The Mid-Infrared Instrument for JWST, II: Design and Build
Abstract
The Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides measurements over the wavelength range 5 to 28.5 microns. MIRI has, within a single 'package', four key scientific functions: photometric imaging, coronagraphy, single-source low-spectral resolving power (R ~ 100) spectroscopy, and medium-resolving power (R ~ 1500 to 3500) integral field spectroscopy. An associated cooler system maintains MIRI at its operating temperature of < 6.7 K. This paper describes the driving principles behind the design of MIRI, the primary design parameters, and their realization in terms of the 'as-built' instrument. It also describes the test program that led to delivery of the tested and calibrated Flight Model to NASA in 2012, and the confirmation after delivery of the key interface requirements.
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@article{arxiv.1508.02333,
title = {The Mid-Infrared Instrument for JWST, II: Design and Build},
author = {G. S. Wright and David Wright and G. B. Goodson and G. H. Rieke and Gabby Aitink-Kroes and J. Amiaux and Ana Aricha-Yanguas and Ruyman Azzolini and Kimberly Banks and D. Barrado-Navascues and T. Belenguer-Davila and J. A. D. L. Bloemmart and Patrice Bouchet and B. R. Brandl and L. Colina and Ors Detre and Eva Diaz-Catala and Paul Eccleston and Scott D. Friedman and Macarena Garcia-Marin and Manuel Guedel and Alistair Glasse and Adrian M. Glauser and T. P. Greene and Uli Groezinger and Tim Grundy and Peter Hastings and Th. Henning and Ralph Hofferbert and Faye Hunter and N. C. Jessen and K. Justtanont and Avinash R. Karnik and Mori A. Khorrami and Oliver Krause and Alvaro Labiano and P. -O. Lagage and Ulrich Langer and Dietrich Lemke and Tanya Lim and Jose Lorenzo-Alvarez and Emmanuel Mazy and Norman McGowan and M. E. Meixner and Nigel Morris and Jane E. Morrison and Friedrich Mueller and H. -U. Norgaard-Nielson and Goeran Olofsson and Brian O'Sullivan and J. -W. Pel and Konstantin Penanen and M. B. Petach and J. P. Pye and T. P. Ray and Etienne Renotte and Ian Renouf and M. E. Ressler and Piyal Samara-Ratna and Silvia Scheithauer and Analyn Schneider and Bryan Shaughnessy and Tim Stevenson and Kalyani Sukhatme and Bruce Swinyard and Jon Sykes and John Thatcher and Tuomo Tikkanen and E. F. van Dishoeck and C. Waelkens and Helen Walker and Martyn Wells and Alex Zhender},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.02333},
year = {2015}
}