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The JWST Early Release Observations

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Early Release Observations (EROs) is a set of public outreach products created to mark the end of commissioning and the beginning of science operations for JWST. Colloquially known as the "Webb First…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-13 Klaus Pontoppidan , Jaclyn Barrientes , Claire Blome , Hannah Braun , Matthew Brown , Margaret Carruthers , Dan Coe , Joseph DePasquale , Nestor Espinoza , Macarena Garcia Marin , Karl D. Gordon , Alaina Henry , Leah Hustak , Andi James , Anton M. Koekemoer , Stephanie LaMassa , David Law , Alexandra Lockwood , Amaya Moro-Martin , Susan E. Mullally , Alyssa Pagan , Dani Player , Charles Proffitt , Christine Pulliam , Leah Ramsay , Swara Ravindranath , Neill Reid , Massimo Robberto , Elena Sabbi , Leonardo Ubeda , Michael Balogh , Kathryn Flanagan , Jonathan Gardner , Hashima Hasan , Bonnie Meinke , Antonella Nota

The JWST UNCOVER Treasury survey: Ultradeep NIRSpec and NIRCam ObserVations before the Epoch of Reionization

In this paper we describe the survey design for the Ultradeep NIRSpec and NIRCam ObserVations before the Epoch of Reionization (UNCOVER) Cycle 1 \JWST Treasury program, which executed its early imaging component in November 2022. The…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-09 Rachel Bezanson , Ivo Labbe , Katherine E. Whitaker , Joel Leja , Sedona H. Price , Marijn Franx , Gabe Brammer , Danilo Marchesini , Adi Zitrin , Bingjie Wang , John R. Weaver , Lukas J. Furtak , Hakim Atek , Dan Coe , Sam E. Cutler , Pratika Dayal , Pieter van Dokkum , Robert Feldmann , Natascha Forster Schreiber , Seiji Fujimoto , Marla Geha , Karl Glazebrook , Anna de Graaff , Jenny E. Greene , Stephanie Juneau , Susan Kassin , Mariska Kriek , Gourav Khullar , Michael Maseda , Lamiya A. Mowla , Adam Muzzin , Themiya Nanayakkara , Erica J. Nelson , Pascal A. Oesch , Camilla Pacifici , Richard Pan , Casey Papovich , David Setton , Alice E. Shapley , Renske Smit , Mauro Stefanon , Edward N. Taylor , Christina C. Williams

Early results from GLASS-JWST. II: NIRCam extra-galactic imaging and photometric catalog

We present the reduced images and multi-wavelength catalog of the first JWST NIRCam extra-galactic observations from the GLASS Early Release Science Program, obtained as coordinated parallels of the NIRISS observations of the Abell 2744…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-25 Emiliano Merlin , Andrea Bonchi , Diego Paris , Davide Belfiori , Adriano Fontana , Marco Castellano , Mario Nonino , Gianluca Polenta , Paola Santini , Lilan Yang , Karl Glazebrook , Tommaso Treu , Guido Roberts-Borsani , Michele Trenti , Simon Birrer , Gabriel Brammer , Claudio Grillo , Antonello Calabrò , Danilo Marchesini , Charlotte Mason , Amata Mercurio , Takahiro Morishita , Victoria Strait , Kristan Boyett , Nicha Leethochawalit , Themiya Nanayakkara , Benedetta Vulcani , Marusa Bradac , Xin Wang

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems IV: NIRISS Aperture Masking Interferometry Performance and Lessons Learned

