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Transiting exoplanets with the Mid-InfraRed Instrument on board the James Webb Space Telescope: From simulations to observations

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has now started its exploration of exoplanetary worlds. In particular, the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) with its Low-Resolution Spectrometer (LRS) carries out transit, eclipse, and phase-curve…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-04 Achrène Dyrek , Elsa Ducrot , Pierre-Olivier Lagage , Pascal Tremblin , Sarah Kendrew , Jeroen Bouwman , Rémi Bouffet

A First Look with JWST Aperture Masking Interferometry (AMI): Resolving Circumstellar Dust around the Wolf-Rayet Binary WR 137 beyond the Rayleigh Limit

We present infrared aperture masking interferometry (AMI) observations of newly formed dust from the colliding winds of the massive binary system Wolf-Rayet (WR) 137 with JWST using the Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-25 Ryan M. Lau , Matthew J. Hankins , Joel Sanchez-Bermudez , Deepashri Thatte , Anthony Soulain , Rachel A. Cooper , Anand Sivaramakrishnan , Michael F. Corcoran , Alexandra Z. Greenbaum , Theodore R. Gull , Yinuo Han , Olivia C. Jones , Thomas Madura , Anthony F. J. Moffat , Mark R. Morris , Takashi Onaka , Christopher M. P. Russell , Noel D. Richardson , Nathan Smith , Peter Tuthill , Kevin Volk , Gerd Weigelt , Peredur M. Williams

Maximising the power of deep extragalactic imaging surveys with the James Webb Space Telescope

We present a new analysis of the potential power of deep, near-infrared, imaging surveys with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to improve our knowledge of galaxy evolution. In this work we properly simulate what can be achieved with…

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The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, X. Operations and Data Reduction

We describe the operations concept and data reduction plan for the Mid- Infrared Instrument (MIRI) for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The overall JWST operations concept is to use Observation Templates (OTs) to provide a…

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Observing transiting planets with JWST -- Prime targets and their synthetic spectral observations

The James Webb Space Telescope will enable astronomers to obtain exoplanet spectra of unprecedented precision. Especially the MIRI instrument may shed light on the nature of the cloud particles obscuring planetary transmission spectra in…

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The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope V. Optimal algorithms for planning multi-object spectroscopic observations

We present an overview of the capabilities and key algorithms employed in the so-called eMPT software suite developed for planning scientifically optimized, multi-object spectroscopic (MOS) observations with the Micro-Shutter Array (MSA) of…

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The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning

This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the performance of the spacecraft, telescope, science instruments, and…

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Asteroids and the James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides the opportunity for ground-breaking observations of asteroids. It covers wavelength regions that are unavailable from the ground, and does so with unprecedented sensitivity. The main-belt and…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-09 Andrew S. Rivkin , Franck Marchis , John A. Stansberry , Driss Takir , Cristina Thomas , the JWST Asteroids Focus Group

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope I. Overview of the instrument and its capabilities

We provide an overview of the design and capabilities of the near-infrared spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the James Webb Space Telescope. NIRSpec is designed to be capable of carrying out low-resolution ($R\!=30\!-330$) prism spectroscopy…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 P. Jakobsen , P. Ferruit , C. Alves de Oliveira , S. Arribas , G. Bagnasco , R. Barho , T. L. Beck , S. Birkmann , T. Böker , A. J. Bunker , S. Charlot , P. de Jong , G. de Marchi , R. Ehrenwinkler , M. Falcolini , R. Fels , M. Franx , D. Franz , M. Funke , G. Giardino , X. Gnata , W. Holota , K. Honnen , P. L. Jensen , M. Jentsch , T. Johnson , D. Jollet , H. Karl , G. Kling , J. Köhler , M. G. Kolm , N. Kumari , M. E. Lander , R. Lemke , M. López-Caniego , N. Lützgendorf , R. Maiolino , E. Manjavacas , A. Marston , M. Maschmann , R. Maurer , B. Messerschmidt , S. H. Moseley , P. Mosner , D. B. Mott , J. Muzerolle , N. Pirzkal , J. F. Pittet , A. Plitzke , W. Posselt , B. Rapp , B. J. Rauscher , T. Rawle , H. W. Rix , A. Rödel , P. Rumler , E. Sabbi , J. C. Salvignol , T. Schmid , M. Sirianni , C. Smith , P. Strada , M. te Plate , J. Valenti , T. Wettemann , T. Wiehe , M. Wiesmayer , C. J. Willott , R. Wright , P. Zeidler , C. Zincke

Solar System Observations with the James Webb Space Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope will enable a wealth of new scientific investigations in the near- and mid-infrared, with sensitivity and spatial/spectral resolution greatly surpassing its predecessors. In this paper, we focus upon Solar…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-23 James Norwood , Heidi Hammel , Stefanie Milam , John Stansberry , Jonathan Lunine , Nancy Chanover , Dean Hines , George Sonneborn , Matthew Tiscareno , Michael Brown , Pierre Ferruit

James Webb Space Telescope Optical Simulation Testbed V: Wide-field phase retrieval assessment

