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astro-ph.IM2019★ 178 cited

The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope: 100 Hubbles for the 2020s

Rachel Akeson, Lee Armus, Etienne Bachelet +103

The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is a 2.4m space telescope with a 0.281 deg^2 field of view for near-IR imaging and slitless spectroscopy and a coronagraph designe…

astro-ph.IM2019★ 2 cited

Key Technologies for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope Coronagraph Instrument

Vanessa P. Bailey, Lee Armus, Bala Balasubramanian +84

The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Coronagraph Instrument (CGI) is a high-contrast imager and integral field spectrograph that will enable the study of exoplanets an…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 1k cited

Wide-Field InfrarRed Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets WFIRST-AFTA 2015 Report

D. Spergel, N. Gehrels, C. Baltay +52

This report describes the 2014 study by the Science Definition Team (SDT) of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission. It is a space observatory that will address…

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★ 90 cited

Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets WFIRST-AFTA Final Report

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. As conceived by the decadal survey, WFIR…

astro-ph.IM2012★ 131 cited

Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Final Report

J. Green, P. Schechter, C. Baltay +51

In December 2010, NASA created a Science Definition Team (SDT) for WFIRST, the Wide Field Infra-Red Survey Telescope, recommended by the Astro 2010 Decadal Survey as the highest pr…