Dr. Tracy L. Beck Profile

Dr. Tracy L. Beck

at Space Telescope Science Institute

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Proceedings Article | 23 August 2024 Presentation + Paper

Empirical characterization of JWST wavefront error variations

Randal Telfer, Marcio Meléndez, Nicolas Flagey, Charles-Philippe Lajoie, Gregory Brady, Tracy Beck, Thomas Comeau, Bernard Kulp, Marshall Perrin, Matthew Lallo

Proceedings Volume 13092, 1309210 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3020273

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Wavefronts, Observatories, Image segmentation, Wavefront errors, Phase retrieval, Vibration, Mirrors, Stars, Point spread functions

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Poster + Paper

In-flight performance of the NIRSpec micro shutter array

Timothy Rawle, Giovanna Giardino, David Franz, Robert Rapp, Maurice te Plate, Christian Zincke, Yasin Abul-Huda, Catarina Alves de Oliveira, Katie Bechtold, Tracy Beck, Stephan Birkmann, Torsten Böker, Ralf Ehrenwinkler, Pierre Ferruit, Dennis Garland, Peter Jakobsen, Diane Karakla, Hermann Karl, Charles Keyes, Robert Koehler, Kumari Nimisha, Nora Lützgendorf, Elena Manjavacas, Anthony Marston, S. Harvey Moseley, Peter Mosner, James Muzerolle, Patrick Ogle, Charles Proffitt, Elena Sabbi, Marco Sirianni, Glenn Wahlgren, Emily Wislowski, Raymond Wright, Chi Rai Wu, Peter Zeidler

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121803R (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2629231

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Vignetting, Contamination, Calibration, Multiplexing, Lamps, Astronomical spectroscopy, Apertures

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

In-orbit commissioning of the near-infrared spectrograph on the James Webb Space Telescope

Torsten Böker, Yasin Abul-Huda, Martin Altenburg, Catarina Alves de Oliveira, Katie Bechtold, Tracy Beck, Stephan Birkmann, Nina Bonaventura, Ralf Ehrenwinkler, Pierre Ferruit, David Franz, Giovanna Giardino, Peter Jakobsen, Peter Jensen, Delphine Jollet, Diane Karakla, Hermann Karl, Charles Keyes, Nimisha Kumari, Matthew Lander, Marcos López-Caniego, Nora Lützgendorf, Elena Manjavacas, Anthony Marston, Marc Maschmann, Peter Mosner, James Muzerolle, Patrick Ogle, Maria Pena Guerrero, Rachel Plesha, Charles Proffitt, Robert Rapp, Timothy Rawle, Bruno Rodriguez del Pino, Elena Sabbi, Arne Sauer, Marco Sirianni, Corbett Smith, Maurice te Plate, Glenn Wahlgren, Emily Wislowski, Chi Rai Wu, Peter Zeidler, Christian Zincke

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121800W (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2628905

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Target acquisition, Calibration, Spectrographs

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2022 Presentation + Paper

Phasing the Webb Telescope

D. Scott Acton, Scott Knight, Maria Carrasquilla, Nick Weiser, Michaela Masciarelli, Sarah Jurczyk, Greg Rapp, Julio Mueckay, Erin Wolf, Jess Murphy, Larkin Carey, Eric Coppock, Chanda Walker, Joel Runnels, Garrett West, Greg Wirth, Brian Hicks, Katie Melbourne, Michael Gordon, Bob Brown, Stefano Grimaldi, Derek Sabatke, Ray Wright, Laura Coyle, Taylor Chonis, Kevin Whiteaker, Marshall Perrin, Tom Comeau, Charles-Philippe Lajoie, George Hartig, Tracy Beck, Matt Lallo, Mike Regan, Randal Telfer, Marcio Meléndez, Greg Brady, Laurent Pueyo, Nicolas Flagey, Bernard Kulp, Ed Nelan, Kiera Brooks, Pierre Chayer, Shannon Osborne, Sherie Holfeltz, Tony Sohn, Tom Zielinski, Alden Jurling, Matt Bergkoetter, Chuck Bowers, Bruce Dean, Lee Feinberg, Ritva Keski-Kuha, Jeff Kirk, Michael McElwain, Joe Howard

Proceedings Volume 12180, 121800U (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2633474

KEYWORDS: Telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope, Mirrors, Wavefronts, Image processing, Actuators, Sensors, Phase retrieval

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Proceedings Article | 10 July 2018 Presentation + Paper

Target acquisition for multi-object spectroscopy with JWST NIRSpec

Charles Keyes, Tracy Beck, Maria Peña-Guerrero, Catarina Alves de Oliveira, Pierre Ferruit, Peter Jakobsen, Giovanna Giardino, Marco Sirianni, Torsten Boeker, Stephan Birkmann, Charles Proffitt

Proceedings Volume 10704, 107041J (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2313712

KEYWORDS: Stars, Target acquisition, Sensors, Telescopes, James Webb Space Telescope, Space telescopes, Detection and tracking algorithms, Device simulation, Astronomical spectroscopy, Astronomical imaging

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Proceedings Article | 18 July 2016 Paper

Planning your JWST/NIRSpec observation: pre-imaging and source catalogue

Leonardo Úbeda, Tracy Beck

Proceedings Volume 9910, 991025 (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232867

KEYWORDS: Imaging spectroscopy, Data archive systems, Optical filters, Image filtering, Linear filtering, Information technology, Java, Calibration, Data modeling, Error control coding

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Proceedings Article | 15 July 2016 Paper

Planning JWST NIRSpec MSA spectroscopy using NIRCam pre-images

Tracy Beck, Leonardo Ubeda, Susan Kassin, Karoline Gilbert, Diane Karakla, I. Reid, William Blair, Charles Keyes, D. Soderblom, Maria Peña-Guerrero

Proceedings Volume 9910, 99101O (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2232804

KEYWORDS: James Webb Space Telescope, Spectroscopy, Camera shutters, Cameras, James Webb Space Telescope, Spectroscopy, Imaging spectroscopy, Target acquisition, Sensors, Stars, Calibration, Molybdenum

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Proceedings Article | 6 August 2014 Paper

The NIRSpec MSA Planning Tool for multi-object spectroscopy with JWST

Diane Karakla, Alexander Shyrokov, Klaus Pontoppidan, Tracy Beck, Karoline Gilbert, Jeff Valenti, Susan Kassin, David Soderblom

Proceedings Volume 9149, 91491Z (2014) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2056387

KEYWORDS: Camera shutters, Detection and tracking algorithms, James Webb Space Telescope, Sensors, Monte Carlo methods, Multiplexing, Astronomical imaging, Algorithm development, Hubble Space Telescope, Space telescopes

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Proceedings Article | 21 September 2012 Paper

The spectro-photometric calibration of the JWST NIRSpec instrument

T. Böker, S. Birkmann, G. de Marchi, P. Ferruit, G. Giardino, M. Sirianni, T. Beck

Proceedings Volume 8442, 84423F (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925369

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sensors, Camera shutters, Space telescopes, Spectral calibration, James Webb Space Telescope, Telescopes, Spectrographs, Signal to noise ratio, Astronomy

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