This $238,354 Project Grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) Division of Astronomical Sciences under the Mathematical and Physical Sciences grant program (CFDA 47.049) will fund collaborative research to develop improved image processing software for high-contrast imaging of exoplanets. The project aims to enable more sensitive detection and characterization of exoplanets by fully utilizing data from the wavefront sensors in modern high-contrast imaging systems. The software will be developed for two existing astronomical instruments, MAGAO-X and SCExAO, and made freely available to the astronomy community to enhance their ability to image faint exoplanets in close orbits around their host stars. The award will support a postdoctoral researcher to implement and validate the new processing algorithms, and involve students at the participating institutions. No subcontracts are planned under this grant, which has a period of performance from September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2025.
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