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most citedThe Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning

440 citations · 704 across the 7 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

astro-ph.IM2023★ 122 cited

The James Webb Space Telescope Mission: Optical Telescope Element Design, Development, and Performance

Michael W. McElwain, Lee D. Feinberg, Marshall D. Perrin +126

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is a large, infrared space telescope that has recently started its science program which will enable breakthroughs in astrophysics and planeta…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 440 cited

The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning

Jane Rigby, Marshall Perrin, Michael McElwain +623

This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the performanc…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 51 cited

WFIRST-2.4: What Every Astronomer Should Know

D. Spergel, N. Gehrels, J. Breckinridge +43

The Astro2010 Decadal Survey recommended a Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) as its top priority for a new large space mission. The report of the WFIRST-AFTA Science De…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 29 cited

Simultaneous Exoplanet Characterization and deep wide-field imaging with a diffractive pupil telescope

Olivier Guyon, Josh A. Eisner, Roger Angel +12

High-precision astrometry can identify exoplanets and measure their orbits and masses, while coronagraphic imaging enables detailed characterization of their physical properties an…

astro-ph.IM2013★ 41 cited

High precision astrometry with a diffractive pupil telescope

Olivier Guyon, Eduardo A. Bendek, Thomas D. Milster +11

Astrometric detection and mass determination of Earth-mass exoplanets requires sub-microarcsec accuracy, which is theoretically possible with an imaging space telescope using field…

astro-ph.IM2009★ 15 cited

Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPF-C) Flight Baseline Concept

Marie Levine, D. Lisman, S. Shaklan +52

The Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPF-C) mission presented here is an existence proof for a flagship-class internal coronagraph space mission capable of detecting and char…