Technical Documentation
The technical reports and papers listed below document technical work relevant to the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, formerly known as the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), mission carried out, led, or co-led by staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). In addition to the resources found on this page, please also review the document library maintained by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), all mission documents by project partners, and Roman Space Telescope-related publications extracted dynamically from the SAO/NASA Astrophysics Data System (ADS).
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Documentation
White Papers and Conference Presentations
Science Operations and Support for the Wide-Field Instrument for WFIRST, AAS Meeting #235, id. 372.13 (Ryan)
Technical Reports
WFIRST-STScI-TR1901: WFIRST Wavelength Calibration: A Strategy with M67 (Ryan et al.)
Journal Publications
Astrometry with the Wide-Field Infrared Space Telescope (Sanderson et al.)
White Papers and Conference Presentations
WFIRST Science Operations at the Space Telescope Science Institute, AAS Meeting #233, id.#363.13 (Gilbert)
Technical Reports
WFIRST-STScI-TR1801: Will Gaia be precise enough to solve for the geometric distortion of the WFI? (Bellini)
Journal Publications
"LINEAR: A Novel Algorithm for Reconstructing Slitless Spectroscopy from HST/WFC3" (Ryan, Casertano, and Pirzkal)
White Papers and Conference Presentations
WFIRST: Astrometry with the Wide-Field Imager, AAS Meeting #231, id.#361.10 (Bellini et al.)
WFIRST: STScI Science Operations Center (SSOC) Activities and Plans, AAS Meeting #231, id.#354.32 (Gilbert et al.)
WFIRST: Simulating the Wide-Field Sky, AAS Meeting #231, id.#354.02 (Peeples et al.)
WFIRST: Science from Deep Field Surveys, AAS Meeting #231, id.#153.03 (Koekemoer et al.)
Technical Reports
WFIRST-STScI-TR1703: WebbPSF for WFIRST (Long and Perrin)
WFIRST-STScI-TR1702: 2MASS/Gaia as an Absolute Astrometric Reference Frame (Bellini, Casertano, Nelan, and Kruk)
WFIRST-STScI-TR1701: WFIRST Integral Field Channel Simulation Baselines (Law, Rubin, and Pontoppidan)
White Papers and Conference Presentations
"Astrometry with the WFIRST Wide-Field Imager" (Sanderson, Bellini, Casertano et al.)
The Need for a Robust WFIRST Wide Field Imager Data Simulator (Peeples et al.)
WebbPSF for JWST and WFIRST, AAS Meeting #229, id.#238.13 (Long et al.)
Technical Reports
WFIRST-STScI-TR1606: On the Effects of Extended-Source Morphology on Emission-Line Redshift Accuracy (Ryan, Casertano, and Pirzkal)
WFIRST-STScI-TR1605: Data Post-Processing and Algorithm Development for the WFIRST Coronagraph: FY2016 Interim Report (Ygouf et al.)
WFIRST-STScI-TR1604: Guide Star Availability for the WFIRST Auxiliary FGS using GSC2.3 (Nelan et al.)
WFIRST-STScI-TR1603: Slitless Grism Spectroscopy with WFIRST: Pointing Reconstruction from Dispersed Images (Dixon)
WFIRST-STScI-TR1602: Saturation and Persistence Effects in the WFIRST Microlensing Observations (Sahu)
WFIRST-STScI-TR1601: Data Post-Processing and Algorithm Development for the WFIRST Coronagraph: FY2015 Report (Ygouf et al.)
Technical Reports
WFIRST-STScI-TR1507: WFIRST Scheduling Studies: Year One Status Report (Giuliano et al.)
WFIRST-STScI-TR1506: Slitless Grism Spectroscopy with WFIRST: Observing Modes and Strategies (Casertano et al.)
WFIRST-STScI-TR1505: Active compensation of aperture discontinuities for WFIRST- AFTA: analytical and numerical comparison of propagation methods and preliminary results with an AFTA like pupil (Mazoyer et al.)
WFIRST-STScI-TR1504: WFIRST-AFTA Coronagraphic Operations: Lessons Learned from the Hubble Space Telescope and the James Webb Space Telescope (Debes et al.)
WFIRST-STScI-TR1503: Data Post Processing and Algorithm Development for the WFIRST-AFTA Coronagraph: First Progress Report (Soummer et al.)
WFIRST-STScI-TR1502: Planning for the Analysis of WFIRST-AFTA Grism Data: A Review of Current and Future Slitless Spectroscopy Software and Data Analysis Approaches (MacKenty et al.)
WFIRST-STScI-TR1501: WFIRST-AFTA Guide Stars and the 2MASS Point Source Catalog (Nelan et al.)
Reference Documents
Final Report of the WFIRST-AFTA Science Definition Team
A complete overview of the mission, as envisioned at the start of mission formulation.
54 MB
Fact Sheets and Brochures
Expanding Our View...
Targeted for launch in the mid-2020s, WFIRST will revolutionize astronomy by building on the science discoveries and technological leaps of the Hubble and Webb space telescopes.
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