arxiv: 2202.03305 · v1 · submitted 2022-02-07 · 🌌 astro-ph.IM

Recognition: 1 theorem link

The Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) on the James Webb Space Telescope I. Overview of the instrument and its capabilities

P. Jakobsen , P. Ferruit , C. Alves de Oliveira , S. Arribas , G. Bagnasco , R. Barho , T. L. Beck , S. Birkmann

show 63 more authors

T. B\"oker A. J. Bunker S. Charlot P. De Jong G. de Marchi R. Ehrenwinkler M. Falcolini R. Fels M. Franx D. Franz M. Funke G. Giardino X. Gnata W. Holota K. Honnen P. L. Jensen M. Jentsch T. Johnson D. Jollet H. Karl G. Kling J. K\"ohler M. G. Kolm N. Kumari M. E. Lander R. Lemke M. L\'opez-Caniego N. L\"utzgendorf R. Maiolino E. Manjavacas A. Marston M. Maschmann R. Maurer B. Messerschmidt S. H. Moseley P. Mosner D. B. Mott J. Muzerolle N. Pirzkal J. F. Pittet A. Plitzke W. Posselt B. Rapp B. J. Rauscher T. Rawle H. W. Rix A. R\"odel P. Rumler E. Sabbi J. C. Salvignol T. Schmid M. Sirianni C. Smith P. Strada M. te Plate J. Valenti T. Wettemann T. Wiehe M. Wiesmayer C. J. Willott R. Wright P. Zeidler C. Zincke

Authors on Pith no claims yet

Pith reviewed 2026-05-10 22:13 UTC · model grok-4.3

classification 🌌 astro-ph.IM

keywords NIRSpecJWSTnear-infrared spectroscopymicro-shutter arrayintegral field unitspectrograph designinstrument capabilities

0 comments

The pith

JWST's NIRSpec covers 0.6-5.3 microns in prism and grating modes

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper outlines the design and capabilities of the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec) for the James Webb Space Telescope. NIRSpec can perform low-resolution prism spectroscopy across 0.6 to 5.3 microns at resolutions between 30 and 330, as well as higher-resolution grating spectroscopy from 0.7 to 5.2 microns at resolutions up to 3600. These modes operate through fixed slits for individual objects, an integral field unit for small regions, or a programmable micro-shutter array for observing many targets across a 3.6 by 3.4 arcminute area at once. The overview covers the optical system, component performance, design trade-offs, and expected sensitivity for faint sources, which depends on the space radiation environment. This information matters because it shows what scientific questions about the early universe and other phenomena NIRSpec can address with its observations.

Core claim

NIRSpec is designed to carry out low-resolution prism spectroscopy over 0.6-5.3 μm at R=30-330 and higher-resolution grating spectroscopy over 0.7-5.2 μm at R=500-3600. It operates in single-object mode with fixed slits or a 3.1×3.2 arcsec² integral field unit, and in multi-object mode with a novel programmable micro-shutter device covering 3.6×3.4 arcmin². The all-reflective optical chain, component performance, design trade-offs, and expected faint-end sensitivity dependent on orbital particle impacts to the detectors are described.

What carries the argument

The novel programmable micro-shutter device enabling simultaneous spectroscopy of multiple targets over a 3.6 by 3.4 arcminute field.

If this is right

Single-object spectroscopy is possible with fixed slits or the integral field unit for targeted observations.
Multi-object spectroscopy is enabled by the micro-shutter array over a wide field of view.
Low-resolution spectra can be obtained across the entire 0.6-5.3 micron range using the prism.
Higher resolution spectra are available in selected bands using the gratings.
Detector sensitivity for faint sources depends on the orbital particle environment.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

The micro-shutter technology allows for more efficient multi-object spectroscopy than previous instruments.
Actual on-orbit performance data will be required to confirm the pre-launch sensitivity models.
NIRSpec's capabilities support a wide variety of near-infrared astronomical studies with JWST.

Load-bearing premise

The faint-end spectrophotometric sensitivity depends on pre-launch models of the detector arrays' response to energetic particles in orbit.

