The expected yield of potentially Earth-like planets is a useful metric for designing future
exoplanet-imaging missions. Recent yield studies of direct-imaging missions have focused�…

ExoEarth yield is a critical science metric for future exoplanet imaging missions. Here we
estimate exoEarth candidate yield using single visit completeness for a variety of mission�…

We present and discuss the design details of an extensible, modular, open-source software
framework called EXOSIMS (Exoplanet Open-Source Imaging Mission Simulator), which�…

The Optimal Optical Coronagraph (OOC) Workshop at the Lorentz Center in September
2017 in Leiden, the Netherlands gathered a diverse group of 25 researchers working on�…

The yield of Earth-like planets will likely be a primary science metric for future space-based
missions that will drive telescope aperture size. Maximizing the exoEarth candidate yield is�…

We report on new methods for evaluating realistic observing programs that search stars for
planets by direct imaging, where observations are selected from an optimized star list and�…

Exo-S is a direct imaging space-based mission to discover and characterize exoplanets.
With its modest size, Exo-S bridges the gap between census missions like Kepler and a�…

Direct imaging of an Earth-like exoplanet requires starlight suppression with a contrast ratio
on the order of 1♦ 10-10 at small angular separations of 100 milliarcseconds or less in�…

ACCESS is one of four medium-class mission concepts selected for study in 2008-9 by
NASA's Astrophysics Strategic Mission Concepts Study program. ACCESS evaluates a�…

Direct imaging is a powerful exoplanet discovery technique that is complementary to other
techniques and offers great promise in the era of 30 m class telescopes. Space-based transit�…