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astro-ph.IM2015★ 126 cited

The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope: IV. The Low Resolution Spectrometer

S. Kendrew, S. Scheithauer, P. Bouchet +13

The Low Resolution Spectrometer of the MIRI, which forms part of the imager module, will provide R~100 long-slit and slitless spectroscopy from 5 to 12 micron. The design is optimi…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 105 cited

The LOFAR Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS) I. Survey description and first results

G. H. Heald, R. F. Pizzo, E. Orrú +147

We present the Multifrequency Snapshot Sky Survey (MSSS), the first northern-sky LOFAR imaging survey. In this introductory paper, we first describe in detail the motivation and de…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 272 cited

The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, VI: The Medium Resolution Spectrometer

Martyn Wells, J. -W. Pel, Alistair Glasse +35

We describe the design and performance of the Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MRS) for the JWST-MIRI instrument. The MRS incorporates four coaxial spectral channels in a compact op…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 131 cited

The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, III: MIRIM, The MIRI Imager

P. Bouchet, M. Garcia-Marin, P. -O. Lagage +34

In this article, we describe the MIRI Imager module (MIRIM), which provides broad-band imaging in the 5 - 27 microns wavelength range for the James Webb Space Telescope. The imager…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 16 cited

The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, X. Operations and Data Reduction

Karl D. Gordon, C. H. Chen, Rachel E. Anderson +26

We describe the operations concept and data reduction plan for the Mid- Infrared Instrument (MIRI) for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The overall JWST operations concept is…

astro-ph.IM2015★ 114 cited

The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, IX: Predicted Sensitivity

Alistair Glasse, G. H. Rieke, E. Bauwens +6

We present an estimate of the performance that will be achieved during on orbit operations of the JWST Mid Infrared Instrument, MIRI. The efficiency of the main imager and spectrom…