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WFIRST: The Essential Cosmology Space Observatory for the Coming Decade

Two decades after its discovery, cosmic acceleration remains the most profound mystery in cosmology and arguably in all of physics. Either the Universe is dominated by a form of dark energy with exotic physical properties not predicted by…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-03 O. Doré , C. Hirata , Y. Wang , D. Weinberg , T. Eifler , R. J. Foley , C. He Heinrich , E. Krause , S. Perlmutter , A. Pisani , D. Scolnic , D. N. Spergel , N. Suntzeff , G. Aldering , C. Baltay , P. Capak , A. Choi , S. Deustua , C. Dvorkin , S. M. Fall , X. Fang , A. Fruchter , L. Galbany , S. Ho , R. Hounsell , A. Izard , B. Jain , A. M. Koekemoer , J. Kruk , A. Leauthaud , S. Malhotra , R. Mandelbaum , E. Massara , D. Masters , H. Miyatake , A. Plazas , J. Rhoads , J. Rhodes , B. Rose , D. Rubin , M. Sako , L. Samushia , M. Shirasaki , M. Simet , M. Takada , M. A. Troxel , H. Wu , N. Yoshida , Z. Zhai

Cosmology with the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope -- Multi-Probe Strategies

We simulate the scientific performance of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) High Latitude Survey (HLS) on dark energy and modified gravity. The 1.6 year HLS Reference survey is currently envisioned to image 2000 deg$^2$ in…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-07 Tim Eifler , Hironao Miyatake , Elisabeth Krause , Chen Heinrich , Vivian Miranda , Christopher Hirata , Jiachuan Xu , Shoubaneh Hemmati , Melanie Simet , Peter Capak , Ami Choi , Olivier Dore , Cyrille Doux , Xiao Fang , Rebekah Hounsell , Eric Huff , Hung-Jin Huang , Mike Jarvis , Dan Masters , Eduardo Rozo , Dan Scolnic , David N. Spergel , Michael Troxel , Anja von der Linden , Yun Wang , David H. Weinberg , Lukas Wenzl , Hao-Yi Wu

Wide-Field InfrarRed Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets WFIRST-AFTA 2015 Report

This report describes the 2014 study by the Science Definition Team (SDT) of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission. It is a space observatory that will address the most compelling scientific problems in dark energy,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 D. Spergel , N. Gehrels , C. Baltay , D. Bennett , J. Breckinridge , M. Donahue , A. Dressler , B. S. Gaudi , T. Greene , O. Guyon , C. Hirata , J. Kalirai , N. J. Kasdin , B. Macintosh , W. Moos , S. Perlmutter , M. Postman , B. Rauscher , J. Rhodes , Y. Wang , D. Weinberg , D. Benford , M. Hudson , W. -S. Jeong , Y. Mellier , W. Traub , T. Yamada , P. Capak , J. Colbert , D. Masters , M. Penny , D. Savransky , D. Stern , N. Zimmerman , R. Barry , L. Bartusek , K. Carpenter , E. Cheng , D. Content , F. Dekens , R. Demers , K. Grady , C. Jackson , G. Kuan , J. Kruk , M. Melton , B. Nemati , B. Parvin , I. Poberezhskiy , C. Peddie , J. Ruffa , J. K. Wallace , A. Whipple , E. Wollack , F. Zhao

Simulations of the WFIRST Supernova Survey and Forecasts of Cosmological Constraints

The Wide Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST) was the highest ranked large space-based mission of the 2010 New Worlds, New Horizons decadal survey. It is now a NASA mission in formulation with a planned launch in the mid-2020s. A…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-25 R. Hounsell , D. Scolnic , R. J. Foley , R. Kessler , V. Miranda , A. Avelino , R. C. Bohlin , A. V. Filippenko , J. Frieman , S. W. Jha , P. L. Kelly , R. P. Kirshner , K. Mandel , A. Rest , A. G. Riess , S. A. Rodney , L. Strolger

Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope-Astrophysics Focused Telescope Assets WFIRST-AFTA Final Report

The Astro2010 Decadal Survey recommended a Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) as its top priority for a new large space mission. As conceived by the decadal survey, WFIRST would carry out a dark energy science program, a…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-27 D. Spergel , N. Gehrels , J. Breckinridge , M. Donahue , A. Dressler , B. S. Gaudi , T. Greene , O. Guyon , C. Hirata , J. Kalirai , N. J. Kasdin , W. Moos , S. Perlmutter , M. Postman , B. Rauscher , J. Rhodes , Y. Wang , D. Weinberg , J. Centrella , W. Traub , C. Baltay , J. Colbert , D. Bennett , A. Kiessling , B. Macintosh , J. Merten , M. Mortonson , M. Penny , E. Rozo , D. Savransky , K. Stapelfeldt , Y. Zu , C. Baker , E. Cheng , D. Content , J. Dooley , M. Foote , R. Goullioud , K. Grady , C. Jackson , J. Kruk , M. Levine , M. Melton , C. Peddie , J. Ruffa , S. Shaklan

