Prof. Sara Seager
Astrophysicist and at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Publications (39)

SPIE Journal Paper | 20 September 2024 Open Access
JATIS, Vol. 10, Issue 03, 035004, (September 2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.10.3.035004
KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Planets, Signal to noise ratio, Telescopes, Point spread functions, Stars, Exoplanets, Wavefronts, Spectroscopy, Design

Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Poster + Paper
Proceedings Volume 13092, 130925D (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020798
KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Coronagraphy, Stars, Shadows, Observatories, Simulations, Exoplanets

Proceedings Article | 18 July 2024 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 13096, 130960M (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3018920
KEYWORDS: Adaptive optics, Stars, Telescopes, Image segmentation, Equipment, Asteroids, Calibration, Space operations, Exoplanets, Spatial resolution

SPIE Journal Paper | 25 January 2021 Open Access
JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 02, 021212, (January 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.2.021212
KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Stars, Sun, Exoplanets, Planets, Signal to noise ratio, Device simulation, Point spread functions, Observatories, Optical instrument design

SPIE Journal Paper | 9 January 2021 Open Access
Andrew Romero-Wolf, Geoffrey Bryden, Sara Seager, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Jeff Booth, Matt Greenhouse, Doug Lisman, Bruce Macintosh, Stuart Shaklan, Melissa Vess, Steve Warwick, David Webb, John Ziemer, Andrew Gray, Michael Hughes, Greg Agnes, Jonathan Arenberg, S. Case Bradford, Michael Fong, Jennifer Gregory, Steve Matousek, Jason Rhodes, Phil Willems, Simone D'Amico, John Debes, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Sergi Hildebrandt, Renyu Hu, Alina Kiessling, Nikole Lewis, Maxime Rizzo, Aki Roberge, Tyler Robinson, Leslie Rogers, Dmitry Savransky, Chris Stark
JATIS, Vol. 7, Issue 02, 021210, (January 2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.7.2.021210
KEYWORDS: Planets, Exoplanets, Stars, Telescopes, Signal to noise ratio, Spectroscopy, Target detection, Observatories, Sensors, Point spread functions

Proceedings Article | 13 December 2020 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 11443, 1144320 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2564710
KEYWORDS: Observatories, Exoplanets, Astrophysics, Ultraviolet radiation, Space telescopes, Astronomy, Planets, Stars, Planetary science, Astronomical imaging

Proceedings Article | 17 September 2019 Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 11117, 111170S (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2528756
KEYWORDS: Large telescopes, Telescopes, Target detection, Observatories, Exoplanetary science, Adaptive optics, Spectroscopes, Time metrology, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopy

Proceedings Article | 9 September 2019 Open Access Presentation + Paper
Proceedings Volume 11115, 111150M (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2530036
KEYWORDS: Exoplanets, Planets, Ultraviolet radiation, Stars, Observatories, Coronagraphy, Telescopes, Planetary systems, Solar system, Astrophysics

Proceedings Article | 1 August 2018 Presentation + Paper
B. Scott Gaudi, Bertrand Mennesson, Sara Seager, Kerri Cahoy, John Clarke, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Lee Feinberg, Olivier Guyon, Jeremy Kasdin, Christian Marois, Dimitri Mawet, Motohide Tamura, David Mouillet, Timo Prusti, Andreas Quirrenbach, Tyler Robinson, Leslie Rogers, Paul Scowen, Rachel Somerville, Karl Stapelfeldt, Christopher Stark, Daniel Stern, Martin Still, Margaret Turnbull, Jeffrey Booth, Alina Kiessling, Gary Kuan, Keith Warfield
Proceedings Volume 10698, 106980P (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2312278
KEYWORDS: Exoplanets, Planets, Ultraviolet radiation, Stars, Coronagraphy, Observatories, Imaging spectroscopy, Telescopes, Planetary systems, Astrophysics

Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation
Scott Gaudi, Bertrand Mennesson, Sara Seager, Keith Warfield, Gary Kuan, Alina Kiessling, the HABEX Science and Technology Definition Team
Proceedings Volume 10698, 106980M (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2314009
KEYWORDS: Exoplanets, Solar system, Astrophysics, UV optics, Galactic astronomy, Space telescopes, Near ultraviolet, Near infrared, Planets, Scientific research

Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Open Access Presentation
Proceedings Volume 10698, 1069873 (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2506192

Proceedings Article | 24 August 2016 Paper
Bertrand Mennesson, Scott Gaudi, Sara Seager, Kerri Cahoy, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Lee Feinberg, Olivier Guyon, Jeremy Kasdin, Christian Marois, Dimitri Mawet, Motohide Tamura, David Mouillet, Timo Prusti, Andreas Quirrenbach, Tyler Robinson, Leslie Rogers, Paul Scowen, Rachel Somerville, Karl Stapelfeldt, Daniel Stern, Martin Still, Margaret Turnbull, Jeffrey Booth, Alina Kiessling, Gary Kuan, Keith Warfield
Proceedings Volume 9904, 99040L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2240457
KEYWORDS: Stars, Planets, Galactic astronomy, Imaging spectroscopy, Exoplanets, Telescopes, Coronagraphy, Astrophysics, Ultraviolet radiation, Spectroscopy

Proceedings Article | 9 August 2016 Paper
G. Ricker, R. Vanderspek, J. Winn, S. Seager, Z. Berta-Thompson, A. Levine, J. Villasenor, D. Latham, D. Charbonneau, M. Holman, J. Johnson, D. Sasselov, A. Szentgyorgyi, G. Torres, G. Bakos, T. Brown, J. Christensen-Dalsgaard, H. Kjeldsen, M. Clampin, S. Rinehart, D. Deming, J. Doty, E. Dunham, S. Ida, N. Kawai, B. Sato, J. Jenkins, J. Lissauer, G. Jernigan, L. Kaltenegger, G. Laughlin, D. Lin, P. McCullough, N. Narita, J. Pepper, K. Stassun, S. Udry
Proceedings Volume 9904, 99042B (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232071
KEYWORDS: Exoplanets, Stars, Satellites, Planets, Cameras, Space telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope, Space operations, Charge-coupled devices, Observatories

Proceedings Article | 5 August 2016 Paper
A. Krishnamurthy, J. Villasenor, C. Thayer, S. Kissel, G. Ricker, S. Seager, R. Lyle, A. Deline, E. Morgan, T. Sauerwein, R. Vanderspek
Proceedings Volume 9904, 99042W (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232244
KEYWORDS: Charge-coupled devices, Quantum efficiency, Calibration, Sensors, CCD image sensors, Photodiodes, Light sources, Integrating spheres, Bandpass filters, Optical filters

Proceedings Article | 16 September 2015 Paper
Sara Seager, Margaret Turnbull, William Sparks, Mark Thomson, Stuart Shaklan, Aki Roberge, Marc Kuchner, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Shawn Domagal-Goldman, Webster Cash, Keith Warfield, Doug Lisman, Dan Scharf, David Webb, Rachel Trabert, Stefan Martin, Eric Cady, Cate Heneghan
Proceedings Volume 9605, 96050W (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2190378
KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Space telescopes, Planets, Stars, Exoplanets, Space operations, Imaging systems, Coronagraphy, Tolerancing, Cameras

SPIE Journal Paper | 24 October 2014 Open Access
George Ricker, Joshua Winn, Roland Vanderspek, David Latham, Gáspár Bakos, Jacob Bean, Zachory Berta-Thompson, Timothy Brown, Lars Buchhave, Nathaniel Butler, R. Paul Butler, William Chaplin, David Charbonneau, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Mark Clampin, Drake Deming, John Doty, Nathan De Lee, Courtney Dressing, Edward Dunham, Michael Endl, François Fressin, Jian Ge, Thomas Henning, Matthew Holman, Andrew Howard, Shigeru Ida, Jon Jenkins, Garrett Jernigan, John Asher Johnson, Lisa Kaltenegger, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hans Kjeldsen, Gregory Laughlin, Alan Levine, Douglas Lin, Jack Lissauer, Phillip MacQueen, Geoffrey Marcy, Peter McCullough, Timothy Morton, Norio Narita, Martin Paegert, Enric Palle, Francesco Pepe, Joshua Pepper, Andreas Quirrenbach, Stephen Rinehart, Dimitar Sasselov, Bun’ei Sato, Sara Seager, Alessandro Sozzetti, Keivan Stassun, Peter Sullivan, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Guillermo Torres, Stephane Udry, Joel Villasenor
JATIS, Vol. 1, Issue 01, 014003, (October 2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.JATIS.1.1.014003
KEYWORDS: Stars, Planets, Exoplanets, Space operations, Satellites, Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Space telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope, Observatories

