Status of the NIRSpec instrument

Stephan M. Birkmann; Torsten Böker; Peter Jakobsen; Guido de Marchi; Marco Sirianni; Giorgio Bagnasco; Peter L. Jensen; Maurice B. J. te Plate; Peter Rumler; Jean-Christophe Salvignol; Paolo Strada; Manfred Kolm; Xavier Gnata; Karl Honnen; Jess Köhler; Robert Lemke; Marc Maschmann; Markus Melf; Jean-Francois Pittet; Pierre Ferruit; Bernhard Dorner

doi:10.1117/12.858000

4 August 2010 Status of the NIRSpec instrument

Stephan M. Birkmann, Torsten Böker, Peter Jakobsen, Guido de Marchi, Marco Sirianni, Giorgio Bagnasco, Peter L. Jensen, Maurice B. J. te Plate, Peter Rumler, Jean-Christophe Salvignol, Paolo Strada, Manfred Kolm, Xavier Gnata, Karl Honnen, Jess Köhler, Robert Lemke, Marc Maschmann, Markus Melf, Jean-Francois Pittet, Pierre Ferruit, Bernhard Dorner

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Proceedings Volume 7731, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave; 77310D (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858000
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The Near Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) is one of the four science instruments aboard the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) scheduled for launch in 2014. NIRSpec is sensitive in the wavelength range from ~ 0.6 to 5.0 μm and will be capable of obtaining spectra of more than a 100 objects simultaneously, as well as fixed slit high contrast spectroscopy of individual sources. It also features an integral field unit for 3D spectroscopy. The key scientific objectives of the instrument include studies of star formation and chemical abundances of young distant galaxies and tracing the creation of the chemical elements back in time. In this paper, we present the status of the NIRSpec instrument as it is currently being prepared for its extensive ground calibration campaign later in 2010.

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Stephan M. Birkmann, Torsten Böker, Peter Jakobsen, Guido de Marchi, Marco Sirianni, Giorgio Bagnasco, Peter L. Jensen, Maurice B. J. te Plate, Peter Rumler, Jean-Christophe Salvignol, Paolo Strada, Manfred Kolm, Xavier Gnata, Karl Honnen, Jess Köhler, Robert Lemke, Marc Maschmann, Markus Melf, Jean-Francois Pittet, Pierre Ferruit, and Bernhard Dorner "Status of the NIRSpec instrument", Proc. SPIE 7731, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2010: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave, 77310D (4 August 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.858000

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