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Introducing JWST’s NIRISS : The N ear I nfra R ed I mager & S litless S pectrograph
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Introducing JWST’s NIRISS:The Near InfraRed Imager & Slitless Spectrograph
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Alex FullertonSTScI / HIA
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The Tunable Filter Imager (TFI)
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2004 May 20 Nelan JWST FGS SRR (April 7, 2004)
2005 March 17 Fullerton Overview of Calibration Activities for the JWST FGS-TFI
2005 May 19 Fullerton FGS Tunable Filter Imager: Updates from PDR
2006 June 15 Fullerton “Phase C” Design of the JWST/FGS Tunable Filter Imager
2008 Sept. 18 Fullerton The Tunable Filter Imager Passes its CDR[s]
2010 Sept. 16 Sivaramakrishnan The Non-Redundant Mask on JWST
2010 Nov. 18 Sivaramakrishnan Non-Redundant Tilts (NRT): A Fallback Coarse Phasing Method for JWST Using TFI
2011 March 17 Chayer JWST FGS & TFI Cryovac Risk Mitigation Tests
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TFI Lessons Learned
#1: Cryogenic etalons are tricky.
July 20, 2011:
Wave good-bye to TFI.
Say hello to NIRISS.
Near InfraRed Imager & Slitless Spectrograph
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Design Considerations for NIRISS
Maintain capability to address core TFI Science• “First Light”• Exoplanets
Minimize technical risk • Schedule is a (big) issue• Cost is a (big) issue
Simplify operations
Emphasis of nascent GTO Programs
“Scope” is the only adjustable parameter available to CSA Program Management.
Helps the S&OC (i.e., us) a bit.
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Observing Modes
TFI NIRISSNarrow-Band Imaging
R~100; tunable 1.5 – 2.6 & 3.0 – 5.0 micronsWide-Field Slitless Spectroscopy
R~ 150; 1.0 – 2.5 microns
Coronagraphic ImagingR~100; tunable 3.0 – 5.0 microns XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Sparse-Aperture Interferometric ImagingR~100; tunable 3.0 – 5.0 microns
Sparse-Aperture Interferometric ImagingFixed medium-band filters
Single-Object Slitless SpectroscopyR~700; 0.7 – 3.0 microns
Broad-Band ImagingFixed filters; 1 – 5 microns
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Optical Layout of the TFI
20482048 HgCdTe5.2 micron cut-off18 micron pixels
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Optical Layout of NIRISS
20482048 HgCdTe5.2 micron cut-off18 micron pixels
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Elements in the NIRISS Dual Wheel
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Wide-Field Slitless Spectroscopy
Slitless Spectroscopy with Two Orthogonal Grisms
• A spectrum for every source in the field of view.
NIRISS is Competitive With NIRSpec
Bad
Good
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Sparse-Aperture Interferometric Imaging
Sparse-aperture interferometry with NIRISS pushes the angular resolution of JWST to its limit
goal
Beichman et al 2010
Bright planets
Faint planets
Filter Set (3) for Use With MASKNR Optimized for constraining temperature and mass.
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Single-Object Slitless Spectroscopy
G700XD design
R 700 dispersion with grism along V2∼ Low dispersion with prism along V3, to separate orders Weak cylindrical lens on front side of prism to induce a
defocus along V3
weak cylindrical
surface
m=0
m=1
m=2
m=3
Slitless cross-dispersed 0.6-3.0 μm spectroscopy
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Schematic of Transit and Eclipse Science
Measure size of planet 10-2
See starlight transmittedthrough planet atmosphere 10-4
Eclipse
Planet thermalemission appearsand disappears 10-3
Learn about atmosphericcirculation from thermalphase curves
Transit
Seager & Deming (2010, ARAA, 48, 631)
Transit Spectrum of Habitable “Ocean Planet”
NIRISS G700XD perfectly suited for such challenging programs. The water vapor features below have a depth of 50 parts per million.
0.6 μm 2.5 μm
NIRISS wavelength range
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Broad-Band Imaging - Blue
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Broad-Band Imaging - Red
NIRISS Sensitivity vs NIRCam
Good
In general , NIRISS is more sensitive than NIRCam.
NIRISS with spare NIRCam filter filter
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Summary
NIRISS is coming!
Capable instrumentComplements & Extends near-IR capability of JWSTStraightforward to operate*
* Grisms / aperture mask introduce complexity on the “back end”.
First Light: Lyman alpha emitters (10< z<13) ; photometric redshifts
High-resolution imaging: exoplanet imaging and characterization
Spectroscopy of transiting exoplanet atmospheres (including H2O, CO2 features…)