• DOI:10.3847/1538-3881/ab0415
Corpus ID: 102483508

Characterization of Exoplanet Atmospheres with the Optical Coronagraph on WFIRST

@article{Lacy2018CharacterizationOE,
  title={Characterization of Exoplanet Atmospheres with the Optical Coronagraph on WFIRST},
  author={B. Lacy and David Shlivko and A. Burrows},
  journal={arXiv: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics},
  year={2018}
}

B. Lacy, David Shlivko, A. Burrows

Published 2018

Physics

arXiv: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

WFIRST-CGI will obtain images and low-resolution spectra of a handful to a dozen extrasolar planets and protoplanetary disks. Its unprecedented contrast levels in the optical will provide astronomers' first direct look at mature, Jupiter-sized planets at moderate separations. This paper addresses the question: what science can be done with such data? An analytic noise model, informed by recent engineering developments, is used to compute maximum achievable signal-to-noise ratios and… CONTINUE READING

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