We present a performance analysis for the aperture masking interferometry (AMI) mode on board the James Webb Space Telescope Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (JWST/NIRISS). Thanks to self-calibrating observables, AMI accesses…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-13 Steph Sallum , Shrishmoy Ray , Jens Kammerer , Anand Sivaramakrishnan , Rachel Cooper , Alexandra Z. Greebaum , Deepashri Thatte , Matthew de Furio , Samuel Factor , Michael Meyer , Jordan M. Stone , Aarynn Carter , Beth Biller , Sasha Hinkley , Andrew Skemer , Genaro Suarez , Jarron M. Leisenring , Marshall D. Perrin , Adam L. Kraus , Olivier Absil , William O. Balmer , Mickael Bonnefoy , Marta L. Bryan , Sarah K. Betti , Anthony Boccaletti , Mariangela Bonavita , Mark Booth , Brendan P. Bowler , Zackery W. Briesemeister , Faustine Cantalloube , Gael Chauvin , Valentin Christiaens , Gabriele Cugno , Thayne Currie , Camilla Danielski , Trent J. Dupuy , Jacqueline K. Faherty , Christine H. Chen , Per Calissendorff , Elodie Choquet , Michael P. Fitzgerald , Jonathan J. Fortney , Kyle Franson , Julien H. Girard , Carol A. Grady , Eileen C. Gonzales , Thomas Henning , Dean C. Hines , Kielan K. W. Hoch , Callie E. Hood , Alex R. Howe , Markus Janson , Paul Kalas , Grant M. Kennedy , Matthew A. Kenworthy , Pierre Kervella , Daniel Kitzmann , Masayuki Kuzuhara , Anne-Marie Lagrange , Pierre-Olivier Lagage , Kellen Lawson , Cecilia Lazzoni , Ben W. P. Lew , Michael C. Liu , Pengyu Liu , Jorge Llop-Sayson , James P. Lloyd , Anna Lueber , Bruce Macintosh , Elena Manjavacas , Sebastian Marino , Mark S. Marley , Christian Marois , Raquel A. Martinez , Brenda C. Matthews , Elisabeth C. Matthews , Dimitri Mawet , Johan Mazoyer , Michael W. McElwain , Stanimir Metchev , Brittany E. Miles , Maxwell A. Millar-Blanchaer , Paul Molliere , Sarah E. Moran , Caroline V. Morley , Sagnick Mukherjee , Paulina Palma-Bifani , Eric Pantin , Polychronis Patapis , Simon Petrus , Laurent Pueyo , Sascha P. Quanz , Andreas Quirrenbach , Isabel Rebollido , Jea Adams Redai , Bin B. Ren , Emily Rickman , Matthias Samland , B. A. Sargent , Joshua E. Schlieder , Glenn Schneider , Karl R. Stapelfeldt , Ben J. Sutlieff , Motohide Tamura , Xianyu Tan , Christopher A. Theissen , Taichi Uyama , Arthur Vigan , Malavika Vasist , Johanna M. Vos , Kevin Wagner , Jason J. Wang , Kimberly Ward-Duong , Niall Whiteford , Schuyler G. Wolff , Kadin Worthen , Mark C. Wyatt , Marie Ygouf , Xi Zhang , Keming Zhang , Zhoujian Zhang , Yifan Zhou , Alice Zurlo

Quantifying Spectroscopic Flux Variations Between JWST NIRISS and NIRSpec: Slit Losses in Emission Line Measurements of z$\sim$1-3 Galaxies

We analyze JWST NIRISS and NIRSpec spectroscopic observations in the Abell 2744 galaxy cluster field. From approximately 120 candidates, we identify 12 objects with at least a prominent emission lines among \Oii, \Hb, \Oiiia, \Oiiib, and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-11-03 Nicolò Dalmasso , Peter J. Watson , Tommaso Treu , Michele Trenti , Benedetta Vulcani , Themiya Nanayakkara , Maruša Bradač , Tucker Jones , Kristan Boyett , Xin Wang , Sara Mascia , Laura Pentericci

A New Method for Aperture Masking Interferometric Imaging: Demonstration with the JWST

We present a new method for aperture masking interferometric (AMI) imaging at near-IR wavelengths using radio astronomical techniques. The method starts with derivation of interferometric visibilities from a Fourier transform of the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-25 Christopher Carilli , Bojan Nikolic , Laura Torino , N. Thyagarajan , Ubaldo Iriso

