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Dr. Robert A. Brown

at Space Telescope Science Institute

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Proceedings Article | 17 August 2018 Paper

Making good use of JWST's coronagraphs: tools and strategies from a user's perspective

Julien Girard, William Blair, Brian Brooks, Keira Brooks, Robert Brown, Howard Bushouse, Alicia Canipe, Christine Chen, Matteo Correnti, J. Brendan Hagan, Bryan Hilbert, Dean Hines, Jarron Leisenring, Joseph Long, Bryony Nickson, Marshall Perrin, Klaus Pontoppidan, Laurent Pueyo, Abhijith Rajan, Adric Riedel, Remi Soummer, John Stansberry, Christopher Stark, Kyle Van Gorkom, Brian York

Proceedings Volume 10698, 106983V (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314198

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Point spread functions, James Webb Space Telescope, Stars, Signal to noise ratio, Exoplanets, Calibration, Visibility, Space telescopes, Device simulation

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Proceedings Article | 10 August 2010 Paper

Direct imaging and spectroscopy of habitable planets using JWST and a starshade

Rémi Soummer, Jeff Valenti, Robert Brown, Sara Seager, Jason Tumlinson, Webster Cash, Ian Jordan, Marc Postman, Matt Mountain, Tiffany Glassman, Laurent Pueyo, Aki Roberge

Proceedings Volume 7731, 77312I (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858347

KEYWORDS: Planets, James Webb Space Telescope, Stars, Oxygen, Imaging spectroscopy, Stray light, Spectroscopy, Earth's atmosphere, Space telescopes, Sensors

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2010 Paper

ACCESS: a concept study for the direct imaging and spectroscopy of exoplanetary systems

John Trauger, Karl Stapelfeldt, Wesley Traub, John Krist, Dwight Moody, Dimitri Mawet, Eugene Serabyn, Curtis Henry, Paul Brugarolas, James Alexander, Robert Gappinger, Olivia Dawson, Virgil Mireles, Peggy Park, Laurent Pueyo, Stuart Shaklan, Olivier Guyon, Jeremy Kasdin, Robert Vanderbei, David Spergel, Ruslan Belikov, Geoffrey Marcy, Robert Brown, Jean Schneider, Bruce Woodgate, Robert Egerman, Gary Matthews, Jason Elias, Yves Conturie, Phillip Vallone, Perry Voyer, Ronald Polidan, Charles Lillie, Constance Spittler, David Lee, Reem Hejal, Allen Bronowicki, Nick Saldivar, Mark Ealey, Thomas Price

Proceedings Volume 7731, 773128 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858301

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Stars, Planets, Mirrors, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Exoplanets, Imaging systems, Observatories, Imaging spectroscopy

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2010 Paper

Feasibility of exoplanet coronagraphy with the Hubble Space Telescope

Richard Lyon, Robert Woodruff, Robert Brown, M. Charley Noecker, Edward Cheng

Proceedings Volume 7731, 773111 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857518

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Planets, Stars, Exoplanets, Point spread functions, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Mirrors, Hubble Space Telescope, Databases

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Proceedings Article | 20 August 2009 Paper

A starshade for JWST: science goals and optimization

Rémi Soummer, Webster Cash, Robert Brown, Ian Jordan, Aki Roberge, Tiffany Glassman, Amy Lo, Sara Seager, Laurent Pueyo

Proceedings Volume 7440, 74400A (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826702

KEYWORDS: Planets, James Webb Space Telescope, Stars, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Exoplanets, Sensors, Space telescopes, Image filtering

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Proceedings Article | 14 July 2008 Paper

ACCESS: a NASA mission concept study of an Actively Corrected Coronagraph for Exoplanet System Studies

John Trauger, Karl Stapelfeldt, Wesley Traub, Curt Henry, John Krist, Dimitri Mawet, Dwight Moody, Peggy Park, Laurent Pueyo, Eugene Serabyn, Stuart Shaklan, Olivier Guyon, Jeremy Kasdin, David Spergel, Robert Vanderbei, Ruslan Belikov, Geoffrey Marcy, Robert Brown, Jean Schneider, Bruce Woodgate, Gary Matthews, Robert Egerman, Ronald Polidan, Charles Lillie, Mark Ealey, Thomas Price

Proceedings Volume 7010, 701029 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789119

KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Stars, Planets, Telescopes, Space telescopes, Mirrors, Wavefronts, Control systems, Space operations, Imaging systems

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Proceedings Article | 19 September 2007 Paper

The lighter side of TPF-C: evaluating the scientific gain from a smaller mission concept

