The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, II: Design and Build
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2015

The Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides measurements over the wavelength range 5 to 28: 5 mu m. 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 similar to 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.

Författare

G. S. Wright

Royal Observatory

D. Wright

G. B. Goodson

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

G. H. Rieke

University of Arizona

G. Aitink-Kroes

J. Amiaux

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

A. Aricha-Yanguas

Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial

R. Azzollini

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)

K. Banks

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

D. Barrado

Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)

T. Belenguer-Davila

Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial

Jadl Bloemmart

KU Leuven

Vrije Universiteit Brüssel (VUB)

Vlaamse Instelling voor Technologisch Onderzoek (VITO)

P. Bouchet

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

B. R. Brandl

Universiteit Leiden

L. Colina

Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB)

O. Detre

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

E. Diaz-Catala

Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial

P. Eccleston

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

S. D. Friedman

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

M. Garcia-Marin

Universität zu Köln

M. Gudel

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH)

Universität Wien

A. Glasse

Royal Observatory

A. M. Glauser

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH)

T. P. Greene

NASA Ames Research Center

U. Groezinger

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

T. Grundy

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

P. Hastings

Royal Observatory

T. Henning

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

R. Hofferbert

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

F. Hunter

PO3 5PU

N. C. Jessen

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

Kay Justtanont

Chalmers, Rymd- och geovetenskap, Radioastronomi och astrofysik

A. R. Karnik

M. A. Khorrami

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

O. Krause

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

A. Labiano

Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH)

P. O. Lagage

Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS)

U. Langer

D. Lemke

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

T. Lim

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

J. Lorenzo-Alvarez

European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA ESTEC)

E. Mazy

Universite de Liège

N. McGowan

PO3 5PU

M. E. Meixner

Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)

Johns Hopkins University

N. Morris

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

J. E. Morrison

University of Arizona

F. Muller

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

H. U. N. Rgaard-Nielson

Danmarks Tekniske Universitet (DTU)

G. Olofsson

Stockholms universitet

B. O'Sullivan

PO3 5PU

J. W. Pel

Rijksuniversiteit Groningen

K. Penanen

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

M. B. Petach

Northrop Grumman corporation

J. P. Pye

University Of Leicester

T. P. Ray

Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies

E. Renotte

Universite de Liège

I. Renouf

PO3 5PU

M. E. Ressler

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

P. Samara-Ratna

University Of Leicester

S. Scheithauer

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

A. Schneider

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

B. Shaughnessy

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

T. Stevenson

SK11 9DL

K. Sukhatme

Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

B. Swinyard

University College London (UCL)

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

J. Sykes

University Of Leicester

J. Thatcher

SG1 2AS

T. Tikkanen

University Of Leicester

E. F. van Dishoeck

Universiteit Leiden

C. Waelkens

KU Leuven

H. Walker

STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

M. Wells

Royal Observatory

A. Zhender

Paul Scherrer Institut

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