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Cassandra Webster
Researcher at Goddard Space Flight Center
Publications - 15
Citations - 162
Cassandra Webster is an academic researcher from Goddard Space Flight Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Telescope & Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 14 publications receiving 118 citations.
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Origins Space Telescope Mission Concept Study Report
Margaret Meixner,Asantha Cooray,D. Leisawitz,Johannes Staguhn,L. Armus,Cara Battersby,James M. Bauer,E. A. Bergin,Charles M. Bradford,Kimberly Ennico-Smith,J. J. Fortney,Tiffany Kataria,Gary J. Melnick,S. N. Milam,D. Narayanan,D. Padgett,Klaus M. Pontoppidan,A. Pope,Thomas Roellig,Karin Sandstrom,Kevin B. Stevenson,Kate Y. L. Su,Joaquin Vieira,Edward L. Wright,Jonas Zmuidzinas,Kartik Sheth,Dominic Benford,Eric E. Mamajek,Susan G. Neff,E. De Beck,Maryvonne Gerin,Frank Helmich,Itsuki Sakon,Douglas Scott,Roland Vavrek,Martina C. Wiedner,Sean K. Carey,Denis Burgarella,Samuel H. Moseley,Edward Amatucci,Ruth Carter,Mike DiPirro,C. Wu,B. G. Beaman,P. Beltran,J. Bolognese,Damon Bradley,James A. Corsetti,T. D'Asto,Kevin L. Denis,C. Derkacz,C. P. Earle,Louis G. Fantano,D. Folta,Benjamin J. Gavares,Joseph A. Generie,L. Hilliard,Joseph M. Howard,A. Jamil,Tracee L. Jamison,C. Lynch,Gregory E. Martins,Susanna Petro,D. Ramspacher,A. Rao,C. Sandin,Eric Stoneking,S. Tompkins,Cassandra Webster +68 more
TL;DR: The Origins Space Telescope (Origins) as discussed by the authors traces our cosmic history from the formation of the first galaxies and the rise of metals to the development of habitable worlds and present-day life through exquisite sensitivity to infrared radiation from ions, atoms, molecules, dust, water vapor and ice.
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The Origins Space Telescope: mission concept overview
David Leisawitz,Edward Amatucci,Ruth Carter,Mike DiPirro,Arturo Giles Flores,Johannes Staguhn,Johannes Staguhn,C. Wu,Lynn Allen,Jonathan W. Arenberg,Lee Armus,Cara Battersby,James Bauer,R. Bell,P. Beltran,Dominic Benford,E. A. Bergin,Charles M. Bradford,Damon Bradley,Denis Burgarella,Sean Carey,D. Chi,Asantha Cooray,James A. Corsetti,E. De Beck,Kevin L. Denis,L. Dewell,Matthew East,S. Edgington,Kimberly Ennico,Louis G. Fantano,G. Feller,D. Folta,J. J. Fortney,Joseph A. Generie,Maryvonne Gerin,Z. Granger,George Harpole,K. Harvey,Frank Helmich,L. Hilliard,Joseph M. Howard,M. Jacoby,A. Jamil,Tiffany Kataria,S. Knight,Perry Knollenberg,Paul A. Lightsey,Sarah Lipscy,Eric E. Mamajek,Gregory E. Martins,Margaret Meixner,Margaret Meixner,Gary J. Melnick,Stefanie N. Milam,T. Mooney,Samuel H. Moseley,Desika Narayanan,Susan G. Neff,T. Nguyen,A. Nordt,J. R. Olson,D. Padgett,Michael Petach,Susanna Petro,John Pohner,Klaus M. Pontoppidan,Alexandra Pope,D. Ramspacher,Thomas L. Roellig,Itsuki Sakon,C. Sandin,Karin Sandstrom,Douglas Scott,Kartik Sheth,John Steeves,Kevin B. Stevenson,L. Stokowski,Eric Stoneking,Kate Y. L. Su,K. Tajdaran,S. Tompkins,Joaquin Vieira,Cassandra Webster,Martina C. Wiedner,Edward L. Wright,Jonas Zmuidzinas +86 more
TL;DR: The OST study team will present a scientifically compelling, executable mission concept to the 2020 Decadal Survey in Astrophysics and study two alternative mission concepts.
