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most citedThe Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope I. Overview of the instrument and its capabilities

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astro-ph.IM2024

The Unrealised Interdisciplinary Advantage of Observing High Mass Transiting Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs -- Strategic Exoplanet Initiatives with HST and JWST White Paper

Aarynn L. Carter, Munazza. K. Alam, Thomas Beatty +8

We advocate for further prioritisation of atmospheric characterisation observations of high mass transiting exoplanets and brown dwarfs. This population acts as a unique comparativ…

astro-ph.IM2024

Prioritizing High-Precision Photometric Monitoring of Exoplanet and Brown Dwarf Companions with JWST -- Strategic Exoplanet Initiatives with HST and JWST White Paper

Ben J. Sutlieff, Xueqing Chen, Pengyu Liu +15

We advocate for the prioritization of high-precision photometric monitoring of exoplanet and brown dwarf companions to detect brightness variability arising from features in their…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 183 cited

In-orbit Performance of the Near-Infrared Spectrograph NIRSpec on the James Webb Space Telescope

T. Böker, T. L. Beck, S. M. Birkmann +47

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) is one of the four focal plane instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope. In this paper, we summarize the in-orbit performance of NIRSp…

astro-ph.IM2022

The In-Flight Noise Performance of the JWST/NIRSpec Detector System

Stephan M. Birkmann, Giovanna Giardino, Marco Sirianni +11

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) is one the four focal plane instruments on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) which was launched on December 25, 2021. We present the in…

astro-ph.IM2022★ 1 cited

Optical throughput and sensitivity of JWST NIRSpec

G. Giardino, R. Bhatawdekar, S. M. Birkmann +13

To achieve its ambitious scientific goals, the Near-Infrared Spectrograph, NIRSpec, on board the Webb Space Telescope, needs to meet very demanding throughput requirements, here qu…

astro-ph.IM2022

In-flight performance of the NIRSpec Micro Shutter Array

Timothy D. Rawle, Giovanna Giardino, David E. Franz +33

The NIRSpec instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) brings the first multi-object spectrograph (MOS) into space, enabled by a programmable Micro Shutter Array (MSA) of…