PROCEEDINGS OF SPIESPIE—The International Society for Optical Engineering

Future EUV/UV and Visible SpaceAstrophysics Missions andInstrumentation

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Volume 4854

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Contents

xv Conference Committee

SESSION 1 OPTICS CONCEPTS AND MEASUREMENTS

1 Performance of a precision high-density deformable mirror for extremely high contrastimaging astronomy from space [4854-01]J. T. Trauger, D. Moody, B. Gordon, Y. Gursel, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); M. A. Ealey,R. B. Bagwell, Xinetics, Inc. (USA)

9 DIVA optical telescope [4854-02]R. Graue, D. Kampf, Kayser-Threde GmbH (Germany); S. Roser, U. Bastian, AstronomischesRechen-lnstitut/Univ. Heidelberg (Germany); W. Seifert, Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Konigstuhl/Univ. Heidelberg (Germany)

21 A novel process to fabricate mirrors with a very long radius and ultrasmooth surfaces[4854-03]P. C. Chen, NASA Goddard Space Fight Ctr. (USA) and Composite Mirror Applications, Inc.(USA); K. G. Carpenter, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); R. C. Romeo, CompositeMirror Applications, Inc. (USA)

29 Performance analysis of the spectroscopic channel of UVISS, the ultraviolet Italian telescopefor the ISS [4854-04]G. Naletto, L Poletto, INFM (Italy) and Univ. degli Studi di Padova (Italy)

39 SiC optics for EUV, UV, and visible space missions [4854-05]J. L Robichaud, SSG Precision Optronics, Inc. (USA)

50 Design concepts for future large-aperture wide-field-of-view UVIS optical systems [4854-06]R. A. Woodruff, Boeing-SVS, Inc. (USA)

61 Enhancement of multiplayer-coated normal incidence gratings in the extreme ultravioletusing a CN, smoothing layer [4854-07]R. A. Stern, L. Shing, Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Ctr. (USA); Y.-W.Chung,Northwestern Univ. (USA); M. U. Guruz, IBM Storage Technology Div. (USA)

SESSION 2 INSTRUMENTS AND RESULTS

72 The Cosmic Origins Spectrograph [4854-22]J. C. Green, E. Wilkinson, J. A. Morse, Ctr. for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, Univ. ofColorado/Boulder (USA)

81 Overview of the Advanced Camera for Surveys on-orbit performance [4854-23]H. C. Ford, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); M. Clampin, G. F. Hartig, Space Telescope ScienceInstitute (USA); G. D. Illingworth, Univ. of California/Santa Cruz (USA); M. Sirianni, A. R. Martel,G. R. Meurer, W. J. McCann, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); P. C. Sullivan, NASA Goddard SpaceFlight Ctr. (USA); F. Bartko, Bartko Science and Technology (USA); N. Benitez, J. Blakeslee,Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); R. Bouwens, Univ. of California/Santa Cruz (USA); T. Broadhurst,Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew Univ. (Israel); R. A. Brown, Space Telescope ScienceInstitute (USA); C. J. Burrows (USA); D. Campbell , E. S. Cheng, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.(USA); P. D. Feldman, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); M. Franx, Leiden Observatory (Netherlands);D. A. Golimowski, C. Gronwall, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); R. A. Kimble, NASA Goddard SpaceFlight Ctr. (USA); J. E. Krist, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); M. P. Lesser, Univ. ofArizona (USA); D. Magee, Univ. of California/Santa Cruz (USA); G. Miley, Leiden Observatory(Netherlands); M. Postman, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); M. D. Ratal, NationalRadio Astronomy Observatory (USA); P. Rosati, European Southern Observatory (Germany);W. B. Sparks, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); H. D. Tran, Z. I. Tsvetanov, Johns HopkinsUniv. (USA); P. Volmer, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (USA); R. L. White, SpaceTelescope Science Institute (USA); R. A. Woodruff, Boeing-SVS Inc. (USA)