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Optical Simulation Testbed (JOST) is a hardware simulator for wavefront sensing and control designed to produce JWST-like images. A model of the JWST three mirror anas- tigmat is realized with three…

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JWST MIRI flight performance: Detector Effects and Data Reduction Algorithms

The detectors in the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are arsenic-21 doped silicon impurity band conduction (Si:As IBC) devices and are direct descendants of the Spitzer IRAC22 long wavelength arrays…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-01 Jane Morrison , Daniel Dicken , Ioannis Argyriou , Michael E. Ressler , Karl D. Gordon , Michael W. Regan , Misty Cracraft , George H. Rieke , Michael Engesser , Stacey Alberts , Javier Alvarez-Marquez , James W. Colbert , Ori D. Fox , Danny Gasman , David R. Law , Macarena Garcia Marin , Andras Gaspar , Pierre Guillard , Sarah Kendrew , Alvaro Labiano , Seppo Laine , Alberto Noriega-Crespo , Irene Shivaei , Greg Sloan

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope II. Multi-object spectroscopy (MOS)

We provide an overview of the capabilities and performance of the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) when used in its multi-object spectroscopy (MOS) mode employing a novel Micro Shutter Array…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-25 P. Ferruit , P. Jakobsen , G. Giardino , T. Rawle , C. Alves de Oliveira , S. Arribas , T. L. Beck , S. Birkmann , T. Böker , A. J. Bunker , S. Charlot , G. de Marchi , M. Franx , A. Henry , D. Karakla , S. A. Kassin , N. Kumari , M. López-Caniego , N. Lützgendorf , R. Maiolino , E. Manjavacas , A. Marston , S. H. Moseley , J. Muzerolle , N. Pirzkal , B. Rauscher , H. W. Rix , E. Sabbi , M. Sirianni , M. te Plate , J. Valenti , C. J. Willott , P. Zeidler

The SMILES Mid-Infrared Survey

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) for JWST is supplied with a suite of imaging bandpass filters optimized for full spectral coverage in eight intermediate-width bands from 5 to 26 microns and a narrower one at 11.3 microns. This contrasts…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-06-07 George Rieke , Stacey Alberts , Irene Shivaei , Jianwei Lyu , Christopher N. A. Willmer , Pablo Perez-Gonzalez , Christina C. Williams

In-orbit Performance of the Near-Infrared Spectrograph NIRSpec on the James Webb Space Telescope

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) is one of the four focal plane instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope. In this paper, we summarize the in-orbit performance of NIRSpec, as derived from data collected during its commissioning…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-29 T. Böker , T. L. Beck , S. M. Birkmann , G. Giardino , C. Keyes , N. Kumari , J. Muzerolle , T. Rawle , P. Zeidler , Y. Abul-Huda , C. Alves de Oliveira , S. Arribas , K. Bechtold , R. Bhatawdekar , N. Bonaventura , A. J. Bunker , A. J. Cameron , S. Carniani , S. Charlot , M. Curti , N. Espinoza , P. Ferruit , M. Franx , P. Jakobsen , D. Karakla , M. López-Caniego , N. Lützgendorf , R. Maiolino , E. Manjavacas , A. P. Marston , S. H. Moseley , P. Ogle , M. Perna , M. Peña-Guerrero , N. Pirzkal , R. Plesha , C. R. Proffitt , B. J. Rauscher , H. -W. Rix , B. Rodríguez del Pino , Z. Rustamkulov , E. Sabbi , D. K. Sing , M. Sirianni , M. te Plate , L. Úbeda , G. M. Wahlgren , E. Wislowski , R. Wu , C. J. Willott

JWST MIRI Imaging Data Post-Processing Preliminary Study with Fourier Transformation to uncover potentially celestial-origin signals

This manuscript reports a part of a dedicated study aiming to disentangle sources of signals from James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) imaging mode. An instrumental introduction and characteristics section is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-04 Güray Hatipoğlu

Detectors for the James Webb Space Telescope Near-Infrared Spectrograph I: Readout Mode, Noise Model, and Calibration Considerations

We describe how the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Near-Infrared Spectrograph's (NIRSpec's) detectors will be read out, and present a model of how noise scales with the number of multiple non-destructive reads sampling-up-the-ramp. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-19 Bernard J. Rauscher , Ori Fox , Pierre Ferruit

PDRs4all: Simulation and data reduction of JWST NIRCam imaging of an extended bright source, the Orion Bar

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be launched in December 2021, with four instruments to perform imaging and spectroscopy. This paper presents work which is part of the Early Release Science (ERS) program "PDRs4All" aimed at…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-07 A. Canin , O. Berné , The PDRs4All ERS team

Two NIRCam channels are Better than One: How JWST Can Do More Science with NIRCam's Short-Wavelength Dispersed Hartmann Sensor

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

Shedding Infrared Light on QCD Axion and ALP Dark Matter with JWST

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has opened up a new chapter in infrared astronomy. Besides the discovery and a deeper understanding of various astrophysical sources, JWST can also uncover the non-gravitational nature of dark matter (DM).…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-04-03 Akash Kumar Saha , Subhadip Bouri , Anirban Das , Abhishek Dubey , Ranjan Laha