Cosmology with the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope -- Synergies with the Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time

We explore synergies between the space-based Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) and the ground-based Rubin Observatory Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST). In particular, we consider a scenario where the currently envisioned…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Tim Eifler , Melanie Simet , Elisabeth Krause , Christopher Hirata , Hung-Jin Huang , Xiao Fang , Vivian Miranda , Rachel Mandelbaum , Cyrille Doux , Chen Heinrich , Eric Huff , Hironao Miyatake , Shoubaneh Hemmati , Jiachuan Xu , Paul Rogozenski , Peter Capak , Ami Choi , Olivier Dore , Bhuvnesh Jain , Mike Jarvis , Niall MacCrann , Dan Masters , Eduardo Rozo , David N. Spergel , Michael Troxel , Anja von der Linden , Yun Wang , David H. Weinberg , Lukas Wenzl , Hao-Yi Wu

The WFIRST Exoplanet Microlensing Survey

The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) was the top ranked large space mission in the 2010 New Worlds, New Horizons decadal survey, and it was formed by merging the science programs of 3 different mission concepts, including the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-28 David P. Bennett , Rachel Akeson , Jay Anderson , Lee Armus , Etienne Bachelet , Vanessa Bailey , Thomas Barclay , Richard Barry , Jean-Phillipe Beaulieu , Andrea Belini , Dominic J. Benford , Aparna Bhattacharya , Padi Boyd , Valerio Bozza , Sebastiano Calchi Novati , Kenneth Carpenter , Arnaud Cassan , David Ciardi , Andrew Cole , Knicole Colon , Christian Coutures , Martin Dominik , Pascal Fouque , Kevin Grady , Tyler Groff , Calen B. Henderson , Keith Horne , Christopher Gelino , Dawn Gelino , Jason Kalirai , Stephen Kane , N. Jeremy Kasdin , Jeffrey Kruk , Seppo Laine , Michiel Lambrechts , Luigi Mancini , Avi Mandell , Sangeeta Malhotra , Shude Mao , Michael McElwain , Bertrand Mennesson , Tiffany Meshkat , Leonidas Moustakas , Jose A. Munoz , David Nataf , Roberta Paladini , Ilaria Pascucci , Matthew Penny , Radek Poleski , Elisa Quintana , Clement Ranc , Nicholas Rattenbury , James Rhodes , Jason D. Rhodes , Maxime Rizzo , Aki Roberge , Leslie Rogers , Kailash C. Sahu , Joshua Schlieder , Sara Seager , Yossi Shvartzvald , Remi Soummer , David Spergel , Keivan G. Stassun , Rachel Street , Takahiro Sumi , Daisuke Suzuki , John Trauger , Roeland van der Marel , Benjamin F. Williams , Edward J. Wollack , Jennifer Yee , Atsunori Yonehara , Neil Zimmerman

Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Final Report

In December 2010, NASA created a Science Definition Team (SDT) for WFIRST, the Wide Field Infra-Red Survey Telescope, recommended by the Astro 2010 Decadal Survey as the highest priority for a large space mission. The SDT was chartered to…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2012-08-21 J. Green , P. Schechter , C. Baltay , R. Bean , D. Bennett , R. Brown , C. Conselice , M. Donahue , X. Fan , B. S. Gaudi , C. Hirata , J. Kalirai , T. Lauer , B. Nichol , N. Padmanabhan , S. Perlmutter , B. Rauscher , J. Rhodes , T. Roellig , D. Stern , T. Sumi , A. Tanner , Y. Wang , D. Weinberg , E. Wright , N. Gehrels , R. Sambruna , W. Traub , J. Anderson , K. Cook , P. Garnavich , L. Hillenbrand , Z. Ivezic , E. Kerins , J. Lunine , P. McDonald , M. Penny , M. Phillips , G. Rieke , A. Riess , R. van der Marel , R. K. Barry , E. Cheng , D. Content , R. Cutri , R. Goullioud , K. Grady , G. Helou , C. Jackson , J. Kruk , M. Melton , C. Peddie , N. Rioux , M. Seiffert

Facilities for Dark Energy Investigations

The discovery of cosmic acceleration has inspired ambitious experimental and observational efforts to understand its origin. Many of these take the form of large astronomical surveys, sometimes using new, special-purpose instrumentation,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-24 David Weinberg , Deborah Bard , Kyle Dawson , Olivier Dore , Joshua Frieman , Karl Gebhardt , Michael Levi , Jason Rhodes

