Recent Documents

NASA Astrophysics

NASA Astrophysics Documents - A repository of key documents and American Astronomical Society presentations.
2020 Decadal Survey Planning and Mission concept study reports

Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) Technology Roadmapping Activities

Coronagraph Technology Roadmap Working Group Final Report (September 2024)

Coronagraph Design Survey Final Report (November 2024)
Coronagraph Design Survey summary plan (April 2023)
Coronagraph Design Survey Quad Chart Template (June 2023)
ExEP Technology Colloquium Series talk (May 20,2024) slides and recording.
SPIE paper Belikov et al (2023) Coronagraph Design Survey for Future Exoplanet Direct Imaging Space Missions: Interim Update
SPIE paper Belikov et al (2024) Coronagraph Design Survey for Future Exoplanet Direct
Imaging Space Missions

A First Cut at Deformable Mirror Performance Goals (May 18, 2024)
Deformable Mirror Technology Roadmap Final Report (May 21, 2024) - redacted version

ExEP Standard Definitions and Evaluation Team

ExSDET Charter - The Exoplanet Standard Definitions and Evaluation Team charter for the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey.
The Standard Definitions and Evaluation Team Final Report
EXOSIMS Download
AYO for LUVOIR Yield

Prior version of ExEP Program Science Documents

For current science documents, see the Exoplanet Program Science page.
Science Gap List (2023) | (2022) PDF
Science Plan Appendix (2018)
Science Development Plan (2019)

ExEP Key Documents

First sub-picometer wavefront control demonstration using a 20-bit DM controller and the Zernike wavefront sensor at HCIT (2023)
Progress in Technology for Exoplanet Missions: Exoplanet Exploration Program Technology Plan Appendix (2023)
Exoplanet Exploration Program Technology Plan Appendix (2019)
Astrophysics Biennial Technology Report (2019)
Astrophysics Technology Gap Priorities
Exoplanet Exploration Technology Development Plan (2017)
Exoplanet Exploration Program Technology Plan Appendix (2018)
Completeness of Precision Radial Velocity Surveys of Nearby Stars for Planetary Companions (2014)
Quick Studies of science capabilities of exoplanet imaging missions (2014)
Study on Applications of Large Space Optics (SALSO, 2013)
New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2010)
A European Roadmap for Exoplanets (2010)
Blue Dots Report (2010)

Exoplanet Program Analysis Group (ExoPAG)

ExoPAG Resources (Documents, Reports, Links)

Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI) HOSTS Publications

Ertel et al. 2020 "The HOSTS Survey for Exozodiacal Dust: Observational Results from the Complete Survey"
Ertel et al. 2018b "The HOSTS survey for exo-zodiacal dust: preliminary results and future prospects"
Ertel et al. 2018a: "The HOSTS Survey—Exozodiacal Dust Measurements for 30 Stars"
Danchi et al. 2016: "Enabling the direct detection of earth-sized exoplanets with the LBTI HOSTS project: a progress report"
Hinz et al. 2016: "Overview of LBTI: a multipurpose facility for high spatial resolution observations"
Defrere et al. 2016 "Nulling Data Reduction and On-sky Performance of the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer"
Target Selection for the LBTI Exozodi Key Science Program (2015)
Exo-zodi modelling for the Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (2015)
First-light LBT Nulling Interferometric Observations (2015)

Technology Development for Exoplanet Missions (TDEM)

Whitepapers and Final Reports

Coronagraph and Starshade Masks, Stops, and Pinhole Files

Fabrication and Assessment of Petal Edge Accuracy and Defects (2019)
Fabrication and Assessment of Pinholes (2019)

Laboratory Starshade Design Files

Front Side Mask – 2017-12-7
Back Side Mask – 2017-12-7

Roman (WFIRST) Coronagraph Technology Reports

Coronagraph Milestone 1 Final Report
Coronagraph Milestone 2 Final Report
Coronagraph Milestone 3 Final Report
Coronagraph Milestone 4 Final Report
Coronagraph Milestone 5 Final Report
Coronagraph Milestone 6 Final Report
Coronagraph Milestone 7 Final Report | Low Noise Detector
Coronagraph Milestone 8/9 TAC Report | PIAACMC contrast demonstration | PIAACMC Polarization
Coronagraph Milestone 9 TAC Report (Second Review) | Dynamic Contrast Demonstration Status Update | Occulting Mask Coronagraph Dynamic Broadband Demonstration

Pre-2010 Documents

ExEP Key Documents

Exoplanet Community Report (2009)
ExoPTF Report (2008)
Earth-like Exoplanets (2006)

Astrophysics Strategic Mission Concept Study Reports (2009)

ACCESS: John Trauger (JPL/Caltech, PI)
ATLAST: Marc Postman (STScI, PI)
EPIC: Mark Clampin (NASA/GSFC, PI)
DAViNCI: Michael Shao (JPL/Caltech, PI)
New Worlds Observer: Webster Cash (Univ. Colorado, PI)
PECO: Olivier Guyon (Univ. Arizona, PI)
Planet Hunter: Geoffrey Marcy (UC Berkeley, PI)
THEIA: David Spergel (Univ. Princeton, PI)

TPF-C Study Reports and Documents

ASTRO2010 RFI: TPF-C 4m Mission Concept (2009)
ASTRO2010 RFI: TPF-C 8m Mission Concept (2009)
ASTRO2010 White Paper: Technologies for Direct Optical Imaging of Exoplanet (2009)
TPF-C STDT Report (2006)
Coronagraph Workshop (2006) (Archive)
TPF-C Flight Baseline Design Report (2006)
TPF-C Technology Plan (2005)
Milestone 1 Report
Milestone 2 Report
Milestone 3 White Paper

TPF-I Study Reports and Documents

TPF-I SWG Report (2007)
TPF-I Technology Plan (2005)
TPF Architecture Trade Studies (2001) (Archive)
TPF Book 1999 (Archive)
Milestone 1 Report
Milestone 2 Report
Milestone 3 Report
Milestone 4 Report
Milestone 5 Whitepaper

Recent Papers on Exoplanet Instruments, Mission Concepts, and Studies

SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System - ADS is a valuable source for published papers on Exoplanet science, Instruments, and Mission Concepts. To search by topic, enter one or more terms, like the following, into the keyword box: starshade, coronagraph, "debris disk”, exoplanet.

ArXiv.org (astro-ph) - Many of the most recent preprints are available from arXiv. Use the ‘Advanced search’ to narrow your search with more than one criterion.

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