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- Origins Special Section in JATIS
- Origins Mission Concept Study Report and Supplemental Material
- Astro 2020 APC White Paper
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- Interim Study Report
- Community Reports
- Decadal Mission Concept Study Planning Documents
- Science Papers and Presentations
- Technology Papers and Presentations
- Related Far-IR Mission Concept Study Documents
Origins Special Section in JATIS
Nineteen papers on the Origins Space Telescope and related technology were published in an Origins Special Section of the Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments and Systems (JATIS). A Special Section Guest Editorial introduces and provides links to these papers.
- G. Helou, A. Seas, 2021, "Special Section Guest Editorial: The Origins Space Telescope," JATIS, 7(1), 011001, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011001.
- J. W. Arenberg, J. Pohner, M. B. Petach, R. Hall, J. Bautista, M. Michaelian, T. Nguyen, 2021, "Alternate architecture for the Origins Space Telescope," JATIS, 7(1), 011005, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011006.
- C. M. Bradford, B. A. Cameron, B. D. Moore, S. Hailey-Dunsheath, E. G. Amatucci, D. C. Bradley, J. A. Corsetti, D. T. Leisawitz, M. J. DiPirro, J. G. Tuttle, A.-D. Brown, R. McBirney, A. Pope, L. Armus, M. Meixner, K. Pontoppidan, 2021, "The Origins Survey Spectrometer: revealing the hearts of distant galaxies and forming planetary systems with far-IR spectroscopy," JATIS, 7(1), 011017, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011017.
- D. C. Bradley, T. Jamison-Hooks, L. Miles, J. Staguhn, E. Amatucci, T. Browning, M. DiPirro, D. Leisawitz, R. Carter, 2021, "On the Advancements of Digital Signal Processing Hardware and Algorithms Enabling the Origins Space Telescope," JATIS, 7(1), 011018, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011018.
- J. Corsetti, J. Howard, J. S. Knight, L. Seals, 2021, "Optical design of the Origins Space Telescope," JATIS, 7(1), 011010, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011010.
- M. DiPirro, L. Fantano, T. D'Asto, B. Gavares, the Origins Study Team, 2021, "Origins Space Telescope cryo-thermal system," JATIS, 7(1), 011009, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011009.
- M. J. DiPirro, P. Shirron, M. Kimball, J. Tuttle, A. Jahromi, D. Glaister, J. Olson, M. Petach, M. Zagarola, 2021, "Cryocooling technologies for the Origins Space Telescope," JATIS, 7(1), 011008, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011008.
- P. Echternach, A. Beyer, C. Bradford, 2021, "Large array of low frequency readout quantum capacitance detectors," JATIS, 7(1), 011003, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011003.
- S. Hailey-Dunsheath, R. M. J. Janssen, J. Glenn, C. M. Bradford, J. Perido, J. Redford, J. Zmuidzinas, 2021, "Kinetic inductance detectors for the Origins Space Telescope," JATIS, 7(1), 011015, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011015.
- D. Leisawitz, E. Amatucci, L. Allen, J. Arenberg, L. Armus, C. Battersby, J. Bauer, B.G. Beaman, R. Bell, P. Beltran, D. Benford, E. Bergin, J. Bolognese, C. M. Bradford, D. Bradley, D. Burgarella, S. Carey, R. Carter, J. D. Chi, A. Cooray, J. Corsetti, T. D'Asto, E. De Beck, K. Denis, C. Derkacz, L. Dewell, M. DiPirro, C.P. Earle, M. East, S. Edgington, K. Ennico, L. Fantano, G. Feller, D. Folta, J. Fortney, B.J. Gavares, J. Generie, M. Gerin, Z. Granger, T. P. Greene, A. Griffiths, G. Harpole, K. Harvey, F. Helmich, L. Hilliard, J. Howard, M. Jacoby, A. Jamil, T. Jamison, L. Kaltenegger, T. Kataria, J.S. Knight, P. Knollenberg, C. Lawrence, P. Lightsey, S. Lipscy, E. Mamajek, G. Martins, J. C. Mather, M. Meixner, G. Melnick, S. Milam, T. Mooney, S.H. Moseley, D. Narayanan, S. Neff, T. Nguyen, A. Nordt, J. Olson, D. Padgett, M. Petach, S. Petro, J. Pohner, K. Pontoppidan, A. Pope, D. Ramspacker, A. Rao, T. Roellig, I. Sakon, C. Sandin, K. Sandstrom, D. Scott, L. Seals, K. Sheth, L. M. Sokolsky, J. Staguhn, J. Steeves, K. Stevenson, E. Stoneking, K. Su, K. Tajdaran, S. Tompkins, J. Vieira, C. Webster, M. Wiedner, E.L. Wright, C.Wu, and J. Zmuidzinas, 2021, "The Origins Space Telescope: baseline mission concept," JATIS, 7(1), 011002, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011002.
