Preparing the NIRSpec/JWST science data calibration: from ground testing to sky

Catarina Alves de Oliveira; Stephan M. Birkmann; Torsten Boeker; Pierre Ferruit; Giovanna Giardino; Nora Luetzgendorf; Elena Puga; Tim Rawle; Marco Sirianni; Maurice te Plate

Preparing the NIRSpec/JWST science data calibration: from ground testing to sky

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics 2018-05-21 v1

Authors: Catarina Alves de Oliveira , Stephan M. Birkmann , Torsten Boeker , Pierre Ferruit , Giovanna Giardino , Nora Luetzgendorf , Elena Puga , Tim Rawle , Marco Sirianni , Maurice te Plate

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Abstract

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) is one of four instruments aboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). NIRSpec is developed by ESA with AIRBUS Defence & Space as prime contractor. The calibration of its various observing modes is a fundamental step to achieve the mission science goals and provide users with the best quality data from early on in the mission. Extensive testing of NIRSpec on the ground, aided by a detailed model of the instrument, allow us to derive initial corrections for the foreseeable calibrations. We present a snapshot of the current calibration scheme that will be revisited once JWST is in orbit.

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astronomical instrumentation and telescopes space missions and instrumentation solar instrument calibration

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@article{arxiv.1805.06922,
  title  = {Preparing the NIRSpec/JWST science data calibration: from ground testing to sky},
  author = {Catarina Alves de Oliveira and Stephan M. Birkmann and Torsten Boeker and Pierre Ferruit and Giovanna Giardino and Nora Luetzgendorf and Elena Puga and Tim Rawle and Marco Sirianni and Maurice te Plate},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.06922},
  year   = {2018}
}

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To appear in the Proceedings of the SPIE (Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2018)

Preparing the NIRSpec/JWST science data calibration: from ground testing to sky

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