Speaker
Nicolas Crouzet
(Leiden Observatory)
Description
JWST's science operations began in July 2022 after a successful launch and six months of commissioning. NOVA played a major role in the development of the Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI), in particular in its Medium Resolution Spectrometer (MRS). MIRI is the only instrument that covers wavelengths beyond 5 microns and is used to investigate a wide variety of objects, from galaxies to star forming regions, protoplanetary disks, and exoplanets. In this talk, I will describe the inflight performance of JWST focusing on MIRI and I will present some science highlights that were enabled by MIRI in its first year of operation.
Primary authors
Nicolas Crouzet
(Leiden Observatory)
Dr
Michael Migo Mueller
(Rijksuniversiteit Groningen)
Guang Yang
(Kapteyn Astronomical Institute)
Peter Roelfsema
(SRON)
Prof.
Bernhard Brandl
(Leiden Observatory)
Prof.
Ewine van Dishoeck
(Leiden Observatory)
