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Externally Occulted Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph: Simulations and Sensitivities
Richard G. Lyon, Sally Heap, Amy Lo +5
A multitude of coronagraphic techniques for the space-based direct detection and characterization of exo-solar terrestrial planets are actively being pursued by the astronomical co…
Fast computation of Lyot-style coronagraph propagation
Remi Soummer, Laurent Pueyo, Anand Sivaramakrishnan +1
We present a new method for numerical propagation through Lyot-style coronagraphs using finite occulting masks. Standard methods for coronagraphic simulations involve Fast Fourier…
Optimal Occulter Design for Finding Extrasolar Planets
R. J. Vanderbei, N. J. Kasdin, E. Cady
One proposed method for finding terrestrial planets around nearby stars is to use two spacecraft--a telescope and a specially shaped occulter that is specifically designed to preve…
Telescope to Observe Planetary Systems (TOPS): a high throughput 1.2-m visible telescope with a small inner working angle
Olivier Guyon, James R. P. Angel, Charles Bowers +20
The Telescope to Observe Planetary Systems (TOPS) is a proposed space mission to image in the visible (0.4-0.9 micron) planetary systems of nearby stars simultaneously in 16 spectr…
Diffraction-Based Sensitivity Analysis of Apodized Pupil Mapping Systems
Ruslan Belikov, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Robert J. Vanderbei
Pupil mapping is a promising and unconventional new method for high contrast imaging being considered for terrestrial exoplanet searches. It employs two (or more) specially designe…
Linear Stability of Ring Systems
Robert J. Vanderbei, Egemen Kolemen
We give a self-contained modern linear stability analysis of a system of n equal mass bodies in circular orbit about a single more massive body. Starting with the mathematical desc…