Sarah Hunyadi, Stuart Shaklan, Robert Brown

Proceedings Volume 6693, 66930Q (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.733454

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Jupiter, Saturn, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Spherical lenses, Coronagraphy, Mirrors, Solar system

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Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper

TPF-C: status and recent progress

Wesley Traub, Marie Levine, Stuart Shaklan, James Kasting, J. Roger Angel, Michael Brown, Robert Brown, Christopher Burrows, Mark Clampin, Alan Dressler, Henry Ferguson, Heidi Hammel, Sara Heap, Scott Horner, Garth Illingworth, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Mark Kuchner, Douglas Lin, Mark Marley, Victoria Meadows, Charley Noecker, Ben Oppenheimer, Sara Seager, Michael Shao, Karl Stapelfeldt, John Trauger

Proceedings Volume 6268, 62680T (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673608

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Coronagraphy, Mirrors, Telescopes, Wavefronts, Performance modeling, Space telescopes, Control systems, Actuators

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2003 Paper

The Eclipse mission: a direct imaging survey of nearby planetary systems

John Trauger, Tony Hull, Karl Stapelfeldt, Dana Backman, Roger Bagwell, Robert Brown, Adam Burrows, Christopher Burrows, Mark Ealey, Christ Ftaclas, Sara Heap, Jeremy Kasdin, Jonathan Lunine, Geoff Marcy, David Redding, Wesley Traub, Bruce Woodgate, Raghvendra Sahai, David Spergel

Proceedings Volume 4854, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460023

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Coronagraphy, Space telescopes, Wavefronts, Mirrors, Planetary systems, Telescopes, Imaging systems, Clouds

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2003 Paper

The 4-m space telescope for investigating extrasolar Earthlike planets in starlight:TPF is HST2

Robert Brown, Christopher Burrows, Stefano Casertano, Mark Clampin, Dennis Ebbets, Eric Ford, Kenneth Jucks, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Steven Kilston, Marc Kuchner, Sara Seager, Alessandro Sozzetti, David Spergel, Wesley Traub, John Trauger, Edwin Turner

Proceedings Volume 4854, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459819

KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Signal to noise ratio, Space telescopes, Hubble Space Telescope, Coronagraphy, Wavefronts, Exoplanets, Telescopes, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 24 February 2003 Paper

Overview of the Advanced Camera for Surveys on-orbit performance

Holland Ford, Mark Clampin, George Hartig, Garth Illingworth, Marco Sirianni, Andre Martel, Gerhardt Meurer, William McCann, Pamela Sullivan, Frank Bartko, Narcisco Benitez, John Blakeslee, Rychard Bouwens, Tom Broadhurst, Robert Brown, Christopher Burrows, Douglas Campbell, Edward Cheng, Paul Feldman, Marijn Franx, David Golimowski, Caryl Gronwall, Randy Kimble, John Krist, Michael Lesser, Dan Magee, George Miley, Marc Postman, Marc Rafal, Piero Rosati, William Sparks, Hien Tran, Zlatan Tsvetanov, Paul Volmer, Richard White, Robert Woodruff

Proceedings Volume 4854, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.460040

KEYWORDS: Stars, Coronagraphy, Cameras, Calibration, Charge-coupled devices, Point spread functions, Galactic astronomy, Space telescopes, Optical filters, Spectral resolution

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Proceedings Article | 12 October 1996 Paper

Advanced camera for the Hubble Space Telescope

Holland Ford, Paul Feldman, David Golimowski, Zlatan Tsvetanov, Frank Bartko, James Crocker, Pierre Bely, Robert Brown, Christopher Burrows, Mark Clampin, George Hartig, Marc Postman, Marc Rafal, William Sparks, Richard White, Tom Broadhurst, Garth Illingworth, Tim Kelly, Robert Woodruff, Edward Cheng, Randy Kimble, Carolyn Krebs, Susan Neff, Michael Lesser, George Miley

Proceedings Volume 2807, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.255099

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Optical filters, Charge-coupled devices, Mirrors, Galactic astronomy, Sensors, Image filtering, Coronagraphy, Quantum efficiency, Prisms

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Proceedings Article | 1 June 1994 Paper

Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera conceptual design

Bernard Seery, Carolyn Krebs, Andrew Smith, Sally Heap, John Bolton, Paul Hannan, David Skillman, Malcolm Niedner, Robert Brown, Mark Clampin, Michael Lesser

Proceedings Volume 2198, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.176814

KEYWORDS: Cameras, Sensors, Mirrors, Ultraviolet radiation, Image quality, Charge-coupled devices, Image resolution, Optical design, Stars, Point spread functions

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