SESSION 3 EXOPLANETARY MISSIONS I

95 The 4-m space telescope for investigating extrasolar Earth-like planets in starlight: TPF is HST2(Invited Paper) [4854-34]R. A. Brown, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); C. J. Burrows, Metajiva (USA);S. Casertano, M. Clampin, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); D. C. Ebbets, BallAerospace & Technologies Corp. (USA); E. B. Ford, Princeton Univ. Observatory (USA);K. W. Jucks, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (USA); N. J. Kasdin, Institute forAdvanced Study (USA); S. Kilston, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (USA); M. J. Kuchner,Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (USA); S. Seager, Institute for Advanced Study (USA);A. Sozzetti, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (USA) and Univ. of Pittsburgh (USA);D. N. Spergel, Princeton Univ. Observatory (USA); W. A. Traub, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. forAstrophysics (USA); J. T. Trauger, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); E. L. Turner, Princeton Univ.Observatory (USA)

108 Technology requirements and development path for coronagraphic planet detection[4854-35]R. P. Linfield, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (USA)

116 The Eclipse mission: a direct imaging survey of nearby planetary systems [4854-38]J. T. Trauger, T. Hull, K. Stapelfeldt, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); D. Backman, Franklinand Marshall College (USA); R. B. Bagwell, Xinetics, Inc. (USA); R. A. Brown, Space TelescopeScience Institute (USA); A. Burrows, Univ. of Arizona (USA); C. J. Burrows, Metajiva (USA);M. A. Ealey, Xinetics, Inc. (USA); C. Ftaclas, Institute for Astronomy/Univ. of Hawaii (USA);S. R. Heap, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); N. J. Kasdin, Princeton Univ. (USA);J. I. Lunine, Univ. of Arizona (USA); G. W. Marcy, Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA);D. C. Redding, R. Sahai, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); W. A. Traub, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. forAstrophysics (USA); D. Spergel, Princeton Univ. (USA); B. E. Woodgate, NASA Goddard SpaceFlight Ctr. (USA)

SESSION 4 EXOPLANETARY MISSIONS II

129 The Kepler mission: a wide-field-of-view photometer designed to determine the frequency ofEarth-size planets around solar-like stars [4854-44]W. J. Borucki, D. G. Koch, J. J. Lissauer, NASA Ames Research Ctr. (USA); G. B. Basri, Univ. ofCalifornia/Berkeley (USA); J. F. Caldwell, York Univ. (Canada); W. D. Cochran, Univ. of Texas atAustin (USA); E. W. Dunham, Lowell Observatory (USA); J. C. Geary, D. W. Latham, SmithsonianAstrophysical Observatory (USA); R. L. Gilliland, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA);D. A. Caldwell, J. M. Jenkins, SETI Institute (USA); Y. Kondo, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.(USA)

141 The Galactic Exoplanet Survey Telescope (GEST) [4854-45]D. P. Bennett, Univ. of Notre Dame (USA); J. Bally, Univ. of Colorado/Boulder (USA); I. Bond,Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand); E. S. Cheng, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA);K. Cook, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA); D. Deming, NASA Goddard Space FlightCtr. (USA); P. Garnavich, Univ. of Notre Dame (USA); K. Griest, Univ. of California/San Diego(USA); D. Jewitt, N. Kaiser, Univ. of Hawaii/Manoa (USA); T. R. Lauer, National OpticalAstronomy Observatory (USA); J. Lunine, Univ. of Arizona (USA); G. Luppino, Univ. of Hawaii/Manoa (USA); J. C. Mather, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); D. Minniti, Pontifica Univ.Catolica de Chile (Chile); S. J. Peale, Univ. of California/Santa Barbara (USA); S. H. Rhie, Univ.of Notre Dame (USA); J. Rhodes, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); J. Schneider,Observatoire de Paris-Meudon (France); G. Sonneborn, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.(USA); R. Stevenson, Univ. of Notre Dame (USA); C. Stubbs, Univ. of Washington (USA);D. Tenerelli, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. (USA); N. Woolf, Univ. of Arizona (USA);P. Yock, Univ. of Auckland (New Zealand)

158 High-resolution broadband spectral interferometry [4854-48]D. J. Erskine, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA); J. Edelstein, Space Sciences Lab., Univ.of California/Berkeley (USA)

170 COROT—high-precision stellar photometry on a low Earth orbit: solutions to minimizeenvironmental perturbations [4854-47]M. Auvergne, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon (France); L. Boisnard, J.-T. Buey, Ctr. Nationaled'Etudes Spatiales (France); G. Epstein, Observatoire de Paris-Meudon (France); H. Hustaix,M. Jouret, Ctr. Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales (France); P. Levacher, Lab. d'Astrosphysique deMarseille (France); S. Berrivin, Ctr. Nationale d'Etudes Spatiales (France); A. Baglin,Observatoire de Paris (France)