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Origins Space Telescope: baseline mission concept
David Leisawitz,Edward Amatucci,Lynn N. Allen,Jonathan W. Arenberg,Lee Armus,Cara Battersby,James Bauer,Bob G. Beaman,Raymond M. Bell,Porfirio Beltran,Dominic Benford,Edward Bergin,J. Bolognese,Charles M. Bradford,Damon Bradley,Denis Burgarella,Sean Carey,Ruth Carter,Danny Chi,Asantha Cooray,James A. Corsetti,Tom D'Asto,Elvire De Beck,Kevin L. Denis,Christopher Derkacz,Larry Dewell,Michael J. DiPirro,C. Paul Earle,Matthew East,Samantha Edgington,Kimberly Ennico,Louis G. Fantano,Gregory Feller,David Folta,Jonathan J. Fortney,Benjamin J. Gavares,Joseph A. Generie,Maryvonne Gerin,Zachary A. Granger,Thomas P. Greene,Alex Griffiths,George Harpole,Keith Harvey,Frank Helmich,L. Hilliard,Joseph M. Howard,Michael Jacoby,Anisa Jamil,Tracee L. Jamison,Lisa Kaltenegger,Tiffany Kataria,J. Scott Knight,Perry Knollenberg,Charles R. Lawrence,Paul A. Lightsey,Sarah Lipscy,Eric E. Mamajek,Gregory E. Martins,John C. Mather,Margaret Meixner,Gary J. Melnick,Stefanie N. Milam,Ted Mooney,Samuel H. Moseley,Desika Narayanan,Susan G. Neff,Thanh Nguyen,Alison Nordt,Jeffrey R. Olson,D. Padgett,Michael Petach,Susanna Petro,John Pohner,Klaus M. Pontoppidan,Alexandra Pope,Daniel Ramspacker,Alison Rao,Thomas L. Roellig,Itsuki Sakon,C. Sandin,Karin Sandstrom,Douglas Scott,Lenward T. Seals,Kartik Sheth,Larry Sokolsky,Johannes G. Staguhn,John Steeves,Kevin B. Stevenson,Eric Stoneking,Kate Y. L. Su,Kiarash Tajdaran,S. Tompkins,Joaquin Vieira,Cassandra Webster,Martina C. Wiedner,Edward L. Wright,Chi K. Wu,Jonas Zmuidzinas +97 more
TL;DR: The Origins Space Telescope as mentioned in this paper was designed to trace the history of our origins from the time dust and heavy elements permanently altered the cosmic landscape to present-day life, and it was the first telescope to operate at mid-and far-infrared (IR) wavelengths.
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Trajectory Design for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope Mission
TL;DR: The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) as mentioned in this paper is an upcoming NASA-led observatory that will complete wide-field imaging and near-infrared sky surveys from a spacecraft in the Sun-Earth L2 regio...
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VTXO: the Virtual Telescope for X-ray Observations
John Krizmanic,Neerav Shah,Alice K. Harding,Phil Calhoun,Lloyd Purves,Cassandra Webster,Steven Stochaj,Kyle Rankin,Daniel J. Smith,Hyeongjun Park,Laura E. Boucheron,Krishna Kota,Michael F. Corcoran,Chris Shrader,Asal Naseri +14 more
TL;DR: The Virtual Telescope for X-ray Observations (VTXO) as mentioned in this paper uses lightweight Phase Frensel Lenses (PFLs) in a virtual Xray telescope with 1 km focal length and with nearly 50 milli-arcsecond angular resolution.