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PhoSim Detailed Technical References and Information


  • PhoSim First Reference Paper (General Reference):  Peterson, J. R., Jernigan, J. G., Kahn, S. M., Rasmussen, A. P., Peng, E., Ahmad, Z., Bankert, J., Chang, C., Claver, C., Gilmore, D. K., Grace, E., Hannel, M., Hodge, M., Lorenz, S., Lupu, A., Meert, A., Nagarajan, S., Todd, N., Winans, A., Young, M. 2015, ApJS 218, 14.

  • PhoSim Second Reference Paper (Optics Deformation Physics):  Peterson, J. R., Peng, E., Burke, C. J., Sembroski, G., Cheng, J. 2019, ApJ 873, 98.

  • PhoSim Third Reference Paper (Additional Physics for Space Telescopes):  Burke, C. J., Peterson, J. R., Egami, E., Leisenring, J. M., Sembroski, G., Rieke, M. J. 2019, SPIE JATIS 5(3), 038002.

  • PhoSim Fourth Reference Paper (Sensor Distortion Physics):  Peterson, J. R., O'Connor, P., Nomerotski, A., Magnier, E., Jernigan, J. G., Cheng, J., Cui, W., Peng, E., Rasmussen, A., Sembroski, G. 2020, ApJ 889, 2.

  • PhoSim Reference Document (Documents work prior to 2013, see publications above for more current information)

  • PhoSim Internal Notes (24 documents, see publications above for more current information)

  • Publications That Use PhoSim (29 publications)

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