Enhancing WFIRST Science with the Addition of a Redder Filter
by George Helou, John Stauffer, J. Davy Kirkpatrick, Peter Capak, Lee Armus, Kirsten Larsen, Sean J. Carey, Robert A. Benjamin, Massimo Marengo, Jacob Jencson, Mansi Kasliwal, James M. Bauer, Dante Minniti, John Bally, Nicolas Lodieu, Brendan P. Bowler, ZengHua Zhang, Stefanie Milam, Bryan Holler, Adam Burgasser, S. T. Megeath, and J. D. Smith
Published onSep 30, 2019
Enhancing WFIRST Science with the Addition of a Redder Filter
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Abstract
We outline a number of science advantages for adding a K or Ks filter (lambda_c ~ 2.15 microns) and propose to extend the wavelength coverage for WFIRST into the K-band, where the gains of going to space are much more pronounced than at shorter wavelengths.
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