Roman Coronagraph School 2026
9-13 mars 2026
Villa Clythia - Fréjus (France)
The coronagraph instrument from the Roman Space Telescope (RST) will be the very first high-contrast imaging instrument in space to combine multiple deformable mirrors, state-of-the-art coronagraph and advanced wavefront control. This new generation instrument will provide the very first images in reflected light of mature giant exoplanets in the visible. It will also serve as a demonstrator for technologies that will late be used on the Habitable World Observatory to directly image Earth analogs. RST is led by NASA, but with a strong international participation from CNES, MPIA, ESA, and JAXA. This participation means that the European astronomical community can play an important role in the preparation of the mission and then in the scientific exploitation of the data provided by the coronagraph. This school intends to provide all the necessary background and tools to be ready to reduce, analyse and interpret the first RST coronagraph data. It will consist of classes on high-contrast imaging, exoplanet atmosphere modelling, debris disks, and exoplanet demographics. A large part of the school will be dedicated to hands-on sessions to get familiar will simulation tools, reduction pipeline, and modelling and retrieval tools.
Discipline scientifique :
Planète et Univers - Astrophysique - Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre - Instrumentation et méthodes pour l'astrophysique
Lieu de la conférence