Technology maturity for the habitable-zone exoplanet imaging observatory (HabEx) concept
Autor: | Keith Warfield, Steven Warwick, Stuart B. Shaklan, Dimitri Mawet, Shouleh Nikzad, Bala Balasubramanian, Eugene Serabyn, Joel Nissen, H. Phil P. Stahl, Karl R. Stapelfeldt, Gary Kuan, Rhonda Morgan, Bertrand Mennesson |
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Přispěvatelé: | Lystrup, Mackenzie, MacEwen, Howard A., Fazio, Giovanni G., Batalha, Natalie, Siegler, Nicholas, Tong, Edward C. |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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business.industry Computer science 02 engineering and technology 021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology 01 natural sciences Deformable mirror Exoplanet law.invention Starlight 010309 optics Telescope law Observatory 0103 physical sciences Aerospace engineering 0210 nano-technology business Coronagraph Circumstellar habitable zone |
Popis: | HabEx Architecture A is a 4m unobscured telescope mission concept optimized for direct imaging and spectroscopy of potentially habitable exoplanets, and also enables a wide range of general astrophysics science. The exoplanet detection and characterization drives the enabling core technologies. A hybrid starlight suppression approach of a starshade and coronagraph diversifies technology maturation risk. In this paper we assess these exoplanet-driven technologies, including elements of coronagraphs, starshades, mirrors, jitter mitigation, wavefront control, and detectors. By utilizing high technology readiness solutions where feasible, and identifying required technology development that can begin early, HabEx will be well positioned for assessment by the community in 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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