3 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
Connecting Polarization to Exoplanet Yield Calculations for HWO
Jaren N. Ashcraft, Scott D. Will, Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer +6
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) aims to enable the detection and characterization of Earth-like planets around Sun-like stars to search for possible signs of life elsewhere…
astro-ph.IM2026
Early Architecture Concepts for the Habitable Worlds Observatory -- System Design, Modeling, and Analysis
Alice, Liu, Marie Levine +30
The Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO), NASA's next flagship science mission, follows in the tradition of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope and other preceding great observator…
astro-ph.IM2025
High-order wavefront sensing and control for the Roman Coronagraph Instrument (CGI): architecture and measured performance
Eric Cady, Nicholas Bowman, Alexandra Z. Greenbaum +10
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope (``Roman'') is a 2.4m space telescope scheduled for a 2026 launch. The Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) on Roman is a technology-demonstration ins…