Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST/AFTA in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Evaluation of the Implementation of WFIRST/AFTA in the Context of New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Committee on an Assessment of the Astrophysics; Space Studies Board; Board on Physics and Astronomy; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Research Council
NAS Press | 2014 | ISBN: 0309301297 9780309301299 | 71 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Committee on an Assessment of the Astrophysics; Space Studies Board; Board on Physics and Astronomy; Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences; National Research Council
NAS Press | 2014 | ISBN: 0309301297 9780309301299 | 71 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This book gives an overview of relevant scientific, technical, and programmatic changes that have occurred since the release of New Worlds, New Horizons, and assesses the responsiveness of the WFIRST mission to the science and technology objectives of the New Worlds report.
Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
INTRODUCTION
1 THE WFIRST/AFTA SCIENCE PROGRAM
Dark Energy and Beyond
Standard Candles—Type Ia Supernovae
Standard Rulers—Baryon Acoustic Oscillations
Growth—Redshift Space Distortions
Growth—Cosmic Shear and Galaxy Cluster Mass Calibration
WFIRST, LSST and Euclid—A Powerful Complementary Program for Cosmology in the Next Decade
Exoplanets
Surveying the Evolution of the Universe
The WFIRST/AFTA Observing Program
Addition of the Coronagraph—Scientific Rationale and Consistency with Technology Development Goals of NWNH
2 WFIRST IN THE PROGRAMMATIC CONTEXT
Cost and Cost-Risk Assessment
Addition of the Coronagraph
Mission Operations Complexity
3 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
APPENDIXES
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