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The Near-infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope is uniquely suited to studying galaxies in the distant Universe with its combination of multi-object capabilities and sensitivity over a large range in wavelength…

The upcoming launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) combined with the unique features of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system should enable the young field of exoplanetology to enter into the realm of temperate Earth-sized worlds.…

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on board the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) uses three Si:As impurity band conduction (IBC) detector arrays. The output voltage level of each MIRI detector pixel is digitally recorded by…

The recently-launched James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) can resolve eV-scale emission lines arising from dark matter (DM) decay. We forecast the end-of-mission sensitivity to the decay of axions, a leading DM candidate, in the Milky Way…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-11-10 Sandip Roy , Carlos Blanco , Christopher Dessert , Anirudh Prabhu , Tea Temim

The exquisite precision delivered by interferometric techniques is rapidly being applied to more and more branches of optical astronomy. One particularly successful strategy to obtain structures at the scale of the diffraction limit is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-13 Peter G. Tuthill

The Mid-Infrared Instrument MIRI on-board the James Webb Space Telescope uses three Si:As impurity band conduction detector arrays. MIRI medium resolution spectroscopic measurements (R$\sim$3500-1500) in the 5~$\mu m$ to 28~$\mu m$…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-11 Ioannis Argyriou , George H. Rieke , Michael E. Ressler , András Gáspár , Bart Vandenbussche

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has revealed extremely distant galaxies at unprecedentedly early cosmic epochs from its deep imaging using the technique of photometric redshift estimation, with its subsequent spectroscopy confirming…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-10-04 Stephen Serjeant , Tom J. L. C. Bakx

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 James Webb Space Telescop (JWST) promises to revolutionise our understanding of the early Universe, and contrasting its upcoming observations with predictions of the $\Lambda$CDM model requires detailed theoretical forecasts. Here, we…

We observed the planet-hosting system PDS 70 with the James Webb Interferometer, JWST's Aperture Masking Interferometric (AMI) mode within NIRISS. Observing with the F480M filter centered at 4.8 $\mu$m, we simultaneously fit geometrical…

Recent studies predict the characteristics of JWSTs deep field image using a deterministic approach based on recent observational measurements with corresponding ranges of uncertainty. This study presents a simplified geometric-focused deep…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-04 M. W. Sailer

We present new James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) Medium-Resolution Spectrometer (MRS) observations of the nearby ultra-luminous infrared galaxy (ULIRG) F08572+3915 NW. These integral field spectroscopic (IFS)…

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MRS) is the only mid-IR Integral Field Spectrometer on board James Webb Space Telescope. The complexity of the MRS requires a very specialized pipeline, with some specific…

The Hubble Space Telescope has been a pioneering instrument for studying the atmospheres of exoplanets, specifically its WFC3 and STIS instruments. With the launch of JWST, we are able to observe larger spectral ranges at higher precision.…

We propose the use of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) in simultaneous observations with an Earth-based telescope for parallax measurements to tightly constrain the orbital trajectory of hazardous near-Earth objects (NEOs). We…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-15 Sriram Elango , Abraham Loeb

The upcoming generation of telescopes, instruments, and surveys is poised to usher in an unprecedented "Big Data" era in the field of astronomy. Within this context, even seemingly modest tasks such as spectral line analyses could become…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-07 V. Fernández , R. Amorín , V. Firpo , C. Morisset

The upcoming James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) promises a generational shift in the study of temperate mini-Neptune atmospheres using transit spectroscopy. High-altitude clouds however threaten to impede their atmospheric characterisation…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-22 Savvas Constantinou , Nikku Madhusudhan

We present the wavelength and spectral resolution characterisation of the Integral Field Unit (IFU) Medium Resolution Spectrometer for the Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI), to fly onboard the James Webb Space Telescope in 2014. We use data…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 J. R. Martinez-Galarza , A. M. Glauser , A. Hernan-Caballero , R. Azzollini , A. Glasse , S. Kendrew , B. Brandl , F. Lahuis

Exoplanets with radii between those of Earth and Neptune have stronger surface gravity than Earth, and can retain a sizable hydrogen-dominated atmosphere. In contrast to gas giant planets, we call these planets gas dwarf planets. The James…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-05 Caprice Phillips , Ji Wang , Sarah Kendrew , Thomas P. Greene , Renyu Hu , Jeff Valenti , Wendy R. Panero , Joseph Schulze