The Event Horizon Explorer mission concept

Peter Kurczynski; Michael D. Johnson; Sheperd S. Doeleman; Kari Haworth; Eliad Peretz; Tirupati Kumara Sridharan; Byran Bilyeu; Lindy Blackburn; Don Boroson; Alexandra Brosius; Richard Butler; Dave Caplan; Koushik Chatterjee; Peter Cheimets; Daniel D'Orazio; Thomas Essinger-Hileman; Peter Galison; Ronald Gamble; Shahar Hadar; Tiffany Hoerbelt; Hua Jiao; Jens Kauffmann; Robert Lafon; Chung-Pei Ma; Gary Melnick; Nathan R. Newbury; Scott Noble; Daniel Palumbo; Lenny Paritsky; Dominic Pesce; Leonid Petrov; Jeff Piepmeier; Christopher J. Roberts; Bryan Robinson; Curt Shieler; Jeffrey Small; Neal Spellmeyer; Paul Tiede; Jaye Verniero; Jade Wang; Maciek Wielgus; Ed Wollack; George N. Wong; Guangning Yang

doi:10.1117/12.2630313

27 August 2022 The Event Horizon Explorer mission concept

Peter Kurczynski, Michael D. Johnson, Sheperd S. Doeleman, Kari Haworth, Eliad Peretz, Tirupati Kumara Sridharan, Byran Bilyeu, Lindy Blackburn, Don Boroson, Alexandra Brosius, Richard Butler, Dave Caplan, Koushik Chatterjee, Peter Cheimets, Daniel D'Orazio, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Peter Galison, Ronald Gamble, Shahar Hadar, Tiffany Hoerbelt, Hua Jiao, Jens Kauffmann, Robert Lafon, Chung-Pei Ma, Gary Melnick, Nathan R. Newbury, Scott Noble, Daniel Palumbo, Lenny Paritsky, Dominic Pesce, Leonid Petrov, Jeff Piepmeier, Christopher J. Roberts, Bryan Robinson, Curt Shieler, Jeffrey Small, Neal Spellmeyer, Paul Tiede, Jaye Verniero, Jade Wang, Maciek Wielgus, Ed Wollack, George N. Wong, Guangning Yang

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Proceedings Volume 12180, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 121800M (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630313
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2022, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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The Event Horizon Explorer (EHE) is a mission concept to extend the Event Horizon Telescope via an additional space-based node. We provide highlights and overview of a concept study to explore the feasibility of such a mission. We present science goals and objectives, which include studying the immediate environment around supermassive black holes, and focus on critical enabling technologies and engineering challenges. We provide an assessment of their technological readiness and overall suitability for a NASA Medium Explorer (MIDEX) class mission.

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Peter Kurczynski, Michael D. Johnson, Sheperd S. Doeleman, Kari Haworth, Eliad Peretz, Tirupati Kumara Sridharan, Byran Bilyeu, Lindy Blackburn, Don Boroson, Alexandra Brosius, Richard Butler, Dave Caplan, Koushik Chatterjee, Peter Cheimets, Daniel D'Orazio, Thomas Essinger-Hileman, Peter Galison, Ronald Gamble, Shahar Hadar, Tiffany Hoerbelt, Hua Jiao, Jens Kauffmann, Robert Lafon, Chung-Pei Ma, Gary Melnick, Nathan R. Newbury, Scott Noble, Daniel Palumbo, Lenny Paritsky, Dominic Pesce, Leonid Petrov, Jeff Piepmeier, Christopher J. Roberts, Bryan Robinson, Curt Shieler, Jeffrey Small, Neal Spellmeyer, Paul Tiede, Jaye Verniero, Jade Wang, Maciek Wielgus, Ed Wollack, George N. Wong, and Guangning Yang "The Event Horizon Explorer mission concept", Proc. SPIE 12180, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2022: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 121800M (27 August 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2630313

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