The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, II: Design and Build
- Author(s)
- G. S. Wright, David Wright, G. B. Goodson, George H. Rieke, Gabby Aitink-Kroes, Jérôme Amiaux, Ana Aricha-Yanguas, Ruymán Azzollini, Kimberly Banks, D. Barrado y Navascués, T. Belenguer-Davila, J. A. D. L. Bloemmart, Patrice Bouchet, Bernhard R. Brandl, Luis Colina, Ö. H. Detre, Eva Diaz-Catala, Paul Eccleston, Scott D. Friedman, Macarena García-Marín, Manuel Güdel, Alistair Glasse, Adrian Glauser, T. P. Greene, Uli Groezinger, Tim Grundy, Peter Hastings, Th. Henning, Ralph Hofferbert, Faye Hunter, Niels Christian Jessen, Kay Justtanont, Avinash R. Karnik, Mori A. Khorrami, Oliver Krause, Alvaro Labiano, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Ulrich Langer, Dietrich Lemke, Tanya Lim, Jose Lorenzo-Alvarez, Emmanuel Mazy, Norman McGowan, M. E. Meixner, Nigel Morris, Jane E. Morrison, Friedrich Müller, H.-U. Nørgaard-Nielson, Göran Olofsson, Brian O'Sullivan, J.-W. Pel, Konstantin Penanen, M. B. Petach, John P. Pye, Tom Ray, Etienne Renotte, Ian Renouf, M. E. Ressler, Piyal Samara-Ratna, Silvia Scheithauer, Analyn Schneider, Bryan Shaughnessy, Tim Stevenson, Kalyani Sukhatme, Bruce M Swinyard, Jon Sykes, John Thatcher, Tuomo Tikkanen, Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck, Christoffel Waelkens, Helen Walker, Martyn Wells, Alex Zhender
- Abstract
The Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides measurements over the wavelength range 5 to 28.5 μm. MIRI has, within a single "package," four key scientific functions: photometric imaging, coronagraphy, single-source low-spectral resolving power (R ~ 100) spectroscopy, and medium-resolving power (R ~ 1500 to 3500) integral field spectroscopy. An associated cooler system maintains MIRI at its operating temperature of < 6.7 K. This paper describes the driving principles behind the design of MIRI, the primary design parameters, and their realization in terms of the "as-built" instrument. It also describes the test program that led to delivery of the tested and calibrated Flight Model to NASA in 2012, and the confirmation after delivery of the key interface requirements.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics
- External organisation(s)
- University of Arizona, UK Astronomy Technology Centre, SGT Inc/NASA Ames Research Center, California Institute of Technology (Caltech), NOVA Optical IR Instrumentation Group (France), Université Paris VII - Paris-Diderot, Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), National Institute of Aerospace Technology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Université Paris Saclay, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Space Telescope Science Institute, Universität zu Köln, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Airbus Defence and Space, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), RUAG Space GmbH, Science and Operations Department - Science Division (SCI-SC), NASA Ames Research Center, Chalmers University of Technology, Centre Spatial de Liege, University of Groningen, Aerospace Research Laboratories, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, University of Leicester, Square Kilometre Array, University College London, Paul Scherrer Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Leiden University, Independent researcher
- Journal
- Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
- Volume
- 127
- Pages
- 595 - 611
- No. of pages
- 17
- ISSN
- 0004-6280
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1086/682253
- Publication date
- 07-2015
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103003 Astronomy, 103004 Astrophysics
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Astronomy and Astrophysics, Space and Planetary Science
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/the-midinfrared-instrument-for-the-james-webb-space-telescope-ii-design-and-build(b4edece0-7536-4e73-90d1-c4d2002cc234).html