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5 March 2003 NGST MIRI instrument
Gillian S. Wright, Fabio Bortoletto, Carl F. Bruce Jr., Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Avinash R. Karnik, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Melora E. Larson, Dietrich Lemke, Goran Oloffson, Edward A. Miller, Thomas F. E. Henning, Sam Heys, Tom Ray, J. Rodriguez, Eugene Serabyn, Ian Walters
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Abstract
The MIRI is the mid-IR (5-28μm) instrument for NGST and provides for imaging, cororographic, high- and low-resolution spectroscopic capabilities. Unlike to the other instruments on NGST, the MIRI must be cooled - to reduce the thermal background from the optics and because the detectors require an operating temperature of about 7k.. In this paper we summarise the science goals, the proposed overall opto-mechanical concept, the thermal design aspects, the detectors and the expected sensitivity of the instrument.
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Gillian S. Wright, Fabio Bortoletto, Carl F. Bruce Jr., Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Avinash R. Karnik, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Melora E. Larson, Dietrich Lemke, Goran Oloffson, Edward A. Miller, Thomas F. E. Henning, Sam Heys, Tom Ray, J. Rodriguez, Eugene Serabyn, and Ian Walters "NGST MIRI instrument", Proc. SPIE 4850, IR Space Telescopes and Instruments, (5 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.461607
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KEYWORDS
Spectroscopy

Sensors

Imaging spectroscopy

Imaging systems

Thermography

Calibration

Mid-IR

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