Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPF-C) Flight Baseline Concept
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
2009-11-18 v1
Abstract
The Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPF-C) mission presented here is an existence proof for a flagship-class internal coronagraph space mission capable of detecting and characterizing Earth-like planets and planetary systems at visible wavelengths around nearby stars, using an existing launch vehicle. TPF-C will use spectroscopy to measure key properties of exoplanets including the presence of atmospheric water or oxygen, powerful signatures in the search for habitable worlds.
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@article{arxiv.0911.3200,
title = {Terrestrial Planet Finder Coronagraph (TPF-C) Flight Baseline Concept},
author = {Marie Levine and D. Lisman and S. Shaklan and J. Kasting and W. Traub and J. Alexander and R. Angel and C. Blaurock and M. Brown and R. Brown and C. Burrows and M. Clampin and E. Cohen and D. Content and L. Dewell and P. Dumont and R. Egerman and H. Ferguson and V. Ford and J. Greene and O. Guyon and H. Hammel and S. Heap and T. Ho and S. Horner and S. Hunyadi and S. Irish and C. Jackson and J. Kasdin and A. Kissil and M. Krim and M. Kuchner and E. Kwack and C. Lillie and D. Lin and A. Liu and L. Marchen and M. Marley and V. Meadows and G. Mosier and P. Mouroulis and M. Noecker and R. Ohl and B. Oppenheimer and J. Pitman and S. Ridgway and E. Sabatke and S. Seager and M. Shao and A. Smith and R. Soummer and K. Stapelfeldt and D. Tenerell and J. Trauger and R. Vanderbei},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0911.3200},
year = {2009}
}