Webster听Cash
My research is in the area of developing new space instrumentation for astrophysics. I have worked in x-rays, ultraviolet and visible bands. Currently I am concentrating on Starshades, a concept I invented and have been developing for flight with the goal of performing spectroscopy on habitable planets around nearby stars. The goal is to search for biomarkers, moving forward the search for life in the Universe.
Selected Recent Publications:
Cash, W., 鈥淒etection of Earth-like planets around other stars using petal-shaped occulters鈥, Nature, 442, 51-53, (2006)
Cash, W., 鈥淎nalytic Modeling of Starshades鈥, Ap. J., 738, 76, 13pp (2011)
Harness, A., Warwick, S., Shipley, A., Cash, W., 鈥淕round-based Testing and Demonstrations of Starshades鈥, SPIE 9904, 13pp (2016)