Commissioning the scientific instruments of the James Webb Space Telescope

Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2020: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave Pub Date : 2020-12-13 DOI:10.1117/12.2561819

R. Kimble, S. Friedman, C. Oliveira, S. Birkmann, T. Boeker, M. Boyer, R. Doyon, A. Glasse, S. Kendrew, A. Martel, E. Nelan, A. Noriega-Crespo, C. Proffitt, Corbett T. Smith, J. Stansberry, B. Vila, C. Willott

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The James Webb Space Telescope features a powerful complement of focal-plane instruments: the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), the Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), the Near-Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS), the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), and the Fine Guidance Sensor (FGS). These instruments offer an exciting suite of scientific capabilities for imaging, high-contrast imaging, and spectroscopy. To bring these capabilities on-line after launch, a carefully scoped and sequenced set of commissioning activities has been developed. These activities will confirm the functionality of the instruments, characterize their performance (optimizing where possible), obtain initial calibrations at a level required to properly plan observations, and demonstrate essential operational sequences such as target acquisition. We present a high-level overview of these activities and the planned commissioning timeline to execute them.

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调试詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜的科学仪器

詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜拥有强大的焦平面仪器:中红外仪器(MIRI)、近红外相机(NIRCam)、近红外成像仪和无缝光谱仪(NIRISS)、近红外光谱仪(NIRSpec)和精细制导传感器(FGS)。这些仪器为成像、高对比度成像和光谱学提供了一套令人兴奋的科学能力。为了使这些功能在发射后上线，已经开发了一套精心设计和排序的调试活动。这些活动将确认仪器的功能，表征其性能(在可能的情况下进行优化)，获得适当计划观测所需水平的初始校准，并演示基本的操作顺序，如目标获取。我们提供了这些活动的高级概述以及执行它们的计划调试时间表。

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