JWST-TST DREAMS: A Precise Water Abundance for Hot Jupiter WASP-17b from the NIRISS SOSS Transmission Spectrum

Water has proven to be ubiquitously detected in near-infrared (NIR) transmission spectroscopy observations of hot Jupiter atmospheres, including WASP-17b. However, previous analyses of WASP-17b's atmosphere based upon Hubble Space Telescope…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-13 Dana R. Louie , Elijah Mullens , Lili Alderson , Ana Glidden , Nikole K. Lewis , Hannah R. Wakeford , Natasha E. Batalha , Knicole D. Colón , Amélie Gressier , Douglas Long , Michael Radica , Néstor Espinoza , Jayesh Goyal , Ryan J. MacDonald , Erin M. May , Sara Seager , Kevin B. Stevenson , Jeff A. Valenti , Natalie H. Allen , Caleb I. Cañas , Ryan C. Challener , David Grant , Jingcheng Huang , Zifan Lin , Daniel Valentine , Mark Clampin , Marshall Perrin , Laurent Pueyo , Roeland P. van der Marel , C. Matt Mountain

James Webb Space Telescope Optical Simulation Testbed I: Overview and First Results

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Optical Simulation Testbed (JOST) is a tabletop workbench to study aspects of wavefront sensing and control for a segmented space telescope, including both commissioning and maintenance activities. JOST…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Marshall D. Perrin , Rémi Soummer , Élodie Choquet , Mamadou N'Diaye , Olivier Levecq , Charles-Phillipe Lajoie , Marie Ygouf , Lucie Leboulleux , Sylvain Egron , Rachel Anderson , Chris Long , Erin Elliott , George Hartig , Laurent Pueyo , Roeland van der Marel , Matt Mountain

First JWST observations of a gravitational lens: Mass model from new multiple images with near-infrared observations of SMACS J0723.3-7327

We present our lens mass model of SMACS J0723, the first strong gravitational lens observed by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). We use data from the Hubble Space Telescope and Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) to build our…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2022-10-14 G. B. Caminha , S. H. Suyu , A. Mercurio , G. Brammer , P. Bergamini , E. Vanzella , A. Acebron

