO Yield Sensitivities in the NIR and NUV

10 citations · 18 across the 9 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

astro-ph.EP2026

Possible Observational Survey Strategies to Maximize Exoplanet Yields: A Report from the Survey Strategies Task Group in the Exoplanet Science Yields Working Group

Natasha Latouf, Corey Spohn, Kevin Fogarty +12

We present a variety of possible observational sequences from planet detection to characterization (i.e., survey strategies) for the initial exoEarth detection and characterization…

astro-ph.IM2026

ADORA: a differentiable optical modeling and astrometric retrieval framework for SHERA

Dylan McKeithen, Stuart Shaklan, Gautam Vasisht +4

Searching for Habitable Exoplanets with Relative Astrometry (SHERA) is a proposed Small Explorer mission concept designed to measure the separation of nearby binary stars at microa…

astro-ph.EP2026

The Impact of Planetary Phase Functions on Exo-Earth Detectability with EXOSIMS

Searra Foote, Tyler D. Robinson, Rhonda Morgan +3

The under-development NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) aims to provide breakthroughs in exoplanet science, yet the most effective approaches to modeling the detection and ch…

astro-ph.IM2026

Exploring Exoplanets with Interferometry

Sascha P. Quanz, Bertrand Mennesson, Charles Beichman +27

(Extract from the Executive Summary) Humanity stands at the threshold of answering one of its most profound questions: Does life exist beyond Earth? Ongoing and upcoming space miss…

astro-ph.IM2026

Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO): Living Worlds Community Working Group: The Search for Life on Potentially Habitable Exoplanets

Giada Arney, Niki Parenteau, Natalie Hinkel +25

The discovery of a biosphere on another planet would transform how we view ourselves, and our planet Earth, in relation to the rest of the cosmos. We now know Earth is one planet a…

astro-ph.SR2025★ 8 cited

HWO Target Stars and Systems: A Prioritized Community List of Potential Stellar Targets for the Habitable Worlds Observatory's ExoEarth Survey

Noah W. Tuchow, Caleb K. Harada, Eric E. Mamajek +9

The HWO Target Stars and Systems 2025 (TSS25) list is a community-developed catalog of potential stellar targets for the Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) in its survey to directl…

astro-ph.EP2025

Leveraging Photometry for Deconfusion of Directly Imaged Multi-Planet Systems

Samantha N. Hasler, Leonid Pogorelyuk, Riley Fitzgerald +2

Future missions, including the Habitable Worlds Observatory, will aim to image Earth-like exoplanets around Sun-like stars in reflected light. Determining whether an exoplanet is i…

astro-ph.IM2025

Cross-Model Validation of Coronagraphic Exposure Time Calculators for the Habitable Worlds Observatory: A Report from the Exoplanet Science Yield sub-Working Group

Christopher C. Stark, Sarah Steiger, Armen Tokadjian +9

Estimating the exoplanet scientific productivity of the Habitable Worlds Observatory requires estimating science exposure times. From exoplanet yields to spectral retrievals, expos…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 10 cited

HWO Yield Sensitivities in the NIR and NUV

Rhonda Morgan, Dmitry Savransky, Michael Turmon +6

Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) will search for biosignatures from Earth-size exoplanets in the habitable zones of nearby stars. The wavelength range for biosignatures used by t…

astro-ph.IM2024

Current laboratory performance of starlight suppression systems, and potential pathways to desired Habitable Worlds Observatory exoplanet science capabilities

Bertrand Mennesson, Ruslan Belikov, Emiel Por +34

We summarize the current best polychromatic (10 to 20 % bandwidth) contrast performance demonstrated in the laboratory by different starlight suppression approaches and systems des…

astro-ph.EP2024

Analytic relations assessing the impact of precursor knowledge and key mission parameters on direct imaging survey yield

Peter Plavchan, John E. Berberian, Stephen R Kane +3

The Habitable Worlds Observatory will attempt to image Earth-sized planets in Habitable Zone orbits around nearby Sun-like stars. In this work we explore approximate analytic yield…