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Key Resources

Listed below are several resources which provide the mission and instrument parameters, technical performance models, and laboratory measurements.

Roman Observatory Overview

  • Mission and Observatory Technical Overview
  • Field, Slew, and available Roll Angle Information
  • Notional Roman Observing Programs

    • Wide-Field Instrument Reference Information

  • WFI Technical Overview
  • Filters and Imaging
  • Grism and Prism
  • Detectors

    • Anticipated performance Tables for the WFI

  • Overview of anticipated performance tables

    • Downloadable Information

  • The Wide-Field Instrument
  • Observatory
  • Spreadsheets

    • Roman Overview Papers

  • 100 Hubbles for the 2020s (Akeson et al. 2019)
  • 2015 Report by the Science Definition Team (Spergel et al. 2015)


    • Additional Resources

    Listed below are several additional resources that provide information on the Roman mission.

    Roman Project Websites

  • Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) NASA
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) NASA
  • Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
  • Caltech/IPAC

    • Roman Software and Simulation Tools

  • STScI Roman Science Planning Toolbox
  • IPAC Roman Simulation Repository

    • Roman Fact Sheets

  • Mission & Capabilities Overview (.pdf)
  • Surveying the Sky (.pdf)
  • Stars by the Billions (.pdf)
  • Galaxies by the Millions (.pdf)
  • Cosmology (.pdf)
  • Compiled Spacecraft and Instrument parameters

    • Roman General Astrophysics Ideas and White Papers

  • Roman Core Community Survey White Papers
  • Selection of Roman-related ASTRO2020 decadal white papers
  • List of Roman-related science papers

    • SIT Resources

  • Web interface to Chris Hirata’s WFIRST Galaxy Survey Exposure Time Calculator
  • Cosmic Dawn SIT javascript WFI exposure time calculator
  • Formulation Science Team Summary Workshop

    • Core Community Survey Resources

  • Supernova Survey memo (.pdf)
  • High latitude time domain survey presentation (.pdf)
  • High Latitude Survey memo (.docx)
  • HLS presentation (.pdf)
  • Microlensing simulation paper (Penny et al) (.pdf)
  • Galactic Bulge Time Domain Survey presentation (.ppt)
    • These can be found at https://asd.gsfc.nasa.gov/romancaa/ (under Design Reference Mission).

    Visit the Roman Space Telescope Partner Websites

    Roman at Jet Propulsion Laboratory
    IPAC/Caltech
    Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)


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