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Externally Occulted Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph: Simulations and Sensitivities
Richard G. Lyon, Sally Heap, Amy Lo +5
A multitude of coronagraphic techniques for the space-based direct detection and characterization of exo-solar terrestrial planets are actively being pursued by the astronomical co…
Optimal Occulter Design for Finding Extrasolar Planets
R. J. Vanderbei, N. J. Kasdin, E. Cady
One proposed method for finding terrestrial planets around nearby stars is to use two spacecraft--a telescope and a specially shaped occulter that is specifically designed to preve…
Diffraction-Based Sensitivity Analysis of Apodized Pupil Mapping Systems
Ruslan Belikov, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Robert J. Vanderbei
Pupil mapping is a promising and unconventional new method for high contrast imaging being considered for terrestrial exoplanet searches. It employs two (or more) specially designe…
Diffraction of Apodized Pupil Mapping Systems with Aberrations
Ruslan Belikov, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Robert J. Vanderbei
Pupil mapping is a promising and unconventional new method for high contrast imaging being considered for terrestrial exoplanet searches. It employs two (or more) specially designe…
Linear and Bayesian Planet Detection Algorithms for the Terrestrial Planet Finder
N. Jeremy Kasdin, Isabelle Braems
Current plans call for the first Terrestrial Planet Finder mission, TPF-C, to be a monolithic space telescope with a coronagraph for achieving high contrast. The coronagraph remove…
Optimal Asymmetric Apodizations and Shaped Pupils for Planet Finding Coronagraphy
N. Jeremy Kasdin, Robert J. Vanderbei, Michael G. Littman +1
The realization that direct imaging of extrasolar planets could be technologically feasible within the next decade or so has inspired a great deal of recent research into high-cont…