Proceedings Article | 28 August 2014 Paper
George Ricker, Joshua Winn, Roland Vanderspek, David Latham, Gáspár Bakos, Jacob Bean, Zachory Berta-Thompson, Timothy Brown, Lars Buchhave, Nathaniel Butler, R. Paul Butler, William Chaplin, David Charbonneau, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, Mark Clampin, Drake Deming, John Doty, Nathan De Lee, Courtney Dressing, E. Dunham, Michael Endl, Francois Fressin, Jian Ge, Thomas Henning, Matthew Holman, Andrew Howard, Shigeru Ida, Jon Jenkins, Garrett Jernigan, John Johnson, Lisa Kaltenegger, Nobuyuki Kawai, Hans Kjeldsen, Gregory Laughlin, Alan Levine, Douglas Lin, Jack Lissauer, Phillip MacQueen, Geoffrey Marcy, P. McCullough, Timothy Morton, Norio Narita, Martin Paegert, Enric Palle, Francesco Pepe, Joshua Pepper, Andreas Quirrenbach, S. Rinehart, Dimitar Sasselov, Bun'ei Sato, Sara Seager, Alessandro Sozzetti, Keivan Stassun, Peter Sullivan, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, Guillermo Torres, Stephane Udry, Joel Villasenor
Proceedings Volume 9143, 914320 (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2063489
KEYWORDS: Stars, Planets, Space operations, Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Space telescopes, Exoplanets, Observatories, James Webb Space Telescope, Sensors

Proceedings Article | 28 August 2014 Paper
P. Lawson, S. Seager, K. Stapelfeldt, M. Brenner, D. Lisman, N. Siegler, S. Unwin, K. Warfield
Proceedings Volume 9143, 91432Q (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2054939
KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Exoplanets, Telescopes, Manufacturing, Tolerancing, Mirrors, Sensors, Optics manufacturing, Wavefronts, Space telescopes

Proceedings Article | 15 September 2011 Paper
Proceedings Volume 8146, 81460S (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.896130
KEYWORDS: Molybdenum, Space operations, Aerospace engineering, Satellites, Prototyping, Standards development, Astronomical engineering, Planetary science, Stars, Control systems

Proceedings Article | 11 August 2010 Paper
Proceedings Volume 7731, 773127 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.856559
KEYWORDS: Stars, Space operations, Charge-coupled devices, Exoplanets, Interference (communication), Sensors, Planets, Signal to noise ratio, Space telescopes, CCD image sensors

Proceedings Article | 10 August 2010 Paper
Rémi Soummer, Jeff Valenti, Robert Brown, Sara Seager, Jason Tumlinson, Webster Cash, Ian Jordan, Marc Postman, Matt Mountain, Tiffany Glassman, Laurent Pueyo, Aki Roberge
Proceedings Volume 7731, 77312I (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858347
KEYWORDS: Planets, James Webb Space Telescope, Stars, Oxygen, Imaging spectroscopy, Stray light, Spectroscopy, Earth's atmosphere, Space telescopes, Sensors

Proceedings Article | 6 August 2010 Paper
Christopher Pong, Sungyung Lim, Matthew Smith, David Miller, Jesus Villaseñor, Sara Seager
Proceedings Volume 7731, 77311V (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.857992
KEYWORDS: Stars, Satellites, Exoplanets, CMOS sensors, Gyroscopes, Magnetism, Sensors, Charge-coupled devices, Solar cells, Error analysis

