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The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Community Participation Program
Abstract
In preparation for the operational phase of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA has created the Coronagraph Community Participation Program (CPP) to prepare for and execute Coronagraph Instrument technology demonstration observations. The CPP is composed of 7 small, US-based teams, selected competitively via the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Research and Support Participation Opportunity, members of the Roman Project Team, and international partner teams from ESA, JAXA, CNES, and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. The primary goals of the CPP are to prepare simulation tools, target databases, and data reduction software for the execution of the Coronagraph Instrument observation phase. Here, we present the current status of the CPP and its working groups, along with plans for future CPP activities up through Roman's launch. We also discuss plans to potentially enable future commissioning of currently-unsupported modes.
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BibTeX
@misc{savransky2026nancy,
title = {{The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Community Participation Program}},
author = {Dmitry Savransky and Vanessa P. Bailey and Schuyler G. Wolff and Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer and Jason Wang and Lisa Altinier and Ramya Anche. Pierre Baudoz and Beth Biller and Sarah Blunt and Wolfgang Brandner and Marah Brinjikji and Oscar Carrión-González and Amanda Chavez and Elodie Choquet and David Doelman and Julien H. Girard and Alexandra Z. Greenbaum and Samantha N. Hasler. Justin Hom and James G. Ingalls and Stephen R. Kane and N. Jeremy Kasdin and Oliver Krause and Masayuki Kuzuhara and Alexis Lau and Zhexing Li and John Livingston and Patrick J. Lowrance and Kevin Ludwick and Bruce Macintosh and Eric Mamajek and Mark Marley and Johan Mazoyer and Bertrand Mennesson and Toshiyuki Mizuki and Sarah E. Moran and Naoshi Murakami and Jun Nishikawa and Malachi Noel and Laurent Pueyo and Sergi Hildebrandt Rafels and Jason Rhodes and Tyler Robinson and Robert J. De Rosa and Matthias Samland and Nicholas Schragal and Jürgen Schreiber and Jennifer Sobeck and Karl Stapelfeldt and Motohide Tamura and Taichi Uyajma and Arthur Vigan and Michele Woodland and Marie Ygouf and Kenta Yoneta and Robert T. Zellem and Neil T. Zimmerman},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2609.18659},
eprint = {2609.18659},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18659},
note = {CC BY-NC-SA 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Coronagraph Community Participation Program
AU - Dmitry Savransky
AU - Vanessa P. Bailey
AU - Schuyler G. Wolff
AU - Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer
AU - Jason Wang
AU - Lisa Altinier
AU - Ramya Anche. Pierre Baudoz
AU - Beth Biller
AU - Sarah Blunt
AU - Wolfgang Brandner
AU - Marah Brinjikji
AU - Oscar Carrión-González
AU - Amanda Chavez
AU - Elodie Choquet
AU - David Doelman
AU - Julien H. Girard
AU - Alexandra Z. Greenbaum
AU - Samantha N. Hasler. Justin Hom
AU - James G. Ingalls
AU - Stephen R. Kane
AU - N. Jeremy Kasdin
AU - Oliver Krause
AU - Masayuki Kuzuhara
AU - Alexis Lau
AU - Zhexing Li
AU - John Livingston
AU - Patrick J. Lowrance
AU - Kevin Ludwick
AU - Bruce Macintosh
AU - Eric Mamajek
AU - Mark Marley
AU - Johan Mazoyer
AU - Bertrand Mennesson
AU - Toshiyuki Mizuki
AU - Sarah E. Moran
AU - Naoshi Murakami
AU - Jun Nishikawa
AU - Malachi Noel
AU - Laurent Pueyo
AU - Sergi Hildebrandt Rafels
AU - Jason Rhodes
AU - Tyler Robinson
AU - Robert J. De Rosa
AU - Matthias Samland
AU - Nicholas Schragal
AU - Jürgen Schreiber
AU - Jennifer Sobeck
AU - Karl Stapelfeldt
AU - Motohide Tamura
AU - Taichi Uyajma
AU - Arthur Vigan
AU - Michele Woodland
AU - Marie Ygouf
AU - Kenta Yoneta
AU - Robert T. Zellem
AU - Neil T. Zimmerman
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/16
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2609.18659
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.18659
AB - In preparation for the operational phase of the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, NASA has created the Coronagraph Community Participation Program (CPP) to prepare for and execute Coronagraph Instrument technology demonstration observations. The CPP is composed of 7 small, US-based teams, selected competitively via the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Research and Support Participation Opportunity, members of the Roman Project Team, and international partner teams from ESA, JAXA, CNES, and the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy. The primary goals of the CPP are to prepare simulation tools, target databases, and data reduction software for the execution of the Coronagraph Instrument observation phase. Here, we present the current status of the CPP and its working groups, along with plans for future CPP activities up through Roman's launch. We also discuss plans to potentially enable future commissioning of currently-unsupported modes.
ER -