The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) Mission Concept Study Interim Report
Abstract
For the first time in human history, technologies have matured sufficiently to enable a mission capable of discovering and characterizing habitable planets like Earth orbiting sunlike stars other than the Sun. At the same time, such a platform would enable unique science not possible from ground-based facilities. This science is broad and exciting, ranging from new investigations of our own solar system to a full range of astrophysics disciplines. The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory, or HabEx, is one of four studies currently being undertaken by NASA in preparation for the 2020 Astrophysics Decadal Survey. HabEx has been designed to be the Great Observatory of the 2030s, with community involvement through a competed and funded Guest Observer (GO) program. This interim report describes the HabEx baseline concept, which is a space-based 4-meter diameter telescope mission concept with ultraviolet (UV), optical, and near-infrared (near-IR) imaging and spectroscopy capabilities. More information on HabEx can be found at https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/habex
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@article{arxiv.1809.09674,
title = {The Habitable Exoplanet Observatory (HabEx) Mission Concept Study Interim Report},
author = {B. Scott Gaudi and Sara Seager and Bertrand Mennesson and Alina Kiessling and Keith Warfield and Gary Kuan and Kerri Cahoy and John T. Clarke and Shawn Domagal-Goldman and Lee Feinberg and Olivier Guyon and Jeremy Kasdin and Dimitri Mawet and Tyler Robinson and Leslie Rogers and Paul Scowen and Rachel Somerville and Karl Stapelfeldt and Christopher Stark and Daniel Stern and Margaret Turnbull and Stefan Martin and Oscar Alvarez-Salazar and Rashied Amini and William Arnold and Bala Balasubramanian and Mike Baysinger and Lindsey Blais and Thomas Brooks and Rob Calvet and Velibor Cormarkovic and Charlie Cox and Rolf Danner and Jacqueline Davis and Lisa Dorsett and Michael Effinger and Ron Eng and Jay Garcia and Jonathan Gaskin and Joby Harris and Scott Howe and Brent Knight and John Krist and David Levine and Mary Li and Doug Lisman and Milan Mandic and Luis Marchen and Colleen Marrese-Reading and Jim McGowen and Andrew Miyaguchi and Rhonda Morgan and Bijan Nemati and Shouleh Nikzad and Joel Nissen and Megan Novicki and Todd Perrine and David Redding and Michael Richards and Mike Rud and Dan Scharf and Gene Serabyn and Stuart Shaklan and Scott Smith and Mark Stahl and Phil Stahl and Hao Tang and David Van Buren and Juan Villalvazo and Steve Warwick and David Webb and Rush Wofford and Jahning Woo and Milana Wood and John Ziemer and Ewan Douglas and Virginie Faramaz and Sergi Hildebrandt and Tiffany Meshkat and Peter Plavchan and Garreth Ruane and Neal Turner},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.09674},
year = {2018}
}
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