Proceedings Article | 20 August 2009 Paper
Proceedings Volume 7440, 74400A (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.826702
KEYWORDS: Planets, James Webb Space Telescope, Stars, Imaging spectroscopy, Spectroscopy, Telescopes, Exoplanets, Sensors, Space telescopes, Image filtering

Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper
R. Barry, W. Danchi, L. Deming, L. Richardson, M. Kuchner, S. Seager, B. Frey, A. Martino, K. Lee, M. Zuray, J. Rajagopal, T. Hyde, R. Millan-Gabete, J. Monnier, R. Allen, W. Traub
Proceedings Volume 6265, 62651L (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672437
KEYWORDS: Sensors, Planets, Wavefronts, Interferometers, Control systems, Beam splitters, Space operations, Actuators, Astronomy, Signal detection

Proceedings Article | 6 July 2006 Paper
Mark Clampin, Gary Melnick, Richard Lyon, Scott Kenyon, Dimitar Sasselov, Volker Tolls, Holland Ford, David Golimowski, Larry Petro, George Hartig, William Sparks, Garth Illingworth, Doug Lin, Sara Seager, Alycia Weinberger, Martin Harwit, Mark Marley, Jean Schneider, Michael Shao, Marty Levine, Jian Ge, Robert Woodruff
Proceedings Volume 6265, 62651B (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672849
KEYWORDS: Planets, Wavefronts, Nulling interferometry, Coronagraphy, Stars, Space telescopes, Point spread functions, Telescopes, Atmospheric physics, Atmospheric sensing

Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper
W. Danchi, R. Barry, D. Deming, M. Kuchner, J. Monnier, L. Mundy, J. Rajagopal, J. Richardson, S. Seager, W. Traub
Proceedings Volume 6268, 626820 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672817
KEYWORDS: Planets, Exoplanets, Interferometers, Stars, Solar system, Jupiter, Clouds, Infrared radiation, Space telescopes, Signal to noise ratio

Proceedings Article | 28 June 2006 Paper
Jian Ge, Daniel McDavitt, Bo Zhao, Suvrath Mahadevan, Curtis DeWitt, Sara Seager
Proceedings Volume 6269, 62691D (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670860
KEYWORDS: Planets, Silicon, Doppler effect, Spectrographs, Infrared spectroscopy, Stars, Telescopes, Absorption, Spectroscopy, Collimation

Proceedings Article | 27 June 2006 Paper
Wesley Traub, Marie Levine, Stuart Shaklan, James Kasting, J. Roger Angel, Michael Brown, Robert Brown, Christopher Burrows, Mark Clampin, Alan Dressler, Henry Ferguson, Heidi Hammel, Sara Heap, Scott Horner, Garth Illingworth, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Mark Kuchner, Douglas Lin, Mark Marley, Victoria Meadows, Charley Noecker, Ben Oppenheimer, Sara Seager, Michael Shao, Karl Stapelfeldt, John Trauger
Proceedings Volume 6268, 62680T (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.673608
KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Coronagraphy, Mirrors, Telescopes, Wavefronts, Performance modeling, Space telescopes, Control systems, Actuators

Proceedings Article | 19 June 2006 Paper
Mark Clampin, Richard Lyon, Larry Petro, Sara Seager, Mark Marley, Gary Melnick, Alycia Weinberger, Robert Woodruff, Scott Horner, Holland Ford, Garth Illingworth, Jim Kasting, Doug Lin, Marc Kuchner, Mike Shao, William Sparks, Bernard Rauscher, Volker Tolls, Ruth Carter
Proceedings Volume 6265, 62650O (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.672816
KEYWORDS: Planets, Optical filters, Near infrared, Sensors, Cameras, Charge-coupled devices, Staring arrays, Photon counting, Imaging systems, Planetary systems

Proceedings Article | 13 June 2006 Paper
Proceedings Volume 6265, 626517 (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.671934
KEYWORDS: Coronagraphy, Planets, Interferometers, Stars, Nulling interferometry, Optical fibers, Calibration, Wavefronts, Telescopes, Mirrors

