Fair Value Measurements - (Details) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Fair value of the Company's financial assets
Marketable Securities	$ 95,217,000	$ 133,281,000
Assets transferred into level 3	0	0
Assets transferred out of level 3	0	0
Assets transferred from level 1 to level 2	0	0
Assets transferred from level 2 to level 1	0	0
Corporate bonds
Fair value of the Company's financial assets
Marketable Securities	73,160,000	131,706,000
U.S. Treasury and Government agencies
Fair value of the Company's financial assets
Marketable Securities	22,057,000	1,575,000
Fair Value
Fair value of the Company's financial assets
Total financial assets	107,799,000	154,233,000
Fair Value \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
Fair value of the Company's financial assets
Total financial assets	12,582,000	6,782,000
Fair Value \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair value of the Company's financial assets
Total financial assets	95,217,000	147,451,000
Money market funds (cash equivalents) \| Fair Value
Fair value of the Company's financial assets
Money market funds (cash equivalents)	12,582,000	6,782,000
Money market funds (cash equivalents) \| Fair Value \| Quoted Prices in Active Markets (Level 1)
Fair value of the Company's financial assets
Money market funds (cash equivalents)	12,582,000	6,782,000
Corporate bonds \| Fair Value
Fair value of the Company's financial assets
Marketable Securities	73,160,000	131,706,000
Corporate bonds \| Fair Value \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair value of the Company's financial assets
Marketable Securities	73,160,000	131,706,000
U.S. Treasury and Government agencies \| Fair Value
Fair value of the Company's financial assets
Marketable Securities	22,057,000	15,745,000
U.S. Treasury and Government agencies \| Fair Value \| Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)
Fair value of the Company's financial assets
Marketable Securities	$ 22,057,000	$ 15,745,000

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