SESSION 5 DETECTOR SYSTEMS

181 Advances in microchannel plate detectors for UV/visible astronomy [4854-51 ]O. H. W. Siegmund, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA)

191 Developments in imaging devices for microchannel plate detectors [4854-52]J. S. Lapington, Ctr. for Space Physics, Boston Univ. (USA)

203 A high-speed event-driven active pixel sensor readout for photon-counting microchannelplate detectors [4854-53]R. A. Kimble, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); B. Pain, M. Ortiz, J. B. Heynssens, JetPropulsion Lab. (USA); T. J. Norton, J. P. Haas, Raytheon ITTS (USA)

215 The latest developments of high-gain Si microchannel plates [4854-54]A. S. Tremsin, J. V. Vallerga, O. H. W. Siegmund, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); C. P. Beetz, R. W. Boerstler, NanoSciences Corp. (USA)

225 Advances in wide-bandgap-semiconductor-based photocathode devices for low-light- levelapplications [4854-55]M. P. Ulmer, B. W. Wessels, Northwestern Univ. (USA); O. H. W. Siegmund, Space Sciences Lab.,Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA)

233 Performance results of the GALEX cross delay line detectors [4854-64]P. N. Jelinsky, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); P. F. Morrissey, SpaceAstrophysics Lab., California Institute of Technology (USA); J. M. Malloy, S. R. Jelinsky,O. H. W. Siegmund, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); C. Martin,D. Schiminovich, K. Forster, T. Wyder, P. G. Friedman, Space Astrophysics Lab., CaliforniaInstitute of Technology (USA)

SESSION & OBSERVATORY OPERATIONS AND TECHNIQUES

241 Operations with the FUSE observatory [4854-66]W. P. Blair, J. W. Kruk, H. W. Moos, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); W. R. Oegerle, NASA GoddardSpace Flight Ctr. (USA)

251 Practical deep-space geocentric and out-of-ecliptic orbits in the Sun-Earth-restricted three-body problem [4854-67]P. Gurfil, N. J. Kasdin, Princeton Univ. (USA)

262 Echo tomography of black hole accretion disks [4854-68]K. Home, Univ. of St. Andrews (United Kingdom)

274 FUSE in-orbit attitude control with two reaction wheels and no gyroscopes [4854-72]J. W. Kruk, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); B. F. Class, D. Rovner, J. Westphal, Orbital Sciences Corp.(USA); T. B. Ake, H. W. Moos, B. A. Roberts, L. Fisher, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA)

286 Kronos Observatory operations challenges in a lean environment [4854-70]A. Koratkar, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); B. M. Peterson, The Ohio State Univ.(USA); R. S. Polidan, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)

SESSION 7 FUTURE MISSIONS AND INSTRUMENTS I

293 Stellar Imager (SI) mission concept [4854-74]K. G. Carpenter, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); C. J. Schrijver, Lockheed MartinAdvanced Technology Ctr. (USA); R. G. Lyon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA);L. G. Mundy, Univ. of Maryland/College Park (USA); R. J. Allen, Space Telescope ScienceInstitute (USA); J. T. Armstrong, Naval Research Lab. (USA); W. C. Danchi, NASA GoddardSpace Flight Ctr. (USA); M. Karovska, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. for Astrophysics (USA);J. Marzouk, Sigma Research and Engineering Corp. (USA); L. M. Mazzuca, NASA GoddardSpace Flight Ctr. (USA); D. Mozurkewich, Naval Research Lab. (USA); S. G. Neff, NASAGoddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); T. A. Pauls, Naval Research Lab. (USA); J. K. Rajagopal,Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); G. Solyar, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA);X. Zhang, Naval Research Lab. (USA)

303 The FAME mission [4854-75]K. J. Johnston, U.S. Naval Observatory (USA)

311 Kronos: a muitiwavelength observatory for mapping accretion-driven sources [4854-76]B. M. Peterson, The Ohio State Univ. (USA); R. S. Polidan, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr.(USA); E. L. Robinson, Univ. of Texas at Austin (USA)

