The Mid-infrared Instrument for JWST and Its In-flight Performance

Wright, Gillian; Rieke, G. H.; Glasse, Alistair; Ressler, Michael E.; García-Marín, M.; Aguilar, Jonathan; Alberts, Stacey; Álvarez-Márquez, Javier; Argyriou, Ioannis; Banks, Kimberly C.; Baudoz, Pierre; Boccaletti, A.; Bouchet, P.; Bouwman, J.; Brandl, Bernard R.; Breda, David; Bright, Stacey N.; Cale, Steven; Colina, L.; Cossou, Christophe; Coulais, A.; Cracraft, Misty; Meester, W. De; Dicken, D.; Engesser, Michael; Etxaluze, M.; Fox, Ori D.; Friedman, S. D.; Fu, Henry; Gasman, Danny; Gáspár, Andras; Gastaud, R.; Geers, Vincent; Glauser, Adrian M.; Gordon, Karl D.; Greene, Thomas P.; Greve, T. R.; Grundy, Timothy; Güdel, M.; Guillard, P.; Haderlein, Peter; Hashimoto, Ryan; Henning, Thomas; Hines, Dean C.; Holler, Bryan J.; Detre, Örs Hunor; Jahromi, Amir; James, Bryan; Jones, Olivia; Justtanont, K.; Kavanagh, Patrick; Kendrew, Sarah; Klaassen, Pamela; Krause, O.; Labiano, Á.; Lagage, Pierre-Olivier; Lambros, Scott D.; Larson, Kirsten L.; Law, David R.; Lee, David; Libralato, Mattia; Alverez, Jose Lorenzo; Meixner, M.; Morrison, J.; Mueller, Migo; Murray, Katherine T.; Mycroft, Matthew; Myers, Richard; Nayak, Omnarayani; Naylor, B. J.; Nickson, Bryony; Noriega‐Crespo, A.; Östlin, Göran; O’Sullivan, Brian; Ottens, Richard; Patapis, Polychronis; Penanen, Konstantin; Pietraszkiewicz, Martin; Ray, T. P.; Regan, Michael W.; Roteliuk, Anthony; Royer, P.; Samara-Ratna, Piyal; Samuelson, Bridget; Sargent, Beth A.; Scheithauer, Silvia; Schneider, Analyn; Schreiber, J.; Shaughnessy, Bryan; Sheehan, Evan; Shivaei, Irene; Sloan, G. C.; Tamás, László; Teague, Kelly; Temim, Tea; Tikkanen, Tuomo; Tustain, Samuel; Dishoeck, E. F. van; Vandenbussche, B.; Weilert, M.; Whitehouse, Paul; Wolff, Schuyler

doi:10.1088/1538-3873/acbe66

articlePublications of the Astronomical Society of the PacificApr 1, 2023HYBRID OA

The Mid-infrared Instrument for JWST and Its In-flight Performance

GWGillian Wright GHG. H. Rieke AGAlistair Glasse MEMichael E. Ressler MGM. García-Marín

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Abstract The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) extends the reach of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to 28.5 μ m. It provides subarcsecond-resolution imaging, high sensitivity coronagraphy, and spectroscopy at resolutions of λ /Δ λ ∼ 100–3500, with the high-resolution mode employing an integral field unit to provide spatial data cubes. The resulting broad suite of capabilities will enable huge advances in studies over this wavelength range. This overview describes the history of acquiring this capability for JWST. It discusses the basic attributes of the instrument optics, the detector arrays, and the cryocooler that keeps everything at approximately 7 K. It gives a short description of the data pipeline and…

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Infrared
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James Webb Space Telescope
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