- D. Leisawitz, E. Amatucci, L. Allen, J. Arenberg, L. Armus, C. Battersby, J. Bauer, R. Bell, D. Benford, E. Bergin, J.T. Booth, C. M. Bradford, D. Bradley, S. Carey, R. Carter, A. Cooray, J. Corsetti, L. Dewell, M. DiPirro, B.G. Drake, M. East, K. Ennico, G. Feller, A. Flores, J. Fortney, Z. Granger, T.P. Greene, J. Howard, T. Kataria, J. S. Knight, C. Lawrence, P. Lightsey, J. C. Mather, M. Meixner, G. Melnick, C. McMurtry, S. Milam, S. H. Moseley, D. Narayanan, A. Nordt, D. Padgett, K. Pontoppidan, A. Pope, G. Rafanelli, D. C. Redding, G. Rieke, T. Roellig, I. Sakon, C. Sandin, K. Sandstrom, A. Sengupta, K. Sheth, L.M. Sokolsky, J. Staguhn, J. Steeves, K. Stevenson, K. Su, J. Vieira, C. Webster, M. Wiedner, E.L. Wright, C.Wu, D. Yanatsis, and J. Zmuidzinas, the Origins Space Telescope Mission Concept Study Team, 2021: "The Origins Space Telescope: trades and decisions leading to the baseline mission concept," JATIS, 7(1), 011014, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011014.
- M. Meixner, A. Cooray, D. T. Leisawitz, J. G. Staguhn, L. Armus, C. Battersby, J. Bauer, D. Benford, E. Bergin, C. M. Bradford, D. Burgarella, S. Carey, E. De Beck, K. Ennico-Smith, J. J. Fortney, M. Gerin, F. P. Helmich, T. Kataria, E. E. Mamajek, G. J. Melnick, S. N. Milam, S. H. Moseley, D. Narayanan, S. G. Neff, D. Padgett, K. Pontoppidan, A. Pope, T. L. Roellig, I. Sakon, K. Sandstrom, D. Scott, K. Sheth, K. B. Stevenson, K. Y. Su, J. Vieira, M. C. Wiedner, E. Wright, J. Zmuidzinas, the Origins Study Team, 2021, "Origins Space Telescope science drivers to design traceability," JATIS, 7(1), 011012, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011012.
- P. Nagler, J. Sadleir, E. Wollack, 2021, "Transition-edge sensor detectors for the Origins Space Telescope," JATIS, 7(1), 011005, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011005.
- S. Petro, 2020, "Origins Space Telescope integration and testing," JATIS, 6(4), 041502, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.6.4.041502.
- T. L. Roellig, C. W. McMurtry, T. P. Greene, T. Matsuo, I. Sakon, J. G. Staguhn, 2020, "Mid-infrared detector development for the Origins Space Telescope," JATIS, 6(4), 041503, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.6.4.041503.
- I. Sakon, T. L. Roellig, K. A. Ennico-Smith, T. Matsuo, Y. Ikeda, T. Yamamuro, K. Enya, T. Wada, M. Kawada, A. Takahashi, Y. Sarugaku, N. Fujishiro, N. Murakami, J. Nishikawa, T. Kotani, S. Goda, M. Ido, S. Itoh, T. Tsuboi, T. Sumi, M. Kamiura, T. Manome, N. Iida, K. Yanagibashi, T. P. Greene, B. P. Helvensteijn, L. Hofland, R. R. Johnson, A. Kashani, E. Quigley, R. E. McMurray, H. Inami, D. Burgarella, the Origins Space Telescope Mission Concept Study Team, 2021, "Mid-infrared Spectrometer and Camera for the Origins Space Telescope," JATIS, 7(1), 011013, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011013.
- C. Sandin, L. Allen, E. Amatucci, J. Arenberg, R. Carter, J. Corsetti, M. DiPirro, M. East, L. Fantano, A. Flores, J. S. Knight, D. T. Leisawitz, P. A. Lightsey, G. E. Martins, T. Mooney, A. A. Nordt, J. B. Steeves, 2021, "Materials evaluation for the Origins Space Telescope," JATIS, 7(1), 0011011, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011011.
- J. Staguhn, E. Amatucci, D. C. Bradley, D. Chuss, J. A. Corsetti, M. DiPirro, D. J. Fixsen, J. M. Howard, D. Leisawitz, S. H. Moseley, M. Meixner, A. Pope, J. Vieira, E. J. Wollack, the Origins Space Telescope Mission Concept Study Team, 2021, "The Far Infrared Imager and Polarimeter (FIP) for the Origins Space Telescope," JATIS, 7(1), 011016, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011016.
