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astro-ph.IM2022★ 5 cited

APLC-Optimization: an apodized pupil Lyot coronagraph design survey toolkit

Bryony F. Nickson, Emiel H. Por, Meiji M. Nguyen +9

We present a publicly available software package developed for exploring apodized pupil Lyot coronagraph (APLC) solutions for various telescope architectures. In particular, the pa…

astro-ph.IM2022

Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument Observation Calibration Plan

Robert T. Zellem, Bijan Nemati, Guillermo Gonzalez +20

NASA's next flagship mission, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, is a 2.4-meter observatory set to launch no later than May 2027. Roman features two instruments: the Wide Field…

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.EP2021★ 11 cited

Simulating Reflected Light Exoplanet Spectra of the Promising Direct Imaging Target, Andromedae d, with a New, Fast Sampling Method Using the Planetary Spectrum Generator

Prabal Saxena, Geronimo L. Villanueva, Neil T. Zimmerman +2

Simulations of exoplanet albedo profiles are key to planning and interpreting future direct imaging observations. In this paper we demonstrate the use of the Planetary Spectrum Gen…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 1 cited

A Community Exoplanet Imaging Data Challenge for Roman CGI and Starshade Rendezvous

Margaret C. Turnbull, Neil Zimmerman, Julien H. Girard +8

Operating in an unprecedented contrast regime ( to ), the Roman Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) will serve as a pathfinder for key technologies needed for future Ear…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 16 cited

Direct Imaging of Exoplanets Beyond the Radial Velocity Limit: Application to the HD 134987 System

Zhexing Li, Sergi R. Hildebrandt, Stephen R. Kane +4

Future direct imaging missions will primarily observe planets that have been previously detected, mostly via the radial velocity (RV) technique, to characterize planetary atmospher…