Euclid. III. The NISP Instrument

The Near-Infrared Spectrometer and Photometer (NISP) on board the Euclid satellite provides multiband photometry and R>=450 slitless grism spectroscopy in the 950-2020nm wavelength range. In this reference article we illuminate the…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Euclid Collaboration , K. Jahnke , W. Gillard , M. Schirmer , A. Ealet , T. Maciaszek , E. Prieto , R. Barbier , C. Bonoli , L. Corcione , S. Dusini , F. Grupp , F. Hormuth , S. Ligori , L. Martin , G. Morgante , C. Padilla , R. Toledo-Moreo , M. Trifoglio , L. Valenziano , R. Bender , F. J. Castander , B. Garilli , P. B. Lilje , H. -W. Rix , N. Auricchio , A. Balestra , J. -C. Barriere , P. Battaglia , M. Berthe , C. Bodendorf , T. Boenke , W. Bon , A. Bonnefoi , A. Caillat , V. Capobianco , M. Carle , R. Casas , H. Cho , A. Costille , F. Ducret , S. Ferriol , E. Franceschi , J. -L. Gimenez , W. Holmes , A. Hornstrup , M. Jhabvala , R. Kohley , B. Kubik , R. Laureijs , D. Le Mignant , I. Lloro , E. Medinaceli , Y. Mellier , G. Polenta , G. D. Racca , A. Renzi , J. -C. Salvignol , A. Secroun , G. Seidel , M. Seiffert , C. Sirignano , G. Sirri , P. Strada , G. Smadja , L. Stanco , S. Wachter , S. Anselmi , E. Borsato , L. Caillat , F. Cogato , C. Colodro-Conde , P. -E. Crouzet , V. Conforti , M. D'Alessandro , Y. Copin , J. -C. Cuillandre , J. E. Davies , S. Davini , A. Derosa , J. J. Diaz , S. Di Domizio , D. Di Ferdinando , R. Farinelli , A. G. Ferrari , F. Fornari , L. Gabarra , C. M. Gutierrez , F. Giacomini , P. Lagier , F. Gianotti , O. Krause , F. Madrid , F. Laudisio , J. Macias-Perez , G. Naletto , M. Niclas , J. Marpaud , N. Mauri , R. da Silva , F. Passalacqua , K. Paterson , L. Patrizii , I. Risso , B. G. B. Solheim , M. Scodeggio , P. Stassi , J. Steinwagner , M. Tenti , G. Testera , R. Travaglini , S. Tosi , A. Troja , O. Tubio , C. Valieri , C. Vescovi , S. Ventura , N. Aghanim , B. Altieri , A. Amara , J. Amiaux , S. Andreon , H. Aussel , M. Baldi , S. Bardelli , A. Basset , A. Bonchi , D. Bonino , E. Branchini , M. Brescia , J. Brinchmann , S. Camera , C. Carbone , V. F. Cardone , J. Carretero , S. Casas , M. Castellano , S. Cavuoti , P. -Y. Chabaud , A. Cimatti , G. Congedo , C. J. Conselice , L. Conversi , F. Courbin , H. M. Courtois , M. Cropper , J. -G. Cuby , A. Da Silva , H. Degaudenzi , A. M. Di Giorgio , J. Dinis , M. Douspis , F. Dubath , C. A. J. Duncan , X. Dupac , M. Fabricius , M. Farina , S. Farrens , F. Faustini , P. Fosalba , S. Fotopoulou , N. Fourmanoit , M. Frailis , P. Franzetti , S. Galeotta , B. Gillis , C. Giocoli , P. Gómez-Alvarez , B. R. Granett , A. Grazian , L. Guzzo , M. Hailey , S. V. H. Haugan , J. Hoar , H. Hoekstra , I. Hook , P. Hudelot , B. Joachimi , E. Keihänen , S. Kermiche , A. Kiessling , M. Kilbinger , T. Kitching , M. Kümmel , M. Kunz , H. Kurki-Suonio , O. Lahav , V. Lindholm , J. Lorenzo Alvarez , D. Maino , E. Maiorano , O. Mansutti , O. Marggraf , K. Markovic , J. Martignac , N. Martinet , F. Marulli , R. Massey , D. C. Masters , S. Maurogordato , H. J. McCracken , S. Mei , M. Melchior , M. Meneghetti , E. Merlin , G. Meylan , J. J. Mohr , M. Moresco , L. Moscardini , R. Nakajima , R. C. Nichol , S. -M. Niemi , T. Nutma , K. Paech , S. Paltani , F. Pasian , J. A. Peacock , K. Pedersen , W. J. Percival , V. Pettorino , S. Pires , M. Poncet , L. A. Popa , L. Pozzetti , F. Raison , R. Rebolo , A. Refregier , J. Rhodes , G. Riccio , E. Romelli , M. Roncarelli , C. Rosset , E. Rossetti , H. J. A. Rottgering , R. Saglia , D. Sapone , M. Sauvage , R. Scaramella , P. Schneider , T. Schrabback , S. Serrano , P. Tallada-Crespí , D. Tavagnacco , A. N. Taylor , H. I. Teplitz , I. Tereno , F. Torradeflot , I. Tutusaus , T. Vassallo , G. Verdoes Kleijn , A. Veropalumbo , D. Vibert , Y. Wang , J. Weller , A. Zacchei , G. Zamorani , F. M. Zerbi , J. Zoubian , E. Zucca , P. N. Appleton , C. Baccigalupi , A. Biviano , M. Bolzonella , A. Boucaud , E. Bozzo , C. Burigana , M. Calabrese , P. Casenove , M. Crocce , G. De Lucia , J. A. Escartin Vigo , G. Fabbian , F. Finelli , K. George , J. Gracia-Carpio , S. Ilić , P. Liebing , C. Liu , G. Mainetti , S. Marcin , M. Martinelli , P. W. Morris , C. Neissner , A. Pezzotta , M. Pöntinen , C. Porciani , Z. Sakr , V. Scottez , E. Sefusatti , M. Viel , M. Wiesmann , Y. Akrami , V. Allevato , E. Aubourg , M. Ballardini , D. Bertacca , M. Bethermin , A. Blanchard , L. Blot , S. Borgani , A. S. Borlaff , S. Bruton , R. Cabanac , A. Calabro , G. Calderone , G. Canas-Herrera , A. Cappi , C. S. Carvalho , G. Castignani , T. Castro , K. C. Chambers , Y. Charles , R. Chary , J. Colbert , S. Contarini , T. Contini , A. R. Cooray , M. Costanzi , O. Cucciati , B. De Caro , S. de la Torre , G. Desprez , A. Díaz-Sánchez , H. Dole , S. Escoffier , P. G. Ferreira , I. Ferrero , A. Finoguenov , A. Fontana , K. Ganga , J. García-Bellido , V. Gautard , E. Gaztanaga , G. Gozaliasl , A. Gregorio , A. Hall , W. G. Hartley , S. Hemmati , H. Hildebrandt , J. Hjorth , S. Hosseini , M. Huertas-Company , O. Ilbert , J. Jacobson , S. Joudaki , J. J. E. Kajava , V. Kansal , D. Karagiannis , C. C. Kirkpatrick , F. Lacasa , V. Le Brun , J. Le Graet , L. Legrand , G. Libet , S. J. Liu , A. Loureiro , M. Magliocchetti , C. Mancini , F. Mannucci , R. Maoli , C. J. A. P. Martins , S. Matthew , L. Maurin , C. J. R. McPartland , R. B. Metcalf , M. Migliaccio , M. Miluzio , P. Monaco , C. Moretti , S. Nadathur , L. Nicastro , Nicholas A. Walton , J. Odier , M. Oguri , V. Popa , D. Potter , A. Pourtsidou , P. -F. Rocci , R. P. Rollins , B. Rusholme , M. Sahlén , A. G. Sánchez , C. Scarlata , J. Schaye , J. A. Schewtschenko , A. Schneider , M. Schultheis , M. Sereno , F. Shankar , A. Shulevski , G. Sikkema , A. Silvestri , P. Simon , A. Spurio Mancini , J. Stadel , S. A. Stanford , K. Tanidis , C. Tao , N. Tessore , R. Teyssier , S. Toft , M. Tucci , J. Valiviita , D. Vergani , F. Vernizzi , G. Verza , P. Vielzeuf , J. R. Weaver , L. Zalesky , I. A. Zinchenko , M. Archidiacono , F. Atrio-Barandela , C. L. Bennett , T. Bouvard , F. Caro , S. Conseil , P. Dimauro , P. -A. Duc , Y. Fang , A. M. N. Ferguson , T. Gasparetto , I. Kova{č}ić , S. Kruk , A. M. C. Le Brun , T. I. Liaudat , A. Montoro , A. Mora , C. Murray , L. Pagano , D. Paoletti , M. Radovich , E. Sarpa , E. Tommasi , A. Viitanen , J. Lesgourgues , M. E. Levi , J. Martín-Fleitas