What would settle it

In-flight measurements of the instrument's sensitivity using faint calibration sources compared to the modeled predictions.

read the original abstract

We provide an overview of the design and capabilities of the near-infrared spectrograph (NIRSpec) onboard the James Webb Space Telescope. NIRSpec is designed to be capable of carrying out low-resolution ($R\!=30\!-330$) prism spectroscopy over the wavelength range $0.6-5.3\!~\mu$m and higher resolution ($R\!=500\!-1340$ or $R\!=1320\!-3600$) grating spectroscopy over $0.7-5.2\!~\mu$m, both in single-object mode employing any one of five fixed slits, or a 3.1$\times$3.2 arcsec$^2$ integral field unit, or in multiobject mode employing a novel programmable micro-shutter device covering a 3.6$\times$3.4~arcmin$^2$ field of view. The all-reflective optical chain of NIRSpec and the performance of its different components are described, and some of the trade-offs made in designing the instrument are touched upon. The faint-end spectrophotometric sensitivity expected of NIRSpec, as well as its dependency on the energetic particle environment that its two detector arrays are likely to be subjected to in orbit are also discussed.

Editorial analysis

A structured set of objections, weighed in public.

Desk editor's note, referee report, simulated authors' rebuttal, and a circularity audit. Tearing a paper down is the easy half of reading it; the pith above is the substance, this is the friction.

Desk Editor's Note private letter to a colleague

This is a straightforward pre-launch instrument paper that gives a clear, accurate picture of NIRSpec's modes and specs for JWST users.

read the letter

The main takeaway is that this paper delivers a clear, factual description of NIRSpec's design and capabilities based on the completed hardware. It's the kind of reference that JWST users will turn to for understanding what the instrument can actually do. It does a solid job on the new elements, particularly the programmable micro-shutter array that enables multi-object spectroscopy over a 3.6 by 3.4 arcmin field. The overview of the prism and grating modes, with their respective resolutions and wavelength coverage, is well organized, and the inclusion of the integral field unit and fixed slits gives a complete picture of the observing options. The discussion of the all-reflective optical chain and component performance draws from pre-launch testing, which makes the specs credible. They even touch on some design trade-offs without overcomplicating things. The softer part is the section on expected faint-end sensitivity and its sensitivity to the particle environment. These are based on models and ground tests rather than flight data, but the paper correctly labels them as expectations, so there's no overstatement. No other issues with the presentation or claims. This paper is for the astronomy community planning or analyzing JWST near-infrared spectroscopy observations. Readers who need precise info on modes, resolutions, and performance limits will find it valuable. It shows clear thinking in how it presents the engineering facts without hype. I would recommend sending it to peer review. It's important enough as the primary instrument description to warrant referee input, even if revisions are light.

Referee Report

0 major / 3 minor

Summary. The paper provides an overview of the NIRSpec instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope, describing its all-reflective optical design and capabilities for low-resolution (R=30-330) prism spectroscopy over 0.6-5.3 μm and higher-resolution (R=500-1340 or R=1320-3600) grating spectroscopy over 0.7-5.2 μm. It details single-object modes using five fixed slits or a 3.1×3.2 arcsec² integral field unit, multi-object mode with a programmable micro-shutter array covering 3.6×3.4 arcmin², component performance, design trade-offs, and expected faint-end spectrophotometric sensitivity based on pre-launch models and testing.

Significance. This manuscript serves as a key pre-launch reference for a major JWST instrument, clearly documenting engineering specifications, innovative features such as the micro-shutter device, and performance expectations grounded in as-built hardware and testing data. It will aid observers in planning programs and provides a baseline for post-launch comparisons. The absence of derivations or fitted parameters makes the claims directly verifiable from design documents.

minor comments (3)

[Abstract] The abstract and §2 could more explicitly note that the quoted wavelength ranges and resolutions are design goals verified through component-level testing rather than end-to-end on-sky measurements.
[Figure 1] Figure 1 (optical layout) would benefit from an added scale bar or explicit statement of the plate scale to aid readers in visualizing the 3.6×3.4 arcmin² MSA field relative to the slits and IFU.
[§5] The discussion of detector particle environment effects in §5 relies on pre-launch models; a brief table summarizing the modeled count rates or sensitivity degradation factors would improve clarity.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

0 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for their positive assessment of the manuscript, its significance as a pre-launch reference, and their recommendation to accept without major comments.