Science Yield of an Improved Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST)

The Astronomy and Astrophysics Decadal Survey's highest recommended space mission was a Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) to efficiently conduct three kinds of studies: dark energy surveys, exoplanet surveys, and guest surveys.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-06 Michael E. Levi , Alex G. Kim , Michael L. Lampton , Michael J. Sholl

Predictions of the WFIRST Microlensing Survey I: Bound Planet Detection Rates

The Wide Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is the next NASA astrophysics flagship mission, to follow the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The WFIRST mission was chosen as the top-priority large space mission of the 2010 astronomy…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-06 Matthew T. Penny , B. Scott Gaudi , Eamonn Kerins , Nicholas J. Rattenbury , Shude Mao , Annie C. Robin , Sebastiano Calchi Novati

LSST Observing Strategy White Paper: LSST Observations of WFIRST Deep Fields

The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is expected to launch in the mid-2020s. With its wide-field near-infrared (NIR) camera, it will survey the sky to unprecedented detail. As part of normal operations and as the result of…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-04 R. J. Foley , A. M. Koekemoer , D. N. Spergel , F. B. Bianco , P. Capak , L. Dai , O. Dore , G. G. Fazio , H. Ferguson , A. V. Filippenko , B. Frye , L. Galbany , E. Gawiser , C. Gronwall , N. P. Hathi , C. Hirata , R. Hounsell , S. W. Jha , A. G. Kim , P. L. Kelly , J. W. Kruk , S. Malhotra , K. S. Mandel , R. Margutti , D. Marrone , K. B. W. McQuinn , P. Melchior , L. Moustakas , J. A. Newman , J. E. G. Peek , S. Perlmutter , J. D. Rhodes , B. Robertson , D. Rubin , D. Scolnic , R. Somerville , R. Street , Y. Wang , D. J. Whalen , R. A. Windhorst , E. J. Wollack

Snowmass2021 Cosmic Frontier: Report of the CF04 Topical Group on Dark Energy and Cosmic Acceleration in the Modern Universe

Cosmological observations in the new millennium have dramatically increased our understanding of the Universe, but several fundamental questions remain unanswered. This topical group report describes the best opportunities to address these…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-19 James Annis , Jeffrey A. Newman , Anže Slosar

The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope: 100 Hubbles for the 2020s

The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is a 2.4m space telescope with a 0.281 deg^2 field of view for near-IR imaging and slitless spectroscopy and a coronagraph designed for > 10^8 starlight suppresion. As background information…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-18 Rachel Akeson , Lee Armus , Etienne Bachelet , Vanessa Bailey , Lisa Bartusek , Andrea Bellini , Dominic Benford , David Bennett , Aparna Bhattacharya , Ralph Bohlin , Martha Boyer , Valerio Bozza , Geoffrey Bryden , Sebastiano Calchi Novati , Kenneth Carpenter , Stefano Casertano , Ami Choi , David Content , Pratika Dayal , Alan Dressler , Olivier Doré , S. Michael Fall , Xiaohui Fan , Xiao Fang , Alexei Filippenko , Steven Finkelstein , Ryan Foley , Steven Furlanetto , Jason Kalirai , B. Scott Gaudi , Karoline Gilbert , Julien Girard , Kevin Grady , Jenny Greene , Puragra Guhathakurta , Chen Heinrich , Shoubaneh Hemmati , David Hendel , Calen Henderson , Thomas Henning , Christopher Hirata , Shirley Ho , Eric Huff , Anne Hutter , Rolf Jansen , Saurabh Jha , Samson Johnson , David Jones , Jeremy Kasdin , Patrick Kelly , Robert Kirshner , Anton Koekemoer , Jeffrey Kruk , Nikole Lewis , Bruce Macintosh , Piero Madau , Sangeeta Malhotra , Kaisey Mandel , Elena Massara , Daniel Masters , Julie McEnery , Kristen McQuinn , Peter Melchior , Mark Melton , Bertrand Mennesson , Molly Peeples , Matthew Penny , Saul Perlmutter , Alice Pisani , Andrés Plazas , Radek Poleski , Marc Postman , Clément Ranc , Bernard Rauscher , Armin Rest , Aki Roberge , Brant Robertson , Steven Rodney , James Rhoads , Jason Rhodes , Russell Ryan , Kailash Sahu , David Sand , Dan Scolnic , Anil Seth , Yossi Shvartzvald , Karelle Siellez , Arfon Smith , David Spergel , Keivan Stassun , Rachel Street , Louis-Gregory Strolger , Alexander Szalay , John Trauger , M. A. Troxel , Margaret Turnbull , Roeland van der Marel , Anja von der Linden , Yun Wang , David Weinberg , Benjamin Williams , Rogier Windhorst , Edward Wollack , Hao-Yi Wu , Jennifer Yee , Neil Zimmerman

