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2009

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Results from the automated Design Reference Mission constructor for exoplanet imagers

Authors: Dmitry Savransky, N. Kasdin, David N. Spergel

We use our automated Design Reference Mission construction framework to evaluate the...

Eliminating Poisson’s Spot with Linear Programming

Authors: Robert Vanderbei

A leading design concept for NASA’s upcoming planet-finding space telescope involves placing an...

An evaluation of the effects of non-uniform exo-zodiacal dust distributions on planetary observations

Authors: Dmitry Savransky, N. Kasdin, Robert Vanderbei

As the push for a dedicated direct exoplanet imaging mission intensifies, and numerous mission...

Two-camera wavefront estimation with a Gercheberg-Saxton

Authors: Jason Kay, Tyler D. Groff, N. Kasdin

Most mature wavefront-estimation algorithms for high-contrast imaging rely on a-priori...

The utility of astrometry as a precursor to direct detection

Authors: Dmitry Savransky, N. Kasdin, Brandt Belson

A recent source of debate in the exoplanet community has been the question of whether an...

Results from the automated Design Reference Mission constructor for exoplanet imagers

Authors: Dmitry Savransky, N. Kasdin, David N. Spergel

We use our automated Design Reference Mission construction framework to evaluate the...

Analysis of external occulters in the presence of defects

Authors: Philip Dumont, Stuart Shaklan, Eric Cady, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Robert Vanderbei

Fifty meter-class external occulters have been proposed to detect earth-like planets. The THEIA...

A method for modifying occulter shapes

Authors: Eric Cady, Stuart Shaklan, N. Kasdin, David N. Spergel

An occulter is an instrument designed to suppress starlight by diffraction from its edges; most...

Occulter Design for THEIA

Authors: N. Kasdin, Eric J. Cady, Philip J. Dumont, P. Douglas Lisman, Stuart Shaklan, Remi Soummer, David N. Spergel, Robert Vanderbei

An occulter is an instrument designed to suppress starlight by diffraction from its edges; most...

Progress on the occulter experiment at Princeton

Authors: Eric Cady, Kunjithapatham Balasubramanian, Michael Carr, Matthew Dickie, Pierre Echternach, Tyler Groff, N. Kasdin, Christian Latchiev, Michael McElwain, Dan Sirbu, Robert Vanderbei, Victor White

An occulter is used in conjunction with a separate telescope to suppress the light of a distant...

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