2 papers
astro-ph.IM2026
JWST NIRSpec's Cosmic Ray Experience at L2
Bernard J. Rauscher, D. J. Fixsen
We characterize cosmic ray interactions in blanked-off \JWST NIRSpec ``dark'' exposures. In its Sun/Earth-Moon L2 halo orbit, \JWST encounters energetic ions that penetrate NIRSpec…
astro-ph.CO2024
Constraints on Strongly-Interacting Dark Matter from the James Webb Space Telescope
Peizhi Du, Rouven Essig, Bernard J. Rauscher +1
Direct-detection searches for dark matter are insensitive to dark matter particles that have large interactions with ordinary matter, which are stopped in the atmosphere or the Ear…