Proceedings Article | 5 October 2005 Paper
Proceedings Volume 5905, 59051G (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617478
KEYWORDS: Telescopes, Planets, Device simulation, Galactic astronomy, Space telescopes, Stars, Solar system, Coded apertures, Absorption, Visible radiation

Proceedings Article | 15 September 2005 Paper
R. Barry, W. Danchi, V. Chambers, J. Rajagopal, L. Richardson, A. Martino, D. Deming, M. Kuchner, R. Linfield, R. Millan-Gabet, L. Lee, J. Monnier, L. Mundy, C. Noecker, S. Seager, D. Wallace, R. Allen, W. Traub, H. Ford
Proceedings Volume 5905, 59050Z (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.627827
KEYWORDS: Beam splitters, Planets, Interferometers, Sensors, Stars, Wavefronts, Visibility, Nulling interferometry, Mirrors, Polarization

Proceedings Article | 31 August 2005 Paper
Proceedings Volume 5899, 58990S (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617377
KEYWORDS: Planets, Telescopes, Stars, Space telescopes, Planetary systems, Sensors, Diffraction, Device simulation, Space operations, Imaging systems

Proceedings Article | 20 October 2004 Paper
Proceedings Volume 5491, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552077
KEYWORDS: Planets, Telescopes, Optical instrument design, Interferometers, Space telescopes, Stars, Nulling interferometry, Sensors, Cameras, Space operations

Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper
Willard Simmons, Webster Cash, Sara Seager, Erik Wilkinson, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Robert Vanderbei, Naomi Chow, Erica Gralla, Johanna Kleingeld
Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552069
KEYWORDS: Planets, Space operations, Sensors, Space telescopes, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Planetary systems, Exoplanets, Stars, Coded apertures

Proceedings Article | 12 October 2004 Paper
Mark Clampin, Gary Melnick, Richard Lyon, Holland Ford, J. Roger Angel, Daniel Gezari, David Golimowski, George Hartig, Martin Harwit, Matt Holman, Garth Illingworth, Scott Kenyon, Douglas Lin, Mark Marley, Scot Olivier, Larry Petro, Dimitar Sasselov, Jean Schneider, Sara Seager, Michael Shao, William Sparks, Volker Tolls, Alycia Weinberger, Hsiao Smith, Ruth Carter, Robert Woodruff, Brent Hyatt, Stephen Kendrick, David Purmot
Proceedings Volume 5487, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.552314
KEYWORDS: Planets, Coronagraphy, Telescopes, Mirrors, Wavefronts, Stars, Space telescopes, Nulling interferometry, Solar system, Imaging systems

Proceedings Article | 24 February 2003 Paper
Robert Brown, Christopher Burrows, Stefano Casertano, Mark Clampin, Dennis Ebbets, Eric Ford, Kenneth Jucks, N. Jeremy Kasdin, Steven Kilston, Marc Kuchner, Sara Seager, Alessandro Sozzetti, David Spergel, Wesley Traub, John Trauger, Edwin Turner
Proceedings Volume 4854, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.459819
KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Signal to noise ratio, Space telescopes, Hubble Space Telescope, Coronagraphy, Wavefronts, Exoplanets, Telescopes, Point spread functions

Proceedings Article | 13 February 2003 Paper
Howard Yee, Gabriela Mallen-Ornelas, Sara Seager, Michael Gladders, Timothy Brown, Dante Minnitti, Sara Ellison, Guillermo Mallen-Fullerton
Proceedings Volume 4834, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.457701
KEYWORDS: Planets, Stars, Telescopes, Spectroscopy, Exoplanets, Photometry, Cameras, CCD cameras, Spectrographs, Observatories

Proceedings Article | 16 December 2002 Paper
Sara Seager, E. Ford, E. Turner
Proceedings Volume 4835, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.456559
KEYWORDS: Planets, Clouds, Atmospheric physics, Exoplanets, Earth's atmosphere, Vegetation, Atmospheric sensing, Mid-IR, Spectroscopy, Solar system

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