3 papers
astro-ph.IM2024
JWST MIRI Flight Performance: Imaging
Dan Dicken, Macarena GarcÃa MarÃn, Irene Shivaei +37
The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) aboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides the observatory with a huge advance in mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopy covering the w…
astro-ph.EP2024
Modeling JWST MIRI-MRS Observations of T Cha: Mid-IR Noble Gas Emission Tracing a Dense Disk Wind
Andrew D. Sellek, Naman S. Bajaj, Ilaria Pascucci +8
[Ne II] 12.81 emission is a well-used tracer of protoplanetary disk winds due to its blueshifted line profile. MIRI-MRS recently observed T Cha, detecting this line…
astro-ph.EP2024
JWST MIRI/MRS Observations of T Cha: Discovery of a Spatially Resolved Disk Wind
Naman S. Bajaj, Ilaria Pascucci, Uma Gorti +8
Understanding when and how circumstellar disks disperse is crucial to constrain planet formation and migration. Thermal winds powered by high-energy stellar photons have long been…