@inproceedings{63eefb922e374fe7b5d86547cbcb93b9,
title = "Science performance of the Pupil-mapping Exoplanet Coronagraphic Observer (PECO)",
abstract = "The Pupil-mapping Exoplanet Coronagraphic Observer (PECO) medium-class mission concept is a 1.4-m space-based optical telescope with a high-performance Phase-Induced Amplitude Apodization (PIAA) coronagraph. PECO detects and characterizes exoplanets and their host systems at 2 λ/D (0.15{"}) separation at high contrast (∼1e-10). The optical design images in 16 filter bands from 400-800 nm, producing simultaneous low-resolution target spectra. PECO will characterize terrestrial planets in the habitable zones of ∼20 nearby F, G, K stars at spectral resolution of R∼15, as well as over a dozen radial-velocity planets and over a hundred gas giants and exozodiacal dust disks. We discuss PECO's expected science performance and simulated data products over its three-year mission lifetime.",
keywords = "ASMCS, PECO, PIAA, coronagraph, exoplanet, optical astronomy, telescope, apodization",
author = "Kerri Cahoy and Olivier Guyon and Glenn Schneider and Mark Marley and Ruslan Belikov and Michael Meyer and Stephen Ridgway and Wesley Traub and Neville Woolf",
year = "2009",
doi = "10.1117/12.826608",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9780819477309",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets IV",
note = "Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets IV ; Conference date: 04-08-2009 Through 05-08-2009",
}