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It is critical for James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) science that instrumental units are converted to physical units. We detail the design of the JWST absolute flux calibration program that has the core goal of ensuring a robust flux…

We introduce a new photometric mapping method for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to measure the spatial distribution of carbonaceous dust, siliceous dust and water ice by using absorption features arising from the grains in the dense…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-24 Burcu Günay , Karl D. Gordon , Joshua E. G. Peek , Marjorie Decleir , Dries Van De Putte , Kirill Tchernyshyov , Michael G. Burton

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), has imaging, four coronagraphs and both low and medium resolution spectroscopic modes . Being able to simulate MIRI observations will help commissioning of the…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which has recently become operational, is capable of detecting objects at record-breaking redshifts, $z \gtrsim 15$. This is a crucial advance for observational cosmology, as at these redshifts the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 Nikita Lovyagin , Alexander. Raikov , Vladimir Yershov , Yuri Lovyagin

We use two independent, galaxy formation simulations, FLARES, a cosmological hydrodynamical simulation, and SHARK, a semi-analytic model, to explore how well the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be able to uncover the existence and…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) near-infrared camera (NIRCam) has been found to exhibit serious wisp-like structures in four of its eight short-wavelength detectors. The exact structure and strength of these wisps is highly variable…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-14 A. S. G. Robotham , J. C. J. D'Silva , R. A. Windhorst , R. A. Jansen , J. Summers , S. P. Driver , C. N. A. Wilmer , S. Bellstedt

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will perform exoplanet transit spectroscopy in the coming decade promising transformative science results. All four instruments on board can be used for this technique which reconstructs the atmospheric…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 Subhajit Sarkar , Nikku Madhusudhan , Andreas Papageorgiou

The Wide-Field Spectroscopic Telescope (WST) is a concept for a 12-m class seeing-limited telescope providing two concentric fields of view for simultaneous Multi-Object Spectroscopy and Integral Field Spectroscopy. The specified wavelength…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-05 P. Dierickx , T. Travouillon , G. Gausachs , R. Bacon , C. Cudennec , I. Bryson , D. Lee , J. Kragt , E. Muslimov , K. Dohlen , J. Kosmalski , J. Vernet , T. Lépine , P. Doel , D. Brooks

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will measure exoplanet transmission and eclipse spectroscopy at un-precedented precisions to better understand planet structure, dynamics, chemistry and formation. These are essential tools on the march…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 Everett Schlawin , Thomas P. Greene , Michael Line , Jonathan J. Fortney , Marcia Rieke

On July 13, 2022, NASA released to the whole world the data obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Early Release Observations (ERO). These are the first set of science-grade data from this long-awaited facility, marking the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-01-04 Haojing Yan , Zhiyuan Ma , Chenxiaoji Ling , Cheng Cheng , Jia-sheng Huang

Optical alignment and testing of the Integrated Science Instrument Module of the James Webb Space Telescope is underway. We describe the Optical Telescope Element Simulator used to feed the science instruments with point images of precisely…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Derek Sabatke , Joseph Sullivan , Scott Rohrbach , David Kubalak

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was launched on December 25, 2021. This document presents a simulation of the Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) observations of the Orion Bar which will be performed as part of the Early Release…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-06 Amélie Canin , Olivier Berné , The PDRs4All Team

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will observe several stars for long cumulative durations while pursuing exoplanets as primary science targets for both Guaranteed Time Observations (GTO) and very likely General Observer (GO) programs.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-06 B. W. Holwerda , Jonathan Fraine , Nelly Mouawad , Joanna S. Bridge

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is ushering in a new era in remote sensing of exoplanetary atmospheres. Atmospheric retrievals of exoplanets can be highly sensitive to high-precision JWST data. It is, therefore, imperative to…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-12 Måns Holmberg , Nikku Madhusudhan

In this document, we summarize the main capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) for performing observations of Mars. The distinctive vantage point of JWST at the Sun-Earth Lagrange point (L2) will allow sampling the full…

This paper aims at providing a comprehensive framework to generate an astrophysical scene and to simulate realistic hyperspectral and multispectral data acquired by two JWST instruments, namely NIRCam Imager and NIRSpec IFU. We want to show…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-24 Claire Guilloteau , Thomas Oberlin , Olivier Berné , Nicolas Dobigeon

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) offers unprecedented sensitivity, stability, and wavelength coverage for transiting exoplanet studies, opening up new avenues for measuring atmospheric abundances, structure, and temperature profiles.…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 Everett Schlawin , Marcia Rieke , Jarron Leisenring , Tom Greene , Lisa May Walker , Jonathan Fraine , Doug Kelly , Karl Misselt , Michael Line , John Stansberry , Nikole Lewis