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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, launched in 2021, is an infrared observatory of novel design: deployable, with active optics, fully open to space for radiative cooling and orbiting the Lagrange point no. 2. This article explains the…

The Medium-Resolution Spectrometer (MRS) provides one of the four operating modes of the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The MRS is an integral field spectrometer, measuring the spatial and…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), currently scheduled to launch in 2021, will dramatically advance our understanding of exoplanetary systems with its ability to directly image and characterise planetary-mass companions at wide…

The upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in less than three years is certain to bring a revolution in our understanding of many area of astrophysics, with one of the key goals being galaxy evolution. As the first…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-16 Steven L. Finkelstein , James Dunlop , Olivier Le Fevre , Stephen Wilkins

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is revolutionizing our view of the Universe through unprecedented sensitivity and resolution in the infrared, with some of the largest gains realized at its longest wavelengths. We present the…

Astrometry is one of the main pillars of astronomy, and one of its oldest branches. Over the years, an increasing number of astrometric works by means of Hubble Space Telescope (HST) data have revolutionized our understanding of various…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-30 M. Libralato , I. Argyriou , D. Dicken , M. García Marín , P. Guillard , D. C. Hines , P. J. Kavanagh , S. Kendrew , D. R. Law , A. Noriega-Crespo , J. Álvarez-Márquez

We present the absolute flux and wavelength calibration of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) Wide Field Slitless Spectroscopy (WFSS) mode. Each of NIRCam's two modules (A and B) provides independent long…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-19 Nor Pirzkal , Martha Boyer , Russel E. Ryan

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Optical Simulation Testbed (JOST) is a tabletop experiment designed to reproduce the main aspects of wavefront sensing and control (WFSC) for JWST. To replicate the key optical physics of JWST's…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Élodie Choquet , Olivier Levecq , Mamadou N'Diaye , Marshall D. Perrin , Rémi Soummer

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will devote significant observing time to the study of exoplanets. It will not be serviceable as was the Hubble Space Telescope, and therefore the spacecraft/instruments will have a relatively limited…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-25 Charles D. Fortenbach , Courtney D. Dressing

Context: The NIRSpec instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can be operated in multiobject (MOS), long-slit, and integral field (IFU) mode with spectral resolutions from 100 to 2700. Its MOS mode uses about a quarter of a…

One of many ways for the James-Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to capture astronomical signals is the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) Imaging mode. To make this data ready for analysis, the JWST standard reduction pipeline has three stages and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-30 Güray Hatipoğlu

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has the potential to enhance our understanding of near-Earth objects (NEOs). We present results of investigations into the observability of NEOs given the nominal observing requirements of JWST on…

We describe the layout and unique features of the focal plane system for MIRI. We begin with the detector array and its readout integrated circuit (combining the amplifier unit cells and the multiplexer), the electronics, and the steps by…

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is expected to revolutionize the field of exoplanets. The broad wavelength coverage and the high sensitivity of its instruments will allow characterization of exoplanetary atmospheres with unprecedented…

A tremendous amount of radiation is emitted by the Interstellar Medium in the mid- and far-infrared (3-500 {\mu}m) that represents the majority of the light emitted by a galaxy. In this article we motivate ISM studies in the infrared and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-03-15 Bernhard Schulz , Margaret Meixner

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

The James Webb Space Telescope will offer high-angular resolution observing capability in the near-infrared with masking interferometry on NIRISS, and coronagraphic imaging on NIRCam & MIRI. Full aperture kernel-phase based interferometry…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 Alban Ceau , David Mary , Alexandra Greenbaum , Frantz Martinache , Anand Sivaramakrishnan , Romain Laugier , Mamadou N'Diaye