Circularity Check

0 steps flagged

No significant circularity; purely descriptive instrument paper

full rationale

The paper is a pre-launch technical overview of NIRSpec hardware design, optical chain, observing modes, and expected performance. It contains no derivations, equations, fitted parameters, predictions, or mathematical claims that could reduce to inputs by construction. All content describes verifiable engineering specifications and pre-launch test results drawn from external design documents and testing. No self-citation chains, ansatzes, or uniqueness theorems are invoked in a load-bearing way. This is the standard honest finding for descriptive instrument papers with no analytical derivation chain.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 0 axioms · 0 invented entities

This is a descriptive instrument paper with no mathematical model, no fitted parameters, and no theoretical derivations. No free parameters, axioms, or invented entities are introduced.

pith-pipeline@v0.9.0 · 5915 in / 1326 out tokens · 35785 ms · 2026-05-10T22:13:36.808349+00:00 · methodology

discussion (0)

Forward citations

Cited by 17 Pith papers

Reviewed papers in the Pith corpus that reference this work. Sorted by Pith novelty score.

Other red dots: A possible GLIMPSE of normal AGB stars at Cosmic Noon through extreme lensing
astro-ph.GA 2026-04 conditional novelty 8.0

Four faint red point sources near critical curves in JWST images of Abell S1063 are interpreted as extremely magnified AGB stars and a yellow supergiant at cosmic noon.
JWST Nebular Spectroscopy of SN 2023qov: Circumstellar Dust Emission in a Normal Type Ia Supernova
astro-ph.HE 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 8.0

JWST nebular spectra detect cooling ~400 K carbonaceous dust emission in normal SN Ia 2023qov at +276 and +363 days, modeled as pre-existing circumstellar dust with mass ~10^{-4} M_sun located within ~1 light year.
Emerging Diversity Among the Main-Belt Comets: Insights from JWST and Ground-Based Observations of 457P/Lemmon-PANSTARRS
astro-ph.EP 2026-04 conditional novelty 7.0

457P shows dust activity without detectable H2O, CO, CO2, or CH3OH, with Q(H2O) < 2e24 molecules/s, indicating it may be more volatile-depleted than other main-belt comets.
Exploring the central region of SNR 0540-69.3 with JWST I: 3D morphology
astro-ph.HE 2026-04 conditional novelty 7.0

JWST data reconstructs the inner ejecta of SNR 0540-69.3 as two similar-sized fragmented lobes, implying a ~300 km/s pulsar kick under symmetry assumption and confirming low-velocity hydrogen mixing in a Type II explosion.
Other red dots: A possible GLIMPSE of normal AGB stars at Cosmic Noon through extreme lensing
astro-ph.GA 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 7.0

Detection of extremely magnified individual AGB stars and a yellow supergiant at z~1-4 in JWST lensing observations of Abell S1063.
A Census of Na D-traced neutral ISM and outflows at $0.6<z<4$
astro-ph.GA 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 7.0

A JWST census detects neutral ISM absorption in 76 of 309 galaxies at 0.6<z<4 and outflows in 26, indicating AGN-driven neutral outflows dominate in quiescent systems at cosmic noon.
JWST and Keck observations of the off-nuclear tidal disruption event TDE 2025abcr: An evolving reprocessing layer
astro-ph.HE 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 7.0

New JWST and Keck data on off-nuclear TDE 2025abcr show shifting emission-line velocities from a changing reprocessing layer and an IR power-law slope of -2.13 that is consistent with either reprocessing gas or a youn...
Kinematic Stratification in Extremely Red Quasars Revealed by JWST
astro-ph.GA 2026-05 unverdicted novelty 6.0

JWST observations of ERQs show stratified gas kinematics via deblended optical emission lines, with UV lines dominated by scattered light and optical lines mixing scattered and obscured emission.
Near-infrared diagnostic diagrams of the gas ionization sources in nearby galaxies: a JWST NIRSpec view
astro-ph.GA 2026-05 unverdicted novelty 6.0

New NIR diagnostic diagrams using [C I]/Paγ and H2 1-0 O(5)/PAH 3.3μm ratios correlate with radiation field hardness and distinguish star formation, AGN, and shock excitation in galaxy nuclei.
SPURS: Bursty Star Formation in an Extremely Luminous Weak Emission Line Galaxy at $z=9.3$
astro-ph.GA 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 6.0

A massive galaxy at z=9.3 shows bursty star formation with a recent downturn and sits in a small ionized bubble in a neutral IGM.
BEACON: JWST NIRCam Pure-parallel Imaging Survey. III. Constraints on the UV LF and the Clustering of z~7-14 Galaxies
astro-ph.GA 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 6.0

New JWST pure-parallel imaging over 400 arcmin² yields UV luminosity functions at z~7.5-10 consistent with pre-JWST models and significant clustering of bright galaxies implying they occupy more massive halos than pre...
Paschen Jumps in Little Red Dots: Evidence for Nebular Continua
astro-ph.GA 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 6.0

