The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, II: Design and Build

G. S. Wright; David Wright; G. B. Goodson; G. H. Rieke; Gabby Aitink-Kroes; J. Amiaux; Ana Aricha-Yanguas; Ruyman Azzollini; Kimberly Banks; N. C. Jessen; H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen

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The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, II: Design and Build

G. S. Wright, David Wright, G. B. Goodson, G. H. Rieke, Gabby Aitink-Kroes, J. Amiaux, Ana Aricha-Yanguas, Ruyman Azzollini, Kimberly Banks, N. C. Jessen, H. U. Nørgaard-Nielsen

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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 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.

Original language	English
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume	127
Issue number	953
Pages (from-to)	595-611
ISSN	0004-6280
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1086/682253
Publication status	Published - 2015

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Space vehicles: instruments
instrumentation: photometers
instrumentation: spectrographs

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Wright, G. S., Wright, D., Goodson, G. B., Rieke, G. H., Aitink-Kroes, G., Amiaux, J., Aricha-Yanguas, A., Azzollini, R., Banks, K., Jessen, N. C., & Nørgaard-Nielsen, H. U. (2015). The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, II: Design and Build. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 127(953), 595-611. https://doi.org/10.1086/682253

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The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, II: Design and Build

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