The Near-Infrared Sky Surveyor

[NIRSS is one of three concepts that contributed to the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST) mission advocated by the Decadal Survey.] Operating beyond the reaches of the Earth's atmosphere, free of its limiting absorption and…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2010-08-24 Daniel Stern , James G. Bartlett , Mark Brodwin , Asantha Cooray , Roc Cutri , Arjun Dey , Peter Eisenhardt , Anthony Gonzalez , Jason Kalirai , Amy Mainzer , Leonidas Moustakas , Jason Rhodes , S. Adam Stanford , Edward L. Wright

The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, VI: The Medium Resolution Spectrometer

We describe the design and performance of the Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MRS) for the JWST-MIRI instrument. The MRS incorporates four coaxial spectral channels in a compact opto-mechanical layout that generates spectral images over…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-19 Martyn Wells , J. -W. Pel , Alistair Glasse , G. S. Wright , Gabby Aitink-Kroes , Ruyman Azzollini , Steven Beard , B. R. Brandl , Angus Gallie , V. C. Geers , A. M. Glauser , Peter Hastings , Th. Henning , Rieks Jager , K. Justtanont , Bob Kruizinga , Fred Lahuis , David Lee , I. Martinez-Delgado , J. R. Martinez-Galarza , M. Meijers , Jane E. Morrison , Friedrich Mueller , Thodori Nakos , Brian O'Sullivan , Ad Oudenhuysen , P. Parr-Burman , Evert Pauwels , R. -R. Rohloff , Eva Schmalzl , Jon Sykes , M. P. Thelen , E. F. van Dishoeck , Bart Vandenbussche , Lars B. Venema , Huib Visser , L. B. F. M. Waters , David Wright

The Blue Jay Survey: Deep JWST Spectroscopy for a Representative Sample of Galaxies at Cosmic Noon

We present the Blue Jay survey, a Cycle-1 JWST program aimed at studying the stellar and gas content of galaxies at Cosmic Noon. The survey consists of deep spectroscopy for 153 targets observed over two pointings in the COSMOS field using…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-10-15 Sirio Belli , Letizia Bugiani , Minjung Park , J. Trevor Mendel , Rebecca L. Davies , Amir H. Khoram , Benjamin D. Johnson , Joel Leja , Sandro Tacchella , Vanessa Brown , Charlie Conroy , Razieh Emami , Yijia Li , Caterina Liboni , Gabriel Maheson , Elijah P. Mathews , Rohan P. Naidu , Erica J. Nelson , Bryan A. Terrazas , Rainer Weinberger

Extended source fringe flats for the JWST MIRI Medium Resolution Spectrometer

The detectors of the JWST Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MRS) form low-finesse resonating cavities that cause periodic count rate modulations (fringes) with peak amplitudes of up to 15% for sources external…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-28 N. Crouzet , M. Mueller , B. Sargent , F. Lahuis , D. Kester , G. Yang , I. Argyriou , D. Gasman , P. J. Kavanagh , A. Labiano , K. Larson , D. R. Law , J. Álvarez-Márquez , B. R. Brandl , A. Glasse , P. Patapis , P. R. Roelfsema , Ł. Tychoniec , E. F. van Dishoeck , G. S. Wright

A Framework for Optimizing Exoplanet Target Selection for the James Webb Space Telescope

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

The SPHEREx Instrument: Calibration, testing and performance measurements of the NIR 2 spectroscopic surveyor from the laboratory to in-orbit commissioning