Paschen jumps in Little Red Dots indicate their continua originate from free-bound recombination emission in low-temperature nebular gas rather than thermalized or AGN components.
EPISODE IV: Ice Inventory in the Envelope of EC 53
astro-ph.SR 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 6.0

No change detected in ice absorption bands of EC 53 between phases, with ice abundances higher than typical for embedded protostars.
Characterization of the Volatile Properties of 133P/Elst-Pizarro and Other Main-Belt Comets with JWST and Ground-Based Observations
astro-ph.EP 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 5.0

JWST observations of 133P/Elst-Pizarro yield water outgassing rates of (1.9 ± 0.6) × 10^25 and (1.4 ± 0.4) × 10^25 molecules/s at true anomalies 8° and 37.4°, with hypervolatile depletion Q(CO2)/Q(H2O) < 0.009 and an ...
Sky background accounting in spectral infrared observations of extended objects at the Caucasus Mountain Observatory of the SAI MSU
astro-ph.IM 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 4.0

A method was developed to correctly account for variable atmospheric emission lines in near-IR spectra of extended objects that exceed the slit length, tested successfully on NGC 7538.
Calibrating Photometric Mid-Infrared Star Formation Rates for JWST
astro-ph.GA 2026-04 unverdicted novelty 4.0

Rest-frame 6-8um MIRI luminosity provides broken power-law SFR calibrations with 0.2-0.3 dex scatter and UV+IR composites at 0.15 dex, supporting robust use above log M* ~9 up to z~3.
GOALS-JWST: Gas Dynamics and Excitation in NGC7469 revealed by NIRSpec
astro-ph.GA 2023-08

Reference graph

Works this paper leans on

150 extracted references · 150 canonical work pages · cited by 16 Pith papers

[1]

Science , year = 1990, volume =

What the Longest Exposures from the Hubble Space Telescope Will Reveal. Science , year = 1990, volume =. doi:10.1126/science.248.4952.178 , adsurl =

work page doi:10.1126/science.248.4952.178 1990
[2]

ASP Conference Series , year = "2000", volume =

IFIRS: An Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer for the Next Generation Space Telescope. ASP Conference Series , year = "2000", volume =

work page 2000
[3]

Winfried Posselt and Wolfgang Holota and Ernst Kulinyak and Guenther Kling and Thomas Kutscheid and Olivier Le Fevre and Eric Prieto and Pierre Ferruit , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2004 , doi =

work page 2004
[4]

Jacques Breysse and Didier Castel and Michel Bougoin , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2012 , doi =

work page 2012
[5]

Geyl and E

R. Geyl and E. Ruch and H. Vayssade and H. Leplan and J. Rodolfo , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2011 , doi =

work page 2011
[6]

Myklebust , title =

Simon Henein and Peter Spanoudakis and Philippe Schwab and Laurent Giriens and Leszek Lisowski and Emmanuel Onillon and Leif I. Myklebust , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2004 , doi =

work page 2004
[7]

Rawle and Giovanna Giardino and Catarina Alves de Oliveira and Stephan M

Timothy D. Rawle and Giovanna Giardino and Catarina Alves de Oliveira and Stephan M. Birkmann and Torsten Böker and Pierre Ferruit and Nora Lützgendorf and Patrick Ogle and Elena Puga and Marco Sirianni and Maurice Te Plate , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2018 , doi =

work page 2018
[8]

Design and performance of a MEMS-based infrared multi-object spectrometer. Proc. SPIE , year = "2004", volume =. doi:10.1117/12.551913 , adsurl =

work page doi:10.1117/12.551913 2004
[9]

Christophe Bonneville and Eric Prieto and Pierre Ferruit and Francois Henault and Jean-Pierre Lemonnier and Florence Prost and Roland Bacon and Oliver Le Fevre , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2003 , doi =

work page 2003
[10]

Arendt and Rene A

Samuel Harvey Moseley and Richard G. Arendt and Rene A. Boucarut and Murzy Jhabvala and Todd King and Gunther Kletetschka and Alexander S. Kutyrev and Mary Li and Stephen E. Meyer and David Rapchun and Robert F. Silverberg , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2004 , doi =

work page 2004
[11]

Johnson and Brent Mott and Stephen Snodgrass , title =

Maurice te Plate and Stephan Birkmann and Peter Rumler and Peter Jensen and Robert Eder and Ralf Ehrenwinkler and Frank Merkle and Peter Mosner and Andreas Roedel and Max Speckmaier and Thomas E. Johnson and Brent Mott and Stephen Snodgrass , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2016 , doi =

work page 2016
[12]

