The science performance of JWST as characterized in commissioning

J Rigby, M Perrin, M McElwain, R Kimble… - Publications of the …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
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 Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope. I. Instrument Overview and In-flight Performance

R Doyon, CJ Willott, JB Hutchings… - Publications of the …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) is the science module
of the Canadian-built Fine Guidance Sensor onboard the James Webb Space Telescope …

The Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph for the James Webb Space Telescope. III. Single Object Slitless Spectroscopy

L Albert, D Lafrenière, R Doyon, É Artigau… - Publications of the …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph instrument (NIRISS) is the
Canadian Space Agency contribution to the suite of four science instruments of the James …

Searching for low-mass companions at small separations in transition disks with aperture masking interferometry

T Stolker, J Kammerer, M Benisty, D Blakely… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. Transition disks have large central cavities that have been resolved by imaging
surveys during recent years. Cavities and other substructures in circumstellar disks are often …

Octofitter: Fast, Flexible, and Accurate Orbit Modeling to Detect Exoplanets

W Thompson, J Lawrence, D Blakely… - The Astronomical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
As next-generation imaging instruments and interferometers search for planets closer to
their stars, they must contend with increasing orbital motion and longer integration times …

Searching for Protoplanets around MWC 758 and MWC 480 in Br-γ Using Kernel Phase and SCExAO/CHARIS

A Chaushev, S Sallum, J Lozi, J Chilcote… - The Astronomical …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Discovering new actively accreting protoplanets is crucial to answering open questions
about planet formation. However, identifying such planets at orbital distances where they are …

Differentiable optics with∂ Lux: I—deep calibration of flat field and phase retrieval with automatic differentiation

L Desdoigts, BJS Pope, J Dennis… - Journal of Astronomical …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The sensitivity limits of space telescopes are imposed by uncalibrated errors in the point
spread function, photon-noise, background light, and detector sensitivity. These are typically …

Commissioning and calibration of the JWST Aperture Masking Interferometry mode

RA Cooper, D Thatte… - Optical and Infrared …, 2024 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The multi-national James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) enables several new
technologies, one of which is the first space-based infrared interferometer, the Aperture …

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

D Blakely, D Johnstone, G Cugno… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
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 …

JWST-TST High Contrast: JWST/NIRCam observations of the young giant planet Pic b

J Kammerer, K Lawson, MD Perrin, I Rebollido… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We present the first JWST/NIRCam observations of the directly-imaged gas giant exoplanet
$\beta $ Pic b. Observations in six filters using NIRCam's round coronagraphic masks …