- M. Wiedner, S. Aalto, E. Amatucci, A. Baryshev, C. Battersby, V. Belitsky, E. Bergin, B. Borgo, R. Carter, E. Caux, A. Cooray, J. Corsetti, E. De Beck, Y. Delorme, V. Desmaris, M. DiPirro, B. Ellison, A. M. Di Giorgio, M. Eggens, J. Gallego-Puyol, M. Gerin, P. Goldsmith, C. Goldstein, F. Helmich, F. Herpin, R. Hills, M. Hogerheijde, L. Hunt, W. Jellema, G. Keizer, J.-M. Krieg, G. Kroes, P. Laporte, A. Laurens, D. Leisawitz, D. Lis, G. Martins, I. Mehdi, M. Meixner, G. Melnick, S. Milam, D. Neufeld, N. Nguyen-Tuong, R. Plume, K. Pontoppidan, B. Quertier-Dagorn, C. Risacher, J. Staguhn, E. Tong, S. Viti, F. Wyrowski, the Origins Space Telescope Mission Concept Study Team, 2021, "Heterodyne Receiver for Origins," JATIS, 7(1), 011007, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011007.
- E. E. Wollman, V. B. Verma, A. B. Walter, J. Chiles, B. Korzh, J. P. Allmaras, Y. Zhai, A. E. Lita, A. N. McCaughan, E. Schmidt, S. Frasca, R. P. Mirin, S.-W. Nam, M. D. Shaw, 2021, "Recent advances in superconducting nanowire single-photon detector technology for exoplanet transit spectroscopy in the mid-infrared," JATIS, 7(1), 011004, https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.7.1.011004.
Origins Mission Concept Study Report and Supplemental Material
- Origins Space Telescope Mission Concept Study Report (sensitivity curves for JWST and SPICA updated for consistency with published data in figures ES-9, 3-9, D-3, D-19, 26 August 2020)
- Origins Space Telescope Technology Development Plan
- Origins Space Telescope deployment video (pptx)
- Final report graphics portfolio (zip)
- Origins Space Telescope slide presentation, version 12 (pptx)
Astro 2020 APC White Paper
- Origins Space Telescope: From First Light to Life (2019.07.10)
Instrument Fact Sheets
Note: The OST instrument designs are still undergoing refinement. These fact sheets may not reflect the final design parameters.
- Far-IR Imager and Polarimeter (FIP) Fact Sheet (2019.04.11)
- Heterodyne Receiver for OST (OST) Fact Sheet (2018.05.09)
- Mid-Infrared Imager, Spectrometer, and Camera (MISC) Fact Sheet (2018.10.24)
- Origins Survey Spectrometer (OSS) Fact Sheet (2018.10.15)
Interim Study Report
Note that the Interim Report depicts an early concept for the Origins Space Telescope, not the version recommended for consideration by the Decadal Survey.
Community Reports
- 2013 Astrophysics Roadmap: Enduring Quests, Daring Visions
- 2015 COPAG Report on Large Mission Concept Studies
- 2015 ExoPAG Report on Large Mission Concept Studies
Decadal Mission Concept Study Planning Documents
- NASA 2020 Decadal Survey Planning documents
- "The Space Science Decadal Surveys: Lessons Learned and Best Practices"
- NASA Cosmic Origins Program Annual Technology Report (2015)
Science Papers and Presentations
"The Origins Space Telescope," a presentation to the American Astronomical Society, January 2020 (powerpoint show; PDF version)
"The Origins Space Telescope," a GSFC Astrophysics colloquium presentation in three parts (2018.10.02)
- OST Science - Margaret Meixner, Community Co-Chair (PDF)
- OST Mission Concept - David Leisawitz, Study Scientist (PDF)
- OST Cryo-thermal Design and Technology - Michael DiPirro, Lead Engineer (PDF)
February 2014 first FISICA workshop on "Science Goals of a Sub-arcsecond Far-infrared Space Observatory"
- Oral presentations
- "Definition/update of key science questions and relevant data products" FISICA document D.1
May 2014 workshop on "Bringing Fundamental Astrophysical Processes Into Focus: A Community Workshop to Plan the Future of Far-Infrared Space Astrophysics"
June 2015 Far-IR Community Workshop
Technology Papers and Presentations
- High fidelity cryothermal test of a subscale large space telescope
- A Review of Metal Mesh Filters
- Magnetic Bearing based cryo-mechanisms for future IR missions
Related Far-IR Mission Concept Study Documents
- Far-IR Mission Concept Summary
- The Cryogenic Aperture Large Infrared Space Telescope Observatory (CALISTO)
- Space Infrared Interferometric Telescope (SPIRIT) (c. 2009)
- Far-Infrared Interferometer (FIRI)
- Space Infrared Telescope for Cosmology and Astrophysics (SPICA)
- Exploratory Sub-millimeter Space Radio-Interferometric Telescope (ESPRIT)
- The Next Big Thing (NBT) for NRAO
- Single-Aperture Far-Infrared (SAFIR) Observatory (c. 2005)
- Millimetron