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G. S. Wright
Researcher at UK Astronomy Technology Centre
Publications - 27
Citations - 1555
G. S. Wright is an academic researcher from UK Astronomy Technology Centre. The author has contributed to research in topics: James Webb Space Telescope & Spectrometer. The author has an hindex of 17, co-authored 27 publications receiving 1099 citations. Previous affiliations of G. S. Wright include Science and Technology Facilities Council.
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The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, I: Introduction
George H. Rieke,G. S. Wright,Torsten Böker,Jeroen Bouwman,Luis Colina,Alistair Glasse,Karl D. Gordon,Karl D. Gordon,Thomas P. Greene,Manuel Güdel,Manuel Güdel,Th. Henning,Kay Justtanont,P.-O. Lagage,M. E. Meixner,M. E. Meixner,Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen,Tom Ray,Michael E. Ressler,E. F. van Dishoeck,C. Waelkens +20 more
TL;DR: MIRI as discussed by the authors is the mid-infrared instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope [JWST] and combines unprecedented sensitivity levels; subarcsecond angular resolution; freedom from atmospheric interference; inherent stability of observing in space; and a suite of versatile capabilities including imaging, low and medium-resolution spectroscopy with an integral field unit, and coronagraphy.
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The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope I: Introduction
George H. Rieke,G. S. Wright,Torsten Boeker,Jordy Bouwman,Luis Colina,Alistair Glasse,Karl D. Gordon,Thomas P. Greene,Manual Guedel,Th. Henning,Kay Justtanont,P. O. Lagage,Margaret Meixner,Hans Ulrik Nørgaard-Nielsen,Tom Ray,Michael E. Ressler,E. G. van Dishoeck,C. Waelkens +17 more
TL;DR: MIRI (the mid-infrared instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope) operates from 5 to 28.5 microns and combines over this range: 1) unprecedented sensitivity levels; 2) sub-arcsec angular resolution; 3) freedom from atmospheric interference; 4) inherent stability of observing in space; and 5) a suite of versatile capabilities including imaging, low and medium resolution spectroscopy (with an integral field unit), and coronagraphy.
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The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, II: Design and Build
G. S. Wright,David W. Wright,G. B. Goodson,George H. Rieke,Gabby Aitink-Kroes,J. Amiaux,Ana Aricha-Yanguas,Ruymán Azzollini,Kimberly Banks,D. Barrado-Navascues,T. Belenguer-Davila,J. A. D. L. Bloemmart,J. A. D. L. Bloemmart,J. A. D. L. Bloemmart,P. Bouchet,Bernhard R. Brandl,Luis Colina,Ö. H. Detre,Eva Diaz-Catala,Paul Eccleston,Scott D. Friedman,Macarena Garcia-Marin,Manuel Güdel,Manuel Güdel,Alistair Glasse,Adrian M. Glauser,Thomas P. Greene,Uli Groezinger,Tim Grundy,Peter Hastings,Th. Henning,Ralph Hofferbert,Faye Hunter,Niels Christian Jessen,Kay Justtanont,Avinash R. Karnik,M. A. Khorrami,Oliver Krause,Alvaro Labiano,P.-O. Lagage,Ulrich Langer,Dietrich Lemke,Tanya Lim,Jose Lorenzo-Alvarez,Emmanuel Mazy,Norman McGowan,M. E. Meixner,M. E. Meixner,Nigel Morris,Jane E. Morrison,F. Müller,H.-U. Nø rgaard-Nielson,Göran Olofsson,Brian O'Sullivan,J. W. Pel,Konstantin Penanen,M. B. Petach,John P. Pye,Tom Ray,Etienne Renotte,Ian Renouf,Michael E. Ressler,Piyal Samara-Ratna,Silvia Scheithauer,Analyn Schneider,Bryan Shaughnessy,Tim Stevenson,Kalyani Sukhatme,Bruce Swinyard,Bruce Swinyard,J. Sykes,John Thatcher,Tuomo Tikkanen,E. F. van Dishoeck,C. Waelkens,Helen Walker,Martyn Wells,Alex Zhender +77 more
TL;DR: The Mid-InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) provides measurements over the wavelength range 5 to 28: 5 mu m as mentioned in this paper.
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The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, III: MIRIM, The MIRI Imager
Patrice Bouchet,Macarena Garcia-Marin,P. O. Lagage,Jérôme Amiaux,J. L. Auguères,E. Bauwens,J. A. D. L. Blommaert,Chih-Nan Chen,Ö. H. Detre,Dan Dicken,Didier Dubreuil,Ph. Galdemard,R. Gastaud,Alistair Glasse,Karl D. Gordon,F. Gougnaud,Phillippe Guillard,Kay Justtanont,Oliver Krause,Didier Leboeuf,Yuying Longval,Laurant Martin,Emmanuel Mazy,V. Moreau,Göran Olofsson,Tom Ray,J.-M. Rees,Etienne Renotte,Michael E. Ressler,Samuel Ronayette,Sophie Salasca,Silvia Scheithauer,J. Sykes,M. P. Thelen,Martyn Wells,David W. Wright,G. S. Wright +36 more
TL;DR: The Mid-Infrared Imager Module (MIRIM) as discussed by the authors provides broadband imaging in the 5-27 mu m wavelength range for the James Webb Space Telescope, which has a 0.11 pixel scale and a total unobstructed view of 74 '' x 113 ''.
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The mid-infrared instrument for the James Webb space telescope: IV. The low resolution spectrometer
Sarah Kendrew,Silvia Scheithauer,Patrice Bouchet,Jérôme Amiaux,Ruyman Azzollini,Jeroen Bouwman,Chih-Nan Chen,Didier Dubreuil,Sebastian Fischer,Alistair Glasse,Thomas P. Greene,P. O. Lagage,Fred Lahuis,Samuel Ronayette,David W. Wright,G. S. Wright +15 more
TL;DR: The Low Resolution Spectrometer of the MIRI module as mentioned in this paper provides R~100 long-slit and slitless spectroscopy from 5 to 12 micrometers.