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Peer-reviewed research and conference proceedings in exoplanet science and mission design.

2026
Submitted 1st Author

yippy: Standardized Yield Input Package Processing and Fourier-Domain PSF Interpolation for HWO Coronagraphs

Corey Spohn , Christopher C. Stark , Susan Redmond , Roser Juanola-Parramon

RAS Techniques and Instruments

Published 1st Author

Understanding HWO's Field of Regard and Characterization Requirement Trade Space with a Dynamic Observation Scheduling Algorithm

Corey Spohn , Christopher C. Stark , Dmitry Savransky , Natasha Latouf

Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems

DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.12.4.041010 →
Published 1st Author

Simulating Images for a Complete HWO Survey with coronagraphoto

Corey Spohn , Christopher C. Stark

Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2026: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave

DOI: 10.1117/12.3103041 →
Published

pyEDITH: the coronagraphic exposure time calculator for the Habitable Worlds Observatory

Eleonora Alei , Miles H. Currie , Corey Spohn , Christopher C. Stark , Aki Roberge , Avi M. Mandell , Enrico Biancalani , Samantha Gilbert-Janizek , Jacob Lustig-Yaeger , Sarah Steiger

RAS Techniques and Instruments

DOI: 10.1093/rasti/rzag067 →
Published

Characterizing Earth analogs may require a moderate- or high-resolution spectrograph

Jean-Baptiste Ruffio , Sarah Steiger , Corey Spohn , Bruce Macintosh , Dimitri Mawet , Laurent Pueyo , Bertrand Mennesson , Beck Dacus , Nicole Wolff , Tyler D. Robinson , Renyu Hu , Kielan Hoch , Quinn M. Konopacky , Marshall D. Perrin , Dmitry Savransky , Michael W. McElwain , Shelley A. Wright , Ji Wang , Pin Chen

Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems

DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.12.4.041020 →
Published

Exploring the Coronagraph Trade Space for Exoplanet Direct Imaging Yield

Armen Tokadjian , Michael Turmon , Rhonda Morgan , Mario Damiano , Bertrand Mennesson , Dmitry Savransky , Chris Stark , Jouni Susiluoto , Corey Spohn , Sarah Steiger

Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series

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2025
Published 1st Author

yieldplotlib: A unified library for exoplanet yield code visualizations

Corey Spohn , Sarah Steiger , Alex R. Howe

Journal of Open Source Software

DOI: 10.21105/joss.09401 →
Published 1st Author

A Refined Photometric Constraint for Exoplanet Direct Imaging Yield Estimation and Observation Scheduling

Corey Spohn , Dmitry Savransky , Christopher C. Stark

The Astronomical Journal

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ae0a1c →
2024
Published 1st Author

How the Habitable Worlds Observatory's field of regard will impact the use of precursor science

Corey Spohn , Chris Stark , Dmitry Savransky

Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2024: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave

DOI: 10.1117/12.3020689 →
2023
Published 1st Author

Dissertation: Planning Direct Imaging Observations of Exoplanets with Precursor Data

Corey Spohn

Cornell University

DOI: 10.7298/hvz9-7325 →
Published

Quantifying the impacts of schedulability on science yield of exoplanet direct imaging missions

Dmitry Savransky , Russell Knight , Michael Turmon , Corey Spohn , Rhonda Morgan , Mario Damiano , Grace Genszler , Jackson Kulik

SPIE Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets XI

DOI: 10.1117/12.2677102 →
2022
Published 1st Author

Scheduling Direct Imaging Observations Based on Radial Velocity Orbital Fits: Best Practices for Translating Orbits and Failure Modes

Corey Spohn , Dmitry Savransky , Rhonda Morgan

The Astronomical Journal

DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/ac5049 →
Published 1st Author

Direct imaging mission planning with precursor radial velocity data: process and validation

Corey Spohn , Dmitry Savransky

Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave

DOI: 10.1117/12.2627262 →
2021
Published

Integration Time Adjusted Completeness

Dean Keithly , Dmitry Savransky , Corey Spohn

Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems

DOI: 10.1117/1.JATIS.7.3.037002 →
2020
Published 1st Author

Suppressing Condensation Frosting Using an Out-of-Plane Dry Zone

Corey Spohn , Farzad Ahmadi , Saurabh Nath , Jonathan Boreyko

Langmuir

DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c03054 →
Published 1st Author

How orbital fit uncertainties impact dynamic scheduling

Corey Spohn , Dmitry Savransky

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation 2020

DOI: 10.1117/12.2562799 →
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