319 Status of the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS) university-class explorermission [4854-78]M. Hurwitz, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); R. Davis, S. Dawson,SpaceDev, Inc. (USA); P. Dobson, W. Donakowski, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); A. Friedman, SpaceDev, Inc. (USA); G. A. Gaines, Gaines Systems, Inc. (USA);J. Edelstein, R. Hemphill, J. Hoberman, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/ Berkeley(USA); J. Janicik, SpaceDev, Inc. (USA); P. N. Jelinsky, M. L Lampton, W. Marchant,M. Marckwordt, J. Mirczak, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA);T. P. Sasseen, Univ. of California/Santa Barbara (USA); M. Sholl, O. H. W. Siegmund,M. M. Sirk, D. Stone, S. Sulack, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA);E. Riddle Taylor, Design Net Engineering Group (USA); M. Veno, J. Wolff, SpaceDev, Inc. (USA)

329 The Spectroscopy of Plasma Evolution from Astrophysicai Radiation (SPEAR) mission [4854-79]J. Edelstein, E. J. Korpela, B. Y. Welsh, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA);K. W. Min, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea);W. Han, U. Nam, Korea Astronomy Observatory (South Korea)

SESSION 8 FUTURE MISSIONS AND INSTRUMENTS II

336 The Galaxy Evolution Explorer [4854-85]C. Martin, T. Barlow, California Institute of Technology (USA); W. Barnhart, Orbital SciencesCorp. (USA); L Bianchi, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); B. K. Blakkolb, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA);D. Bruno, J. Bushman, Orbital Sciences Corp. (USA); Y.-l. Byun, Yonsei Univ. (South Korea);M. Chiville, Orbital Sciences Corp. (USA); T. Conrow, California Institute of Technology (USA);B. Cooke, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); J. Donas, Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille (France);J. L. Fanson, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); K. Forster, P. G. Friedman, California Institute ofTechnology (USA); R. Grange, Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille (France); D. Griffiths, OrbitalSciences Corp. (USA); T. Heckman, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); J. Jee, Yonsei Univ. (SouthKorea); P. N. Jelinsky, Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); S. Kim, Yonsei Univ. (South Korea);S.-C. Lee, Applied Sciences Lab., Inc. (USA); Y.-W. Lee, Yonsei Univ. (South Korea); D. Liu, JetPropulsion Lab. (USA); B. F. Madore, Carnegie Institute of Washington (USA); R. Malina, Univ.of California/Berkeley (USA) and Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille (France); A. Mazer, JetPropulsion Lab. (USA); R. McLean, California Institute of Technology (USA); B. Milliard, Lab.d'Astrophysique de Marseille (France); W. Mitchell, Orbital Sciences Corp. (USA); M. Morais,P. F. Morrissey, California Institute of Technology (USA); S. G. Neff, NASA Goddard Space FlightCtr. (USA); F. Raison, California Institute of Technology (USA); D. Randall, Jet Propulsion Lab.(USA); M. Rich, Univ. of California/Los Angeles (USA); D. Schiminovich, California Institute ofTechnology (USA); W. Schmitigal, A. Sen, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); O. H. W. Siegmund, Univ.of California/Berkeley (USA); T. Small, California Institute of Technology (USA); J. M. Stock, Univ.of California/Berkeley (USA); F. Surber, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); A. Szalay, Johns Hopkins Univ.(USA); A. H. Vaughan, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); T. Weigand, Orbital Sciences Corp. (USA);B. Y. Welsh, Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); P. Wu, Jet Propulsion Lab. (USA); T. Wyder,C. K. Xu, California Institute of Technology (USA); J. Zsoldas, Orbital Sciences Corp. (USA)

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351 New techniques for the next far-ultraviolet spectroscopic mission [4854-86]J. C. Green, E. Wilkinson, Ctr. for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, Univ. ofColorado/Boulder (USA)

