First results from MIRI verification model testing

Tanya Lim; Jose Lorenzo Alvarez; Eva Bauwens; Alejandro Garcia Bedregal; Joris Blommaert; Helmut Dannerbauer; Paul Eccleston; Marc Ferlet; Sebastian Fischer; Macarena Garcia-Marin; Alistair Glasse; Adrian Michael Glauser; Karl Gordon; Tom Greene; Tim Grundy; Martin Hennemann; Ulrich Klaas; Alvaro Labiano; Fred Lahuis; Juan Rafael Martínez-Galarza; Bruno Merin Martin; Jane Morrison; Theodoros Nakos; Brian O'Sullivan; Bart Pindor; Michael Ressler; Bryan Shaughnessy; Bart Vandenbussche; Martyn Wells; Gillian Wright; Jens Zuther

doi:10.1117/12.789460

12 July 2008 First results from MIRI verification model testing

Tanya Lim, Jose Lorenzo Alvarez, Eva Bauwens, Alejandro Garcia Bedregal, Joris Blommaert, Helmut Dannerbauer, Paul Eccleston, Marc Ferlet, Sebastian Fischer, Macarena Garcia-Marin, Alistair Glasse, Adrian Michael Glauser, Karl Gordon, Tom Greene, Tim Grundy, Martin Hennemann, Ulrich Klaas, Alvaro Labiano, Fred Lahuis, Juan Rafael Martínez-Galarza, Bruno Merin Martin, Jane Morrison, Theodoros Nakos, Brian O'Sullivan, Bart Pindor, Michael Ressler, Bryan Shaughnessy, Bart Vandenbussche, Martyn Wells, Gillian Wright, Jens Zuther

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Proceedings Volume 7010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter; 70103A (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789460
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) is one of the three scientific instruments to fly on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), which is due for launch in 2013. MIRI contains two sub-instruments, an imager, which has low resolution spectroscopy and coronagraphic capabilities in addition to imaging, and a medium resolution IFU spectrometer. A verification model of MIRI was assembled in 2007 and a cold test campaign was conducted between November 2007 and February 2008. This model was the first scientifically representative model, allowing a first assessment to be made of the performance. This paper describes the test facility and testing done. It also reports on the first results from this test campaign.

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Tanya Lim, Jose Lorenzo Alvarez, Eva Bauwens, Alejandro Garcia Bedregal, Joris Blommaert, Helmut Dannerbauer, Paul Eccleston, Marc Ferlet, Sebastian Fischer, Macarena Garcia-Marin, Alistair Glasse, Adrian Michael Glauser, Karl Gordon, Tom Greene, Tim Grundy, Martin Hennemann, Ulrich Klaas, Alvaro Labiano, Fred Lahuis, Juan Rafael Martínez-Galarza, Bruno Merin Martin, Jane Morrison, Theodoros Nakos, Brian O'Sullivan, Bart Pindor, Michael Ressler, Bryan Shaughnessy, Bart Vandenbussche, Martyn Wells, Gillian Wright, and Jens Zuther "First results from MIRI verification model testing", Proc. SPIE 7010, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2008: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter, 70103A (12 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.789460

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