Technical References and Information

The main references for PhoSim documentation are below.  If you find PhoSim useful, please consider using the six references below:

• 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 Fifth Reference Paper (Atmosphere Representation and Physics):   Peterson, J. R., Sembroski, G., Dutta, A., Remocaldo, C. 2024, ApJ 964, 124. 

• PhoSim Sixth Reference Paper (Surface Physics):   Peterson, J. R., Valls-Gabaud, D., Dutta, A., Kim, C., Sembroski, G. 2026, ApJ 998, 21. 

iPoster Talks

• PhoSim iPoster presented at the 242nd AAS Meeting

• PhoSim iPoster presented at the 237th AAS Meeting

A wide range of Publications That Use PhoSim (36 publications)

Older Documentation

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

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