356 Spectroscopy and photometry of IGM's diffuse radiations (SPIDR): a NASA small explorermission [4854-87]S. Chakrabarti, Ctr. for Space Physics, Boston Univ. (USA); M. W. Bautz, C. R. Canizares, Ctr.for Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA); R. Cen, Princeton Univ.Observatory (USA); T. A. Cook, Ctr. for Space Physics, Boston Univ. (USA); N. Craig, SpaceSciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); A. Dalgamo, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. forAstrophysics (USA); C. Heiles, Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); E. B. Jenkins, Princeton Univ.Observatory (USA); J. S. Lapington, Ctr. for Space Physics, Boston Univ. (USA); H. R. Miller,Georgia State Univ. (USA); J. P. Ostriker, Princeton Univ. Observatory (USA); K. R. Sembach,Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); J. M. Shull, Ctr. for Astrophysics and SpaceAstronomy, Univ. of Colorado/Boulder (USA); A. N. Witt, Ritter Observatory, Univ. of Toledo(USA)

364 The WSO: a world-class observatory for the ultraviolet [4854-88]M. A. Barstow, Univ. of Leicester (United Kingdom); L. Binette, Tel Aviv Univ. (Israel);N. Brosch, Univ. Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Mexico); F.-Z. Cheng, Ctr. for Astronomy/Univ. of Science and Technology (China); M. Dennefeld, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris(France); A. I. Gomez de Castro, IAG (Spain); H. Haubold, UN-OSD (Austria);K. A. van der Hucht, Space Research Organization Netherlands (Netherlands);N. Kappelmann, Univ. Tubingen (Germany); P. Martinez, South African AstronomicalObservatory (South Africa); A. Moisheev, Lavochkin Association (Russia); I. Pagano,Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (Italy); E. N. Ribak, Technion-lsrael Institute of Technology(Israel); J. Sahade, La Plata (Argentina); B. I. Shustov, INASAN (Russia); J.-E. Solheim, Univ. ofTromso, (Norway); W. Wamsteker, European Space Agency (Spain); K. Werner, Univ. Tubingen(Germany); H. Becker-Ross, S. Florek, Institute of Spectrochemistry and Applied Spectroscopy(Germany)

POSTER SESSION

375 Calibration of the Wide-Angle Camera for the Rosetta mission: preliminary results on the flightmodel [4854-08]G. Naletto, V. Da Deppo, P. Nicolosi, P. Zambolin, Univ. degli Studi di Padova (Italy) and INFM(Italy); C. Barbieri, S. Fornasier, Univ. degli Studi di Padova (Italy)

385 Long-slit imaging dual-order spectrograph: LIDOS [4854-09]S. R. McCandliss, K. France, P. D. Feldman, R. Pelton, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA)

397 Multilayer coatings for the Ultraviolet Italian Sky Surveyor (UVISS) on the International SpaceStation [4854-10]P. Conconi, G. Pareschi, E. Antonello, Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera (Italy); S. Scuderi,Osservatorio Astrofisico di Catania (Italy); L. Poletto, INFM (Italy) and Univ. degli Studi diPadova (Italy)

405 Phase and amplitude control ability using spatial light modulators and zero path lengthdifference Michelson interferometer [4854-12]M. G. Littman, M. Carr, J. Leighton, E. Burke, D. N. Spergel, N. J. Kasdin, Princeton Univ. (USA)

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413 A self-compensating all-reflective Interferometric echelle space telescope [4854-13]T. A. Cook, Ctr. for Space Physics, Boston Univ. (USA)

425 Thermomechanical design and optimization and acceptance of the Wide-Angle Camera forthe Rosetta mission [4854-14]S. Debei, M. De Cecco, G. Parzianello, Univ. degli Studi di Padova (Italy); B. Saggin, TechnicalUniv. of Milano (Italy); P. Ramous, M. Zaccariotto, F. Angrilli, G. Bianchini, C. Barbieri, Univ.degli Studi di Padova (Italy)

435 Development of a lightweight near-zero CTE optical bench for the Wide-Field Camera 3instrument [4854-15]J. M. Holz, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); C. Kunt, C. Lashley, D. B. McGuffey^SwalesAerospace (USA) T

447 Corrected grating recording by active optics compensator: case of the HST Cosmic OriginsSpectrograph [4854-16]G. R. LemaTtre, M. Duban, Observatoire Astronomique de Marseille Provence (France)

457 Optics development for the SPEAR mission [4854-17]K. Ryu, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea); K. Nishikida,J. Edelstein, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); K. Seon, I. Yuk, KoreaAstronomy Observatory (Korea); K. Min, Korea Advanced Institute of Science andTechnology (South Korea); W. Han, Korea Astronomy Observatory (South Korea); E. J. Korpela,R. Chung, K. McKee, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA)