Markus Loose and James Beletic and James Garnett and Min Xu , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2007 , doi =

work page 2007
[13]

Stephan M. Birkmann and Pierre Ferruit and Tim Rawle and Marco Sirianni and Catarina Alves de Oliveira and Torsten Böker and Giovanna Giardino and Nora Lützgendorf and Anthony Marston and Martin Stuhlinger and Maurice B. J. te Plate and Peter Jensen and Peter Rumler and Bernhard Dorner and Hermann Karl and Peter Mosner and Raymond H. Wright and Robert Rap...

work page 2016
[14]

Giorgio Bagnasco and Manfred Kolm and Pierre Ferruit and Karl Honnen and Jess Koehler and Robert Lemke and Marc Maschmann and Markus Melf and George Noyer and Peter Rumler and Jean-Christophe Salvignol and Paolo Strada and Maurice Te Plate , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2007 , doi =

work page 2007
[15]

, keywords =

A model-based approach to the spatial and spectral calibration of NIRSpec onboard JWST. , keywords =. 2016. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628263 , archivePrefix =. 1606.05640 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201628263 2016
[16]

Birkmann and Marco Sirianni and Pierre Ferruit and Chris J

Stephan M. Birkmann and Marco Sirianni and Pierre Ferruit and Chris J. Willott and Roberto Maiolino and Bernard Rauscher and Catarina Alves de Oliveira and Torsten Böker and Giovanna Giardino and Nora Lützgendorf and Anthony Marston and Elena Puga and Tim Rawle and Maurice te Plate and Peter Jensen and Peter Rumler , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2018 , doi =

work page 2018
[17]

2014", month =

New and Better Detectors for the JWST Near-Infrared Spectrograph. , year = "2014", month = "Aug", volume =. doi:10.1086/677681 , adsurl =

work page doi:10.1086/677681 2014
[18]

, keywords =

The Impact of Cosmic Rays on the Sensitivity of JWST/NIRSpec. , keywords =. 2019. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ab2fd6 , archivePrefix =. 1907.04051 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ab2fd6 2019
[19]

, keywords =

Improved Reference Sampling and Subtraction: A Technique for Reducing the Read Noise of Near-infrared Detector Systems. , keywords =. 2017. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/aa83fd , archivePrefix =. 1707.09387 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1088/1538-3873/aa83fd 2017
[20]

A. S. Kutyrev and N. Collins and J. Chambers and S. H. Moseley and D. Rapchun , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2008 , doi =

work page 2008
[21]

Closs and Pierre Ferruit and Daniel R

Martin F. Closs and Pierre Ferruit and Daniel R. Lobb and Werner R. Preuss and Stephen Rolt and Robert G. Talbot , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2008 , doi =

work page 2008
[22]

Purll and Daniel R

David J. Purll and Daniel R. Lobb and Andrew R. Barnes and R. Gordon Talbot and Stephen Rolt and David J. Robertson and Martin F. Closs and Maurice te Plate , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2010 , doi =

work page 2010
[23]

Ellenrieder and K

Marc M. Ellenrieder and K. Weidlich and B. Nelles and B. Ploss and S. Bruynooghe and J. Köhler and M. Te Plate , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2008 , doi =

work page 2008
[24]

Kai Weidlich and Manfred Fischer and Marc M. Ellenrieder and Torsten Gross and Jean-Christophe Salvignol and Reiner Barho and Christian Neugebauer and Günter Königsreiter and Michael Trunz and Friedrich Müller and Oliver Krause , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2008 , doi =

work page 2008
[25]

Matteo Taccola and Giorgio Bagnasco and Reiner Barho and Giulio Cesare Caprini and Marco Di Giampietro and Lionel Gaillard and Giuseppe Mondello and Jean-Christophe Salvignol and Maurice Te Plate and Nazzareno Tonetti , title =. Proc. SPIE , editor =. 2008 , doi =

work page 2008
[26]

Maurice B. J. te Plate and Wolfgang Holota and Winfried Posselt and Jess Koehler and Markus Melf and Giorgio Bagnasco and Pierangelo Marenaci , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2005 , doi =

work page 2005
[27]

Keyes and Tracy L

Charles D. Keyes and Tracy L. Beck and Maria Peña-Guerrero and Catarina Alves de Oliveira and Pierre Ferruit and Peter Jakobsen and Giovanna Giardino and Marco Sirianni and Torsten Boeker and Stephan Birkmann and Charles Proffitt , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2018 , doi =

work page 2018
[28]

