The 4-meter space telescope for investigating extrasolar Earth-like planets in starlight: TPF is HST2

Robert A. Brown; Christopher J. Burrows; Stefano Casertano; Mark Clampin; Dennis Ebbets; Eric B. Fords; Kenneth W. Jucks; N. Jeremy Kasdin; Steven Kilston; Marc J. Kuchner; Sara Seager; Alessandro Sozzetti; David N. Spergel; Wesley A. Traub; John T. Trauger; Edwin L. Turner

doi:10.1117/12.459819

The 4-meter space telescope for investigating extrasolar Earth-like planets in starlight: TPF is HST2

Robert A. Brown, Christopher J. Burrows, Stefano Casertano, Mark Clampin, Dennis Ebbets, Eric B. Fords, Kenneth W. Jucks, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Steven Kilston, Marc J. Kuchner, Sara Seager, Alessandro Sozzetti, David N. Spergel, Wesley A. Traub, John T. Trauger, Edwin L. Turner

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Abstract

Recent advances in deformable mirror technology for correcting wavefront errors and in pupil shapes and masks for coronagraphic suppression of diffracted starlight enable a powerful approach to detecting extrasolar planets in reflected (scattered) starlight at visible wavelengths. We discuss the planet-finding performance of Hubble-like telescopes using these technical advances. A telescope of aperture of at least 4 meters could accomplish the goals of the Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) mission. The '4mTPF' detects an Earth around a Sun at five parsecs in about one hour of integration time. It finds molecular oxygen, ozone, water vapor, the 'red edge' of chlorophyll-containing land-plant leaves, and the total atmospheric column density - all in forty hours or less. The 4mTPF has a strong science program of discovery and characterization of extrasolar planets and planetary systems, including other worlds like Earth. With other astronomical instruments sharing the focal plane, the 4mTPF could also continue and expand the general program of astronomical research of the Hubble Space Telescope.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	95-107
Number of pages	13
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	4854
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459819
State	Published - 2002
Event	Future EUV/UV and Visible Space Astrophysics Missions and Instrumentation - Waikoloa, HI, United States Duration: Aug 22 2002 → Aug 23 2002

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

Keywords

Coronagraphs
Deformable mirrors
Extrasolar planet detection

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Brown, R. A., Burrows, C. J., Casertano, S., Clampin, M., Ebbets, D., Fords, E. B., Jucks, K. W., Kasdin, N. J., Kilston, S., Kuchner, M. J., Seager, S., Sozzetti, A., Spergel, D. N., Traub, W. A., Trauger, J. T., & Turner, E. L. (2002). The 4-meter space telescope for investigating extrasolar Earth-like planets in starlight: TPF is HST2. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 4854, 95-107. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459819

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