467 Optomechanical design of the Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma Spectrometer (CHIPS) [4854-19]M. Sholl, W. Donakowski, M. M. Sirk, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA);T. Clauss, Univ. Tubingen (Germany); M. L. Lampton, J. Edelstein, M. Hurwitz, Space SciencesLab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA)

479 A compact high-throughput imaging EUV/FUV spectrometer [4854-20]E. Wilkinson, N. M. Schneider, S. R. Steg, J. C. Westfall, B. P. Lamprecht, J. P. Andrews, Univ. ofColorado/Boulder (USA); O. H. W. Siegmund, Sensors Sciences, LLC (USA); M. N. Beasley, Univ.of Colorado/Boulder (USA)

488 The slitless spectrometSric mode of ACS: calibrations and prospects [4854-27]J. R. Walsh, A. Pasquali, N. Pirzkal, European Southern Observatory (Germany)

496 Characterization and on-orbit performance of the Advanced Camera for Surveys CCDs[4854-28]M. Sirianni, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); M. Clampin, G. F. Hartig, Space Telescope ScienceInstitute (USA); H. C. Ford, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); G. D. Illingworth, Univ. of CaliforniaObservatories/Lick Observatory (USA); V. S. Argabright, B. Burmester, Ball Aerospace &Technology Corp. (USA); G. De Marchi, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); 'W. Koldewyn, Ball Aerospace & Technology Corp. (USA); A. R. Martel, Johns Hopkins Univ.(USA); M. Mutchler, A. Riess, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); R. J. Schrein, BallAerospace & Technologies Corp. (USA); P. C. Sullivan, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)

507 Calibration of geometric distortion in the ACS detectors [4854-30]G. R. Meurer, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); D. J. Lindler, Sigma Research and Engineering Corp.(USA); J. Blakeslee, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); C. R. Cox, Space Telescope Science Institute(USA); A. R. Martel, H. D. Tran, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); R. Bouwens, Univ. of California/SantaCruz (USA); H. C. Ford, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); M. Clampin, G. F. Hartig, Space TelescopeScience Institute (USA); M. Sirianni, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); G. De Marchi, Space TelescopeScience Institute (USA)

515 Obtaining science data from COS: the calibration process [4854-31 ]S. Beland, S. Penton, E. Wilkinson, Ctr. for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, Univ. ofColorado/Boulder (USA)

526 Further scrubbing and quantum efficiency results of the HST-COS far-ultraviolet detector[4854-32] XA. P. Martin, J. V. Vallerga, J. B. McPhate, O. H. W. Siegmund, Space Sciences L'ab., Univ. ofCalifornia/Berkeley (USA)

532 On-orbit alignment and imaging performance of the HST Advanced Camera for Surveys[4854-33]G. F. Hartig, J. E. Krist, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); A. R. Martel, H. C. Ford, JohnsHopkins Univ. (USA); G. D. Illingworth, Univ. of California Observatories/Lick Observatory (USA)

544 Pointing and jitter control for the Eclipse mission [4854-42]R. A. Mayo, V. A. Spector, C. F. Lillie, TRW Inc. (USA)

554 Requirements for an optical 8-m space telescope with a MEMs deformable mirror to detectEarth-like planets around nearby stars [4854-43]H. C. Ford, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA); M. Clampin, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA);G. D. Illingworth, Univ. of California/Santa Cruz (USA); J. E. Krist, Space Telescope ScienceInstitute (USA); S. S. Olivier, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA); L. Petro, SpaceTelescope Science Institute (USA); G. E. Sommagren, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA)

558 The Kepler mission's focal plane [4854-49]E. W. Dunham, Lowell Observatory (USA); J. C. Geary, Harvard-Smithsonian Ctr. forAstrophysics (USA); R. H. Philbrick, C. K. Stewart, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (USA);D. G. Koch, NASA Ames Research Ctr. (USA)

567 Model of fringing in the WFC3 CCDs [4854-58]E. M. Malumuth, R. J. Hill, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (USA) and NASA GoddardSpace Flight Ctr. (USA); E. S. Cheng, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA);D. A. Cottingham, Global Science and Technology, Inc. (USA) and NASA Goddard SpaceFlight Ctr. (USA); Y. Wen, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (USA) and NASA GoddardSpace Flight Ctr. (USA); S. D. Johnson, Global Science and Technology, Inc. (USA) and NASAGoddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); R. S. Hill, Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (USA) andNASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA)