Birkmann and Torsten Böker and Pierre Ferruit and Giovanna Giardino and Peter Jakobsen and Guido de Marchi and Marco Sirianni and Maurice B

Stephan M. Birkmann and Torsten Böker and Pierre Ferruit and Giovanna Giardino and Peter Jakobsen and Guido de Marchi and Marco Sirianni and Maurice B. J. te Plate and Jean-Christophe Savignol and Xavier Gnata and Thomas Wettemann and Bernhard Dorner and Giovanni Cresci and Fabiàn Rosales-Ortega and Martin Stuhlinger and Richard Cole and Jason Tandy and C...

work page 2011
[29]

SPIE , pages =

Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2012 , doi =

work page 2012
[30]

, keywords =

The James Webb Space Telescope. , keywords =. 2006. doi:10.1007/s11214-006-8315-7 , archivePrefix =. astro-ph/0606175 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1007/s11214-006-8315-7 2006
[31]

Integral Field Spectroscopy (IFS)

The near-infrared spectrograph NIRSpec for the James Webb Space Telescope - III. Integral Field Spectroscopy (IFS). , keywords =. 2021

work page 2021
[32]

Capabilities and predicted performance for exoplanet characterisation

The near-infrared spectrograph NIRSpec for the James Webb Space Telescope - IV. Capabilities and predicted performance for exoplanet characterisation. , keywords =. 2021

work page 2021
[33]

Multi-object spectroscopy (MOS)

The near-infrared spectrograph NIRSpec for the James Webb Space Telescope - II. Multi-object spectroscopy (MOS). , keywords =. 2021

work page 2021
[34]

Astronomical Optics. 2000

work page 2000
[35]

Optical Engineering , year = "1995", volume =

Temperature-dependent refractive index models for BaF2, CaF2, MgF2, SrF2, LiF, NaF, KCl, ZnS, and ZnSe. Optical Engineering , year = "1995", volume =. doi:10.1117/12.201666 , adsurl =

work page doi:10.1117/12.201666 1995
[36]

, keywords =

Galaxy Size Evolution at High Redshift and Surface Brightness Selection Effects: Constraints from the Hubble Ultra Deep Field. , keywords =. 2004. doi:10.1086/423786 , archivePrefix =. astro-ph/0406562 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1086/423786 2004
[37]

Birkmann and Torsten Böker and Elena Puga and Timothy D

Anurag Deshpande and Nora Lützgendorf and Pierre Ferruit and Giovanna Giardino and Catarina Alves de Oliveira and Stephan M. Birkmann and Torsten Böker and Elena Puga and Timothy D. Rawle and Marco Sirianni and Maurice te Plate , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2018 , doi =

work page 2018
[38]

Birkmann and Bernard J

Giovanna Giardino and Marco Sirianni and Stephan M. Birkmann and Bernard J. Rauscher and Don J. Lindler and Torsten Böker and Pierre Ferruit and Guido De Marchi and Martin Stuhlinger and Peter L. Jensen and Paolo Strada , title =. Optical Engineering , number =. 2013 , doi =

work page 2013
[39]

Detectors for the James Webb Space Telescope Near-Infrared Spectrograph. I. Readout Mode, Noise Model, and Calibration Considerations. , keywords =. doi:10.1086/520887 , archivePrefix =. 0706.2344 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1086/520887
[40]

doi:10.1086/656514 , url =

Erratum , journal =. doi:10.1086/656514 , url =

work page doi:10.1086/656514
[41]

, keywords =

Early galaxy formation and its large-scale effects. , keywords =. doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2018.10.002 , archivePrefix =. 1809.09136 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1016/j.physrep.2018.10.002 2018
[42]

, keywords =

Abundant serendipitous emission line sources with JWST/NIRSpec. , keywords =. doi:10.1093/mnras/stz818 , archivePrefix =. 1811.11757 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1093/mnras/stz818
[43]

Bouwens and Ivo Labb

Renske Smit and Rychard J. Bouwens and Ivo Labb. , abstract =. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/833/2/254 , url =

work page doi:10.3847/1538-4357/833/2/254
[44]

, keywords =

UV Luminosity Functions at Redshifts z ̃ 4 to z ̃ 10: 10,000 Galaxies from HST Legacy Fields. , keywords =. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/803/1/34 , archivePrefix =. 1403.4295 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1088/0004-637x/803/1/34
[45]

