Journal article · Preprint article
The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, II: Design and Build
ESTEC1
National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark2
Mechanical Engineering, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark3
Astrophysics, National Space Institute, Technical University of Denmark4
Centre Spatial de Liège5
Johns Hopkins University6
University of Arizona7
Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy8
Université Paris Cité9
Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial10
Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies11
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center12
...and 2 moreThe 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 similar to 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.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | University of Chicago Press |
| Year: | 2015 |
| Pages: | 595-611 |
| ISSN: | 15383873 and 00046280 |
| Types: | Journal article and Preprint article |
| DOI: | 10.1086/682253 |
| ORCIDs: | Jessen, N. C. and Nørgaard-Nielsen, H. U. |