The SPHEREx near-infrared space telescope is an all-sky spectroscopic survey mission launched on March 12th, 2025 UTC. In addition to providing the community with a spectral database applicable to a wide range of investigations, it is…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-01 Phil M. Korngut , James J. Bock , Samuel Condon , C. Darren Dowell , Candice M. Fazar , Howard Hui , Bradley D. Moore , Bret J. Naylor , Chi H. Nguyen , Stephen Padin , James Wincentsen , Asad M. Aboobaker , Rachel Akeson , John M. Alred , Farah Alibay , Matthew L. N. Ashby , Yoonsoo P. Bach , Joseph Bichel , Douglas Bolton , David F. Braun , Thomas Brown , Sean A. Bryan , Jill Burnham , Thomas A. Burk , Nicholas Burke , Ben Catching , Tzu-Ching Chang , Shuang-Shuang Chen , Yun-Ting Cheng , Yi-Kuan Chiang , Yong Chong , Asantha Cooray , Walter R. Cook , Velibor Cormarkovic , Brendan P. Crill , Ari J. Cukierman , Andrew Davis , Dan Darga , Thomas Disarro , Olivier Dore , Beth E. Fabinsky , Andreas L. Faisst , James L. Fanson , Allen H. Farrington , Tamim Fatahi , Richard M. Feder , Eric H. Frater , Tatiana Goldina , Varoujan Gorjian , William G. Hart , Warren Hendricks , Joseph L. Hora , Viktor Hristov , Zhaoyu Huai , Charles A. Hulse , Young-Soo Jo , Woong-Seob Jeong , Makenzie L. Kamei , Jae Hwan Kang , Branislav Kecman , Will Marchant , Giacomo Mariani , Daniel C. Masters , Gary J. Melnick , Hiromasa Miyasaka , Giulia Murgia , Christina Nelson , Hien T. Nguyen , Christopher Owen , Roberta Paladini , Sung-Joon Park , Harshad Patil , Konstantin Penanen , Chris Piazzo , Jeonghyun Pyo , Amelia Quon , Keshav Ramanathan , Zafar Rustamkulov , Daniel J. Reiley , Eric B. Rice , Flora Ridenhour , Amber Roberts , Jennifer M. Rocca , Alessandro Signorini , Sara Susca , Volker Tolls , Phani Velicheti , Pao-Yu Wang , Michael W. Werner , Casey White , Ross Williamson , Yujin Yang , Michael Zemcov

Quantifying the contamination from nebular emission in NIRSpec spectra of massive star forming regions

The Near InfraRed Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) includes a novel micro shutter array (MSA) to perform multi object spectroscopy. While the MSA is mainly targeting galaxies across a larger field, it can also…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-10 Ciaran R. Rogers , Guido De Marchi , Giovanna Giardino , Bernhard R. Brandl , Pierre Feruit , Bruno Rodriguez

SMILES Initial Data Release: Unveiling the Obscured Universe with MIRI Multi-band Imaging

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…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-05-28 Stacey Alberts , Jianwei Lyu , Irene Shivaei , George H. Rieke , Pablo G. Perez-Gonzalez , Nina Bonventura , Yongda Zhu , Jakob M. Helton , Zhiyuan Ji , Jane Morrison , Brant E. Robertson , Meredith A. Stone , Yang Sun , Christina C. Williams , Christopher N. A. Willmer

Optimizing TESS-related Exoplanet Observation: A Systematic Approach to Scheduling JWST SOSS and BOTS Templates

This study presents a systematic approach to optimize the scheduling of exoplanet observations using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), focusing on targets discovered by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). We developed a…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-14 Zoutong Shen

Rapid Mid-Infrared Spectral-Timing with JWST. I. The prototypical black hole X-ray Binary GRS 1915+105 during a MIR-bright and X-ray-obscured state

We present mid-infrared (MIR) spectral-timing measurements of the prototypical Galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105. The source was observed with the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) onboard JWST in June 2023 at a MIR luminosity L(MIR)~10^{36}…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2024-06-28 P. Gandhi , E. S. Borowski , J. Byrom , R. I. Hynes , T. J. Maccarone , A. W. Shaw , O. K. Adegoke , D. Altamirano , M. C. Baglio , Y. Bhargava , C. T. Britt , D. A. H. Buckley , D. J. K. Buisson , P. Casella , N. Castro Segura , P. A. Charles , J. M. Corral-Santana , V. S. Dhillon , R. Fender , A. Gúrpide , C. O. Heinke , A. B. Igl , C. Knigge , S. Markoff , G. Mastroserio , M. L. McCollough , M. Middleton , J. M. Miller , J. C. A. Miller-Jones , S. E. Motta , J. A. Paice , D. D. Pawar , R. M. Plotkin , P. Pradhan , M. E. Ressler , D. M. Russell , T. D. Russell , P. Santos-Sanz , T. Shahbaz , G. R. Sivakoff , D. Steeghs , A. J. Tetarenko , J. A. Tomsick , F. M. Vincentelli , M. George , M. Gurwell , R. Rao