, keywords =

Keck Spectroscopy of 3 < z < 7 Faint Lyman Break Galaxies: The Importance of Nebular Emission in Understanding the Specific Star Formation Rate and Stellar Mass Density. , keywords =. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/763/2/129 , archivePrefix =. 1208.3529 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1088/0004-637x/763/2/129
[46]

Steven V. W. Beckwith and Massimo Stiavelli and Anton M. Koekemoer and John A. R. Caldwell and Henry C. Ferguson and Richard Hook and Ray A. Lucas and Louis E. Bergeron and Michael Corbin and Shardha Jogee and Nino Panagia and Massimo Robberto and Patricia Royle and Rachel S. Somerville and Megan Sosey , title =. , abstract =. doi:10.1086/507302 , url =

work page doi:10.1086/507302
[47]

, keywords =

The Hubble Deep Field: Observations, Data Reduction, and Galaxy Photometry. , keywords =. doi:10.1086/118105 , archivePrefix =. astro-ph/9607174 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1086/118105
[48]

, keywords =

The Hubble Deep Field South: Formulation of the Observing Campaign. , keywords =. doi:10.1086/316854 , adsurl =

work page doi:10.1086/316854
[49]

, keywords =

The COSMOS Survey: Hubble Space Telescope Advanced Camera for Surveys Observations and Data Processing. , keywords =. doi:10.1086/520086 , archivePrefix =. astro-ph/0703095 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1086/520086
[50]

, keywords =

The Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey: Initial Results from Optical and Near-Infrared Imaging. , keywords =. doi:10.1086/379232 , archivePrefix =. astro-ph/0309105 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1086/379232
[51]

, keywords =

The HST eXtreme Deep Field (XDF): Combining All ACS and WFC3/IR Data on the HUDF Region into the Deepest Field Ever. , keywords =. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/209/1/6 , archivePrefix =. 1305.1931 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1088/0067-0049/209/1/6 1931
[52]

, keywords =

CANDELS: The Cosmic Assembly Near-infrared Deep Extragalactic Legacy Survey. , keywords =. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/197/2/35 , archivePrefix =. 1105.3753 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1088/0067-0049/197/2/35
[53]

, keywords =

Simulating and interpreting deep observations in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field with the JWST/NIRSpec low-resolution `prism'. , keywords =. doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2426 , archivePrefix =. 1711.07481 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1093/mnras/sty2426
[54]

A., Brammer, G., van Dokkum, P

A Remarkably Luminous Galaxy at z=11.1 Measured with Hubble Space Telescope Grism Spectroscopy. , keywords =. doi:10.3847/0004-637X/819/2/129 , archivePrefix =. 1603.00461 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.3847/0004-637x/819/2/129
[55]

, keywords =

A Critical Assessment of Photometric Redshift Methods: A CANDELS Investigation. , keywords =. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/775/2/93 , archivePrefix =. 1308.5353 , primaryClass =

work page doi:10.1088/0004-637x/775/2/93
[56]

Catarina. Proc. SPIE , publisher =. 2018 , doi =

work page 2018
[57]

Birkmann and Pierre Ferruit and Torsten Böker and Guido De Marchi and Giovanna Giardino and Marco Sirianni and Martin Stuhlinger and Peter Jensen and Maurice B

Stephan M. Birkmann and Pierre Ferruit and Torsten Böker and Guido De Marchi and Giovanna Giardino and Marco Sirianni and Martin Stuhlinger and Peter Jensen and Maurice B. J. te Plate and Peter Rumler and Bernhard Dorner and Xavier Gnata and Thomas Wettemann , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2012 , doi =

work page 2012
[58]

Birkmann and Torsten Boeker and Tim Rawle and Marco Sirianni , title =

Giovanna Giardino and Nora Luetzgendorf and Pierre Ferruit and Bernhard Dorner and Catarina Alves de Oliveira and Stephan M. Birkmann and Torsten Boeker and Tim Rawle and Marco Sirianni , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2016 , doi =

work page 2016
[59]

Maurice te Plate and Stephan Birkmann and Marco Sirianni and Timothy Rawle and Catarina Alves de Oliveira and Torsten Böker and Elena Puga and Nora Lützgendorf and Anthony Marston and Peter Rumler and Peter Jensen and Giovanna Giardino and Pierre Ferruit and Ralf Ehrenwinkler and Peter Mosner and Hermann Karl and Martin Altenburg and Marc Maschmann and Ro...

