activity
20222026
most citedThe James Webb Space Telescope Mission

490 citations · 997 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

collaborators

14 papers

astro-ph.GA2026

Euclid: Scaled-up little red dots and other sources with v-shaped spectral energy distributions at z>4

Euclid Collaboration, A. A. Tumborang, K. I. Caputi +169

Little Red Dots (LRDs) are some the most intriguing galaxy populations recently identified at z>~4 with JWST. They constitute the most extreme class of a more abundant population o…

astro-ph.GA2026

JWST Reveals Two Overmassive Black Hole Candidates in Dwarf Galaxies at z 0.7: Pushing Black Hole Searches into the Dwarf-Galaxy Regime

E. Iani, P. Rinaldi, A. Torralba +35

We report the discovery and characterization of two compact galaxies, Pelias and Neleus, at z ~ 0.71 and z ~ 0.75, identified in MACS J0416.1-2403 and GOODS-North. Both exhibit unu…

astro-ph.IM2025

AMIGO: a Data-Driven Calibration of the JWST Interferometer

Louis Desdoigts, Benjamin Pope, Max Charles +8

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) hosts a non-redundant Aperture Masking Interferometer (AMI) in its Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) instrument, providi…

astro-ph.EP2024★ 2 cited

The James Webb Interferometer: Space-based interferometric detections of PDS 70 b and c at 4.8 m

Dori Blakely, Doug Johnstone, Gabriele Cugno +22

We observed the planet-hosting system PDS 70 with the James Webb Interferometer, JWST's Aperture Masking Interferometric (AMI) mode within NIRISS. Observing with the F480M filter c…

astro-ph.SR2023

A First Look with JWST Aperture Masking Interferometry (AMI): Resolving Circumstellar Dust around the Wolf-Rayet Binary WR 137 beyond the Rayleigh Limit

Ryan M. Lau, Matthew J. Hankins, Joel Sanchez-Bermudez +20

We present infrared aperture masking interferometry (AMI) observations of newly formed dust from the colliding winds of the massive binary system Wolf-Rayet (WR) 137 with JWST usin…

astro-ph.EP2023

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems III: Aperture Masking Interferometric Observations of the star HIP 65426 at 3.8 um

Shrishmoy Ray, Steph Sallum, Sasha Hinkley +121

We present aperture masking interferometry (AMI) observations of the star HIP 65426 at as a part of the JWST Direct Imaging Early Release Science (ERS) program obtai…

astro-ph.EP2023

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems IV: NIRISS Aperture Masking Interferometry Performance and Lessons Learned

Steph Sallum, Shrishmoy Ray, Jens Kammerer +120

We present a performance analysis for the aperture masking interferometry (AMI) mode on board the James Webb Space Telescope Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (JWST/NI…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 4 cited

The Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope -- I. Instrument Overview and in-Flight Performance

Rene Doyon, C. J Willott, John B. Hutchings +60

The Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) is the science module of the Canadian-built Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS) onboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). NI…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 490 cited

The James Webb Space Telescope Mission

Jonathan P. Gardner, John C. Mather, Randy Abbott +1004

Twenty-six years ago a small committee report, building on earlier studies, expounded a compelling and poetic vision for the future of astronomy, calling for an infrared-optimized…

astro-ph.IM2023

The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems: Best Practices for Data Collection in Cycle 2 and Beyond

Sasha Hinkley, Beth Biller, Andrew Skemer +35

We present a set of recommended best practices for JWST data collection for members of the community focussed on the direct imaging and spectroscopy of exoplanetary systems. These…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 23 cited

The Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope -- IV. Aperture Masking Interferometry

Anand Sivaramakrishnan, Peter Tuthill, James P. Lloyd +36

The James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (JWST-NIRISS) flies a 7-hole non-redundant mask (NRM), the first such interferometer in space, opera…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 17 cited

The Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph for JWST -- V. Kernel Phase Imaging and Data Analysis

Jens Kammerer, Rachel A. Cooper, Thomas Vandal +26

Kernel phase imaging (KPI) enables the direct detection of substellar companions and circumstellar dust close to and below the classical (Rayleigh) diffraction limit. We present a…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 440 cited

The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning

Jane Rigby, Marshall Perrin, Michael McElwain +623

This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the performanc…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 21 cited

The James Webb Space Telescope Aperture Masking Interferometer

A. Soulain, A. Sivaramakrishnan, P. Tuthill +10

In less than a year, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will inherit the mantle of being the world's pre-eminent infrared observatory. JWST will carry with it an Aperture Maskin…