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astro-ph.EP2022★ 12 cited

Simulating reflected light coronagraphy of Earth-like exoplanets with a large IR/O/UV space telescope: impact and calibration of smooth exozodiacal dust

Jens Kammerer, Christopher C. Stark, Kevin J. Ludwick +2

Observing Earth-like exoplanets orbiting within the habitable zone of Sun-like stars and studying their atmospheres in reflected starlight requires contrasts of $\sim1\mathrm{e}{-1…

astro-ph.EP2021★ 11 cited

Sensitivity of the Roman Coronagraph Instrument to Exozodiacal Dust

Ewan S Douglas, John Debes, Bertrand Mennesson +7

Exozodiacal dust, warm debris from comets and asteroids in and near the habitable zone of stellar systems, reveals the physical processes that shape planetary systems. Scattered li…

astro-ph.EP2020★ 7 cited

A review of simulation and performance modeling for the Roman coronagraph instrument

Ewan S. Douglas, Jaren N. Ashcraft, Ruslan Belikov +10

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) will be capable of characterizing exoplanets in reflected light and will demonstrate space technologies essential…

astro-ph.EP2019★ 1 cited

The Potential of Exozodiacal Disks Observations with the WFIRST Coronagraph Instrument

B. Mennesson, V. Bailey, J. Kasdin +60

The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) will be the first high-performance stellar coronagraph using active wavefront control for deep starli…

astro-ph.EP2019

The ExoEarth Yield Landscape for Future Direct Imaging Space Telescopes

Christopher C. Stark, Rus Belikov, Matthew R. Bolcar +19

The expected yield of potentially Earth-like planets is a useful metric for designing future exoplanet-imaging missions. Recent yield studies of direct-imaging missions have focuse…

astro-ph.EP2015★ 1 cited

Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG) Report to Paul Hertz Regarding Large Mission Concepts to Study for the 2020 Decadal Survey

B. Scott Gaudi, Eric Agol, Daniel Apai +36

This is a joint summary of the reports from the three Astrophysics Program Analysis Groups (PAGs) in response to the "Planning for the 2020 Decadal Survey" charge given by the Astr…