work page 2018
[60]

T. D. Rawle and C. Alves de Oliveira and S. M. Birkmann and T. Boeker and G. de Marchi and P. Ferruit and G. Giardino and N. Luetzgendorf and M. Sirianni , title =. Proc. SPIE , publisher =. 2016 , doi =

work page 2016
[61]

ASP Conf

Creating the Prototype JWST Exposure Time Calculators (ETCs). ASP Conf. Series , year = 2012, volume =

work page 2012
[62]

Pontoppidan and Timothy E

Klaus M. Pontoppidan and Timothy E. Pickering and Victoria G. Laidler and Karoline Gilbert and Christopher D. Sontag and Christine Slocum and Mark J. Sienkiewicz Jr. and Christopher Hanley and Nicholas M. Earl and Laurent Pueyo and Swara Ravindranath and Diane M. Karakla and Massimo Robberto and Alberto Noriega-Crespo and Elizabeth A. Barker , title =. Pr...

work page 2016
[63]

Louise Dyregaard Nielsen and Pierre Ferruit and Giovanna Giardino and Stephan Birkmann and Antonio García Muñoz and Jeff Valenti and Kate Isaak and Catarina Alves de Oliveira and Torsten Böker and Nora Lützgendorf and Timothy Rawle and Marco Sirianni , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2016 , doi =

work page 2016
[64]

S. H. Moseley and Richard G. Arendt and D. J. Fixsen and Don Lindler and Markus Loose and Bernard J. Rauscher , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2010 , doi =

work page 2010
[65]

Lightsey , title =

Paul A. Lightsey , title =. Proc. SPIE , publisher =. 2016 , doi =

work page 2016
[66]

Robberto , title =

M. Robberto , title =. Proc. SPIE , publisher =. 2014 , doi =

work page 2014
[67]

Lightsey and Charles B

Paul A. Lightsey and Charles B. Atkinson and Mark C. Clampin and Lee D. Feinberg , title =. Optical Engineering , number =. 2012 , doi =

work page 2012
[68]

Lightsey and J

Paul A. Lightsey and J. Scott Knight and Gary Golnik , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2014 , doi =

work page 2014
[69]

Böker and S

T. Böker and S. Birkmann and G. de Marchi and P. Ferruit and G. Giardino and M. Sirianni and T. Beck , title =. Proc. SPIE , pages =. 2012 , doi =

work page 2012
[70]

Diane Karakla and Alexander Shyrokov and Klaus Pontoppidan and Tracy Beck and Karoline Gilbert and Jeff Valenti and Susan Kassin and David Soderblom , title =. Proc. SPIE , publisher =. 2014 , doi =

work page 2014
[71]

in preparation , year = 2022, month = nov, adsnote =

Planning of NIRSpec MOS Observations. in preparation , year = 2022, month = nov, adsnote =

work page 2022
[72]

Böker and J

T. Böker and J. Muzerolle and J. Bacinski and C. Alves de Oliveira and S. Birkmann and P. Ferruit and H. Karl and R. Lemke and N. Lützgendorf and A. Marston and P. Mosner and T. Rawle and M. Sirianni , title =. Proc. SPIE , publisher =. 2016 , doi =

work page 2016
[73]

J Fixsen and J

D. J Fixsen and J. D. Offenberg and R. J. Hanisch and J. C. Mather and M. A. Nieto-Santisteban and R. Sengupta and H. S. Stockman , title =. doi:10.1086/316626 , url =

work page doi:10.1086/316626
[74]

SPIE , pages=

Proc. SPIE , pages=. doi:10.1117/12.856860 , Keywords =

work page doi:10.1117/12.856860
[75]

SPIE , Date-Added =

Proc. SPIE , Date-Added =. doi:10.1117/12.789056 , Keywords =

work page doi:10.1117/12.789056
[76]

Barth, Janet and Isaacs, John and Poivey, Christian , year =

work page
[77]

Ferruit, Pierre , year =

work page
[78]

M., Böker, T., et al

Alves de Oliveira , C., Birkmann, S. M., Böker, T., et al. 2018, Proc. SPIE, 10704, 282

work page 2018
[79]

2007, Proc

Bagnasco, G., Kolm, M., Ferruit, P., et al. 2007, Proc. SPIE, 6692, 174

work page 2007
[80]

N., Guhathakurta , P., & Schneider , D

Bahcall , J. N., Guhathakurta , P., & Schneider , D. P. 1990, Science, 248, 178

work page 1990

Showing first 80 references.