ACCESS - A Concept Study for the Direct Imaging and Spectroscopy of Exoplanetary Systems

John Trauger; Karl Stapelfeldt; Wesley Traub; John Krist; Dwight Moody; Dimitri Mawet; Eugene Serabyn; Curt Henry; Paul Brugarolas; James Alexander; Robert Gappinger; Olivia Dawson; Virgil Mireles; Peggy Park; Laurent Pueyo; Stuart Shaklan; Olivier Guyon; Jeremy Kasdin; Robert Vanderbei; David Spergel; Ruslan Belikov; Geoff Marcy; Robert A. Brown; Jean Schneider; Bruce Woodgate; Robert Egerman; Gary Matthews; Jason Elias; Yves Conturie; Phillip Vallone; Perry Voyer; Ronald Polidan; Chuck Lillie; Constance Spittler; David Lee; Reem Hejal; Allen Bronowicki; Nick Saldivar; Mark Ealey; Thomas Price

doi:10.1117/12.858301

ACCESS - A Concept Study for the Direct Imaging and Spectroscopy of Exoplanetary Systems

John Trauger, Karl Stapelfeldt, Wesley Traub, John Krist, Dwight Moody, Dimitri Mawet, Eugene Serabyn, Curt Henry, Paul Brugarolas, James Alexander, Robert Gappinger, Olivia Dawson, Virgil Mireles, Peggy Park, Laurent Pueyo, Stuart Shaklan, Olivier Guyon, Jeremy Kasdin, Robert Vanderbei, David SpergelRuslan Belikov, Geoff Marcy, Robert A. Brown, Jean Schneider, Bruce Woodgate, Robert Egerman, Gary Matthews, Jason Elias, Yves Conturie, Phillip Vallone, Perry Voyer, Ronald Polidan, Chuck Lillie, Constance Spittler, David Lee, Reem Hejal, Allen Bronowicki, Nick Saldivar, Mark Ealey, Thomas Price

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Abstract

ACCESS is one of four medium-class mission concepts selected for study in 2008-9 by NASA's Astrophysics Strategic Mission Concepts Study program. ACCESS evaluates a space observatory designed for extreme high-contrast imaging and spectroscopy of exoplanetary systems. An actively-corrected coronagraph is used to suppress the glare of diffracted and scattered starlight to contrast levels required for exoplanet imaging. The ACCESS study considered the relative merits and readiness of four major coronagraph types, and modeled their performance with a NASA medium-class space telescope. The ACCESS study asks: What is the most capable medium-class coronagraphic mission that is possible with telescope, instrument, and spacecraft technologies available today? Using demonstrated high-TRL technologies, the ACCESS science program surveys the nearest 120+ AFGK stars for exoplanet systems, and surveys the majority of those for exozodiacal dust to the level of 1 zodi at 3 AU. Coronagraph technology developments in the coming year are expected to further enhance the science reach of the ACCESS mission concept.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010
Subtitle of host publication	Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858301
State	Published - 2010
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Jun 27 2010 → Jul 2 2010

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	7731
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave
Country/Territory	United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	6/27/10 → 7/2/10

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

Active optics
Coronagraphs
Exoplanets
Space astronomy

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Trauger, J., Stapelfeldt, K., Traub, W., Krist, J., Moody, D., Mawet, D., Serabyn, E., Henry, C., Brugarolas, P., Alexander, J., Gappinger, R., Dawson, O., Mireles, V., Park, P., Pueyo, L., Shaklan, S., Guyon, O., Kasdin, J., Vanderbei, R., ... Price, T. (2010). ACCESS - A Concept Study for the Direct Imaging and Spectroscopy of Exoplanetary Systems. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave Article 773128 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7731). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858301

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ACCESS - A Concept Study for the Direct Imaging and Spectroscopy of Exoplanetary Systems. / Trauger, John; Stapelfeldt, Karl; Traub, Wesley et al.
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave. 2010. 773128 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 7731).

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