Reports and Reference Collection
A variety of reference material is available for astronomers interested in learning more about the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, as well as to explain Roman's capabilities to a wide variety of audiences. The technical reports and papers listed below document technical work relevant to the Roman mission which has been carried out, led, or co-led by staff at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). Also included below is a collection of reference documents and brochures summarizing Roman’s scientific capabilities, as well as resources for astronomers interested in building a Roman-focused presentation appropriate for a wide variety of audiences, including a slide deck and visual library.
Roman related presentations at events organized or co-sponsored by STScI can be searched and viewed on the events page.
Additional resources can be found at the sites of our Roman mission partners. A document library is maintained by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), and a list of mission documents created by project partners is maintained by IPAC. GSFC also maintains a library of images and multimedia and a library of presentations and documents.
Booklet and Brochure
December 2022
Roman Science and Technical Overview
This 36-page booklet provides a current overview of the scientific capabilities, technical specifications, and operations of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The booklet is an expanded and updated compilation of content previously published here as separate science and technology fact sheets.
12 MB
Expanding Our View Brochure
Targeted for launch in the mid-2020s, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will revolutionize astronomy by building on the science discoveries and technological leaps of the Hubble and Webb space telescopes.
1 MBTechnical Reports, White Papers, and Conference Presentations
Technical Reports
Roman-STScI-000364: Roman Science Operations Center Wide Field Instrument Data Processing Summary (H. Ferguson et al.)
Roman-STScI-000394: Determining the Best-Fitting Slope and Its Uncertainity for Up-the-Ramp Sampled Images with Unevenly Distributed Resultants (S. Casertano et al.)
Roman-STScI-000433: WFIsim: The Roman Telescope Branch Wide-Field-Instrument Simulator (A. Bellini et al.)
Conference Presentations
Poster: The Roman Space Telescope Science Operations Center: Overview of Software and Data Simulation Tools
AAS Meeting 240, June 2022
R. Cosentino et al.
Hyperwall Talk: Obscured AGN: Using the Roman Grism to Uncover Hidden Growth at the Cosmic Noon
AAS Meeting 240, June 2022
A. Petric et al.
Workshop Presentations
The Roman Science Investigation Team Workshop
Virtual meeting held November 15-19 2021. In particular:
- High Latitude Survey Design, C. Hirata
- High Latitude Time Domain Survey, B. Rose
- Roman Galactic Exoplanet Survey, D. Bennett
- Roman Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey, S. Johnson, et al
- WFI Detectors and Calibration, B. Rauscher
- WFI Calibration Working Group Report, S. Casertano, et al
- Testing of Roman H4RG-10s Detectors, G. Mosby
Conference Presentations
Science Operations and Support for the Wide-Field Instrument for the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
AAS Meeting 237, January 2021
A. Petric, A. Bellini, S. Casertano, G. De Rosa, T. Desjardins, S. Deustua, R. Geda, J. Hargis, A. Koekemoer, C. Lajoie, M. Mutchler, E. Nelan, M. Peeples, R. Ryan, B. York
Science Operations for the Wide-Field Instrument of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
AAS Meeting 238, June 2021
M. Mutchler, A. Bellini, S. Casertano, C. Christian, G. De Rosa, T. Desjardins, S. Deustua, R. Geda, J. Hargis, A. Koekemoer, C. Lajoie, E. Nelan, M. Peeples, A. Petric, R. Ryan, B. York
Other Reports and Papers
Astrometry with Roman and Its Relationship to Science Data Products
Roman Techical Report, Roman-STScI-000243, SC-01, April 2, 2021
Sosey, M
White Papers and Conference Presentations
Science Operations and Support for the Wide-Field Instrument for WFIRST, AAS Meeting #235, id. 372.13 (Ryan)
Community Science with the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
Authors: K. Gilbert and N. Reid (STScI)
Results from surveying the astronomical community about their scientific interests in Roman
Technical Reports
WFIRST-STScI-TR1901: WFIRST Wavelength Calibration: A Strategy with M67 (Ryan 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.
Overview Presentation and Visual Library
June 2022
Expanding Our View Presentation (PowerPoint)
This presentation highlights the science that will be enabled by the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope. The presentation includes notes for the presenter and can be used as a whole or in parts. Below we list additional file formats of the presentation as well as a link to a library of Roman visuals.
76 MB
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