Solar system science with the Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST)

We present a community-led assessment of the solar system investigations achievable with NASA's next-generation space telescope, the Wide Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST). WFIRST will provide imaging, spectroscopic, and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-30 B. J. Holler , S. N. Milam , J. M. Bauer , C. Alcock , M. T. Bannister , G. L. Bjoraker , D. Bodewits , A. S. Bosh , M. W. Buie , T. L. Farnham , N. Haghighipour , P. S. Hardersen , A. W. Harris , C. M. Hirata , H. H. Hsieh , M. S. P. Kelley , M. M. Knight , E. A. Kramer , A. Longobardo , C. A. Nixon , E. Palomba , S. Protopapa , L. C. Quick , D. Ragozzine , V. Reddy , J. D. Rhodes , A. S. Rivkin , G. Sarid , A. A. Sickafoose , A. A. Simon , C. A. Thomas , D. E. Trilling , R. A. West

Cosmic Visions Dark Energy: Small Projects Portfolio

Understanding cosmic acceleration is one of the key science drivers for astrophysics and high-energy physics in the coming decade (2014 P5 Report). With the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) and the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-21 Kyle Dawson , Josh Frieman , Katrin Heitmann , Bhuvnesh Jain , Steve Kahn , Rachel Mandelbaum , Saul Perlmutter , Anže Slosar

WFIRST-2.4: What Every Astronomer Should Know

The Astro2010 Decadal Survey recommended a Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) as its top priority for a new large space mission. The report of the WFIRST-AFTA Science Definition Team (SDT) presents a Design Reference Mission for…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-27 D. Spergel , N. Gehrels , J. Breckinridge , M. Donahue , A. Dressler , B. S. Gaudi , T. Greene , O. Guyon , C. Hirata , J. Kalirai , N. J. Kasdin , W. Moos , S. Perlmutter , M. Postman , B. Rauscher , J. Rhodes , Y. Wang , D. Weinberg , J. Centrella , W. Traub , C. Baltay , J. Colbert , D. Bennett , A. Kiessling , B. Macintosh , J. Merten , M. Mortonson , M. Penny , E. Rozo , D. Savransky , K. Stapelfeldt , Y. Zu , C. Baker , E. Cheng , D. Content , J. Dooley , M. Foote , R. Goullioud , K. Grady , C. Jackson , J. Kruk , M. Levine , M. Melton , C. Peddie , J. Ruffa , S. Shaklan

Optimizing the LSST Observing Strategy for Dark Energy Science: DESC Recommendations for the Wide-Fast-Deep Survey

Cosmology is one of the four science pillars of LSST, which promises to be transformative for our understanding of dark energy and dark matter. The LSST Dark Energy Science Collaboration (DESC) has been tasked with deriving constraints on…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-17 Michelle Lochner , Daniel M. Scolnic , Humna Awan , Nicolas Regnault , Philippe Gris , Rachel Mandelbaum , Eric Gawiser , Husni Almoubayyed , Christian N. Setzer , Simon Huber , Melissa L. Graham , Renée Hložek , Rahul Biswas , Tim Eifler , Daniel Rothchild , Tarek Allam , Jonathan Blazek , Chihway Chang , Thomas Collett , Ariel Goobar , Isobel M. Hook , Mike Jarvis , Saurabh W. Jha , Alex G. Kim , Phil Marshall , Jason D. McEwen , Marc Moniez , Jeffrey A. Newman , Hiranya V. Peiris , Tanja Petrushevska , Jason Rhodes , Ignacio Sevilla-Noarbe , Anže Slosar , Sherry H. Suyu , J. Anthony Tyson , Peter Yoachim

Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST) Mission and Synergies with LISA and LIGO-Virgo

The Wide-Field InfraRed Survey Telescope (WFIRST) is a NASA space mission in study for launch in 2024. It has a 2.4 m telescope, wide-field IR instrument operating in the 0.7 - 2.0 micron range and an exoplanet imaging coronagraph…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Neil Gehrels , David N. Spergel

Prospects for cosmological research with the FAST array: 21-cm intensity mapping survey observation strategies

Precise cosmological measurements are essential for understanding the evolution of the universe and the nature of dark energy. The Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST), the most sensitive single-dish radio telescope, has…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-23 Jun-Da Pan , Peng-Ju Wu , Guo-Hong Du , Yichao Li , Xin Zhang