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astro-ph.IM2026

The Roman Coronagraph Community Participation Program: early calibration plan and pilot observation of a companion

Julien H. Girard, Eric Cady, Neil T. Zimmerman +42

Roman is set to launch in weeks! The Coronagraph Instrument - technology pathfinder for future direct imaging missions - is ready to fly too. According to predictions, laboratory t…

astro-ph.IM2026

The Roman Coronagraph Community Participation Program: corgisim - a simulation suite for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Instrument

Jingwen Zhang, Sophie Noiret, Maxwell A. Millar Blanchaer +14

NASA's Roman Space Telescope will feature a pathfinder Coronagraph Instrument to demonstrate advanced high-contrast imaging from space, paving the way for future missions like the…

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…

astro-ph.IM2025

Cross-Model Validation of Coronagraphic Exposure Time Calculators for the Habitable Worlds Observatory: A Report from the Exoplanet Science Yield sub-Working Group

Christopher C. Stark, Sarah Steiger, Armen Tokadjian +9

Estimating the exoplanet scientific productivity of the Habitable Worlds Observatory requires estimating science exposure times. From exoplanet yields to spectral retrievals, expos…

astro-ph.IM2024

Current laboratory performance of starlight suppression systems, and potential pathways to desired Habitable Worlds Observatory exoplanet science capabilities

Bertrand Mennesson, Ruslan Belikov, Emiel Por +34

We summarize the current best polychromatic (10 to 20 % bandwidth) contrast performance demonstrated in the laboratory by different starlight suppression approaches and systems des…