Persistent Identifier
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hdl:2014/40090 |
Publication Date
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2006-05-14 |
Title
| A nulling coronagraph for TPF-C |
Author
| Shao, Michael (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.)
Levine, Bruce Martin (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.)
Wallace, James Kent (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.)
Orton, Glenn S. (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.)
Schmidtlin, Edouard (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.)
Lane, Benjamin F. (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.)
Seager, Sara (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.)
Tolls, Volker (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.)
Lyon, Richard G. (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.)
Samuele, Rocco (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.)
Tenerelli, Domenick J. (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.)
Woodruff, Robert (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.)
Ge, Jian (Pasadena, CA : Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2006.) |
Point of Contact
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Shao, Michael |
Description
| The nulling coronagraph is one of 5 instrument concepts selected by NASA for study for potential use in the TPF-C mission. This concept for extreme starlight suppression has two major components, a nulling interferometer to suppress the starlight to ~10-10 per airy spot within 2 λ/D of the star, and a calibration interferometer to measure the residual scattered starlight. The ability to work at 2 λ/D dramatically improves the science throughput of a space based coronagraph like TPF-C. The calibration interferometer is an equally important part of the starlight suppression system. It measures the measures the wavefront of the scattered starlight with very high SNR, to 0.05nm in less than 5 minutes on a 5mag star. In addition, the post coronagraph wavefront sensor will be used to measure the residual scattered light after the coronagraph and subtract it in post processing to 1~2x10-11 to enable detection of an Earthlike planet with a SNR of 5~10. |
Subject
| Other |
Production Date
| 2006-05-14 |