577 Analysis of a chemical method to increase extreme-ultraviolet microchannel-plate quantumefficiency [4854-60]R. Hemphill, J. Edelstein, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA)

583 Progress on photon-counting intensified APS [4854-61 ]M. C. Uslenghi, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica (Italy); G. Bonanno,M. Belluso, A. Call, C. Timpanaro, R. Cosentino, S. Scuderi, Osservatorio Astrofisicodi Catania (Italy); A. Modica, Xilinix Ireland (Ireland)

593 A detector system for SPIDR, a mission to perform spectroscopy and photometry of the IGM'sdiffuse radiation [4854-62]J. S. Lapington, S. Chakrabarti, T. A. Cook, Ctr. for Space Physics, Boston Univ. (USA);R. F. Goeke, Ctr. for Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA);J. C. Gsell, V. T. Gsell, Ctr. for Space Physics-, Boston Univ. (USA)

602 The microchannel plate detector electronics system for SPEAR [4854-65]U. Nam, Korea Astronomy Observatory (South Korea); J. Rhee, Korea Astronomy Observatory(South Korea) and Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (South Korea);E. J. Korpela, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); H. Jin, Korea AstronomyObservatory (South Korea); D. Lee, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(South Korea); J. S. Hull, P. Berg, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA);W. Han, Korea Astronomy Observatory (South Korea); K. Min, Korea Advanced Institute ofScience and Technology (South Korea); J. Edelstein, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA)

610 The FUSE detectors: on-orbtt use and lessons learned [4854-71 ]D. J. Sahnow, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA)

620 A high-resolution high-throughput FUV imager for the JMEX mission [4854-77]S. N. Osterman, Ctr. for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, Univ. of Colorado/Boulder (USA);N. M. Schneider, Lab. for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Univ. of Colorado/Boulder (USA);D. A. Content, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); W. E. McClintock, S. R. Steg,J. C. Westfall, B. P. Lamprecht, Lab. for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Univ. of Colorado/Boulder (USA); J. P. Andrews, Ctr. for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, Univ. of Colorado/Boulder (USA); O. H. W. Siegmund, Sensor Sciences, LLC (USA)

632 SNAP focal plane [4854-80]M. L Lampton, Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); C. Bebek, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.(USA); C. W. Akerlof, Univ. of Michigan (USA); G. Aldering, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab.(USA); R. Amanullah, Univ. of Stockholm (Sweden); P. Astier, E. Barrelet, CNRS/IN2P3/LPNHE(France); L. Bergstrom, Univ. of Stockholm (Sweden); J. Bercovitz, Lawrence Berkeley NationalLab. (USA); G. M. Bernstein, Univ. of Pennsylvania (USA); M. Bester, Univ. of California/Berkeley(USA); A. Bonissent, CNRS/IN2P3/CPPM (France); C. R. Bower, Indiana Univ. (USA);W. C. Carithers, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); E. D. Commins, Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); C. Day, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); S. E. Deustua, AmericanAstronomical Society (USA); R. S. DiGennaro, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); A. Ealet,CNRS/IN2P3/CPPM (France); R. S. Ellis, California Institute of Technology (USA); M. Eriksson,Univ. of Stockholm (Sweden); A. Fruchter, Space Telescope Science Institute (USA); J. Genat,CNRS/IN2P3/LPNHE (France); G. Goldhaber, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley(USA); A. Goobar, Univ. of Stockholm (Sweden); D. E. Groom, Lawrence Berkeley NationalLab. (USA); S. E. Harris, P. R. Harvey, H. D. Heetderks, Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA);S. E. Holland, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); D. Huterer, Case Western Reserve Univ.(USA); A. Karcher, A. G. Kim, W. F. Kolbe, B. Krieger, R. Lafever, Lawrence Berkeley NationalLab. (USA); J. Lamoureux, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of Califoria/Berkeley (USA); M. E. Levi,Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); D. S. Levin, Univ. of Michigan (USA); E. V. Under,

