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Abstract

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) extends the reach of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to 28.5 μm. It provides subarcsecond-resolution imaging, high sensitivity coronagraphy, and spectroscopy at resolutions of λ/Δλ ∼ 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 of the instrument performance demonstrated during JWST commissioning. The bottom line is that the telescope and MIRI are both operating to the standards set by pre-launch predictions, and all of the MIRI capabilities are operating at, or even a bit better than, the level that had been expected. The paper is also designed to act as a roadmap to more detailed papers on different aspects of MIRI.

Item Type:	Article
Keywords:	Astronomical instrumentation; Astronomy & Astrophysics; Astrophysics; Optics; Physical Sciences;
Academic Unit:	Faculty of Science and Engineering > Experimental Physics Faculty of Science and Engineering > Physics
Item ID:	19140
Identification Number:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/acbe66
Depositing User:	Patrick Kavanagh
Date Deposited:	31 Oct 2024 15:20
Journal or Publication Title:	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Publisher:	The Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	Publisher
Use Licence:	This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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