S. C. Loken, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); R. Malina, Lab. d'Astrophysique deMarseille (France); R. Massey, Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom); T. McKay, S. M. McKee,Univ. of Michigan (USA); R. Miquel, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); E. Mortsell, Univ. ofStockholm (Sweden); N. Mostek, S. Mufson, J. A. Musser, Indiana Univ. (USA); P. E. Nugent,H. M. Oluseyi, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); R. Pain, CNRS/IN2P3/LPNHE (France);N. P. Palaio, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); D. H. Pankow, Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); S. Perlmutter, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); R. Pratt, Univ. ofCalifornia/Berkeley (USA); E. Prieto, Lab. d'Astrophysique de Marseille (France); A. Refregier,Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom); J. Rhodes, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA);K. E. Robinson, N. Roe, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); M. Sholl, Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); M. S. Schubnell, Univ. of Michigan (USA); G. Smadja, CNRS/IN2P3/INPL(France); G. F. Smoot, Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); A. Spadafora, Lawrence BerkeleyNational Lab. (USA); G. Tarle, A. D. Tpmasch, Univ. of Michigan (USA); H. von der Lippe,

,. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA); D. Vincent, CNRS/IN2P3/LPNHE (France); J.-P. Walder,G. Wang, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (USA)

640 The Astrophysicai Plasmadynamic Explorer (APEX): a high-resolution spectroscopicobservatory [4854-84]M. P. Kowalski, R. G. Cruddace, K. S. Wood, D. J. Yentis, H. Gursky, Naval Research Lab. (USA);T. W. Barbee, Jr., W. H. Goldstein, J. F. Kordas, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA);G. G. Fritz, PRAXIS, Inc. (USA); W. R. Hunter, SFA, Inc. (USA); M. A. Barstow, N. P. Bannister, Univ.of Leicester (United Kingdom); J. L. Culhane, Mullard Space Science Lab. (United Kingdom);J. S. Lapington, Mullard Space Science Lab. (United Kingdom) and Boston Univ. (USA)

654 The Joint Astrophysicai Plasmadynamic Experiment (J-PEX): a high-resolution rocketspectrometer [4854-89]M. A. Barstow, N. P. Bannister, Univ. of Leicester (United Kingdom); R. G. Cruddace,M. P. Kowalski, K. S. Wood, D. J. Yentis, H. Gursky, Naval Research Lab. (USA); T. W. Barbee, Jr.,W. H. Goldstein, J. F. Kordas, Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (USA); G. G. Fritz, PRAXIS, Inc.(USA); J. L Culhane, Mullard Space Science Lab. (United Kingdom); J. S. Lapington, MullardSpace Science Lab. (United Kingdom) and Boston Univ. (USA)

665 The SPEAR science payload [4854-90]E. J. Korpela, J. Edelstein, P. Berg, M. S. Bowen, R. Chung, M. Feuerstein, Space Science Lab.,Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); W. Han, Korea Astronomy Observatory (South Korea);J. S. Hull, Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); H. Jin, Korea AstronomyObservatory (South Korea); D. Lee, K. W. Min, Korea Advanced Institute of Science andTechnology (South Korea); U.-W. Nam, Korea Astronomy Observatory (Korea); K. Nishikida,Space Sciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); J. Rhee, Korea AstronomyObservatory (South Korea); K. Ryu, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(South Korea); K.-l. Seon, Korea Astronomical Observatory (South Korea); B. Y. Welsh, SpaceSciences Lab., Univ. of California/Berkeley (USA); I.-S. Yuk, Korea Astronomical Observatory(South Korea)

676 Studies of H Ly-a emissions in the solar neighborhood with the techniques of poiarimetry andspatial heterodyne spectroscopy (SHS) [4854-91]W. M. Harris, F. L. Roesler, K. H. Nordsieck, Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison (USA); L. Ben-Jaffel,Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale (France); J. Corliss, Univ. of Wisconsin/Madison (USA)

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686 On-orbit performance of the ACS solar blind channel [4854-93]H. D. Tran, G. R. Meurer, H. C. Ford, A. R. Martel, M. Sirianni, Johns Hopkins Univ. (USA);R. C. Bohlin, M. Clampin, C. R. Cox, G. De Marchi, G. F. Hartig, Space Telescope ScienceInstitute (USA); R. A. Kimble, NASA Goddard Space Flight Ctr. (USA); V. S. Argabright, BallAerospace & Technologies Corp. (USA)

695 Addendum698 Author Index