MIRI Technical Library
A collection of useful literature for the MIRI instrument.
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Technical data
Empirical PSFs from Libralato et al. (2024)
Photon conversion efficiencies
Peer-reviewed publications
MIRI Technical Publications are also collected in an ADS Public Library
Dicken, D. et al, "JWST MIRI Flight Performance: Imager", PASP accepted (2024) (ADS, arXiv)
Libralato, M. et al, "High-precision astrometry and photometry with the JWST/MIRI imager", PASP accepted (2024) (ADS, arXiv)
Patapis, P. et al, "Geometric distortion and astrometric calibration of the JWST MIRI Medium Resolution Spectrometer", A&A, Volume 682, id.A53, 16 pp. (2024) (ADS, arXiv)
Argyriou, I. et al, "The brighter-fatter effect in the JWST MIRI Si:As IBC detectors. I. Observations, impact on science, and modeling", A&A, Volume 680, id.A96, 16 pp. (2023) (ADS)
Law, D.R. et al, "A 3D Drizzle Algorithm for JWST and Practical Application to the MIRI Medium Resolution Spectrometer", Astronomical Journal, Volume 166, Issue 2, id.45 (2023) (ADS, arXiv)
Morrison, J.E. et al, "JWST MIRI Flight Performance: Detector Effects and Data Reduction Algorithms", PASP, Volume 135, Issue 1049, id.075004 (2023) (ADS, arXiv)
Argyriou, I. et al, "JWST MIRI flight performance: The Medium-Resolution Spectrometer", Astronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 675, id.A111 (2023) (ADS, arXiv)
Gasman, D. et al, "JWST MIRI/MRS in-flight absolute flux calibration and tailored fringe correction for unresolved sources", A&A, Volume 673, id.A102 (2023) (ADS, arXiv)
Wright, G.S. et al, "The Mid-infrared Instrument for JWST and Its In-flight Performance", PASP, Volume 135, Issue 1046, id.048003 (2023) (ADS)
Bouwman, J. et al, "Spectroscopic Time Series Performance of the Mid-infrared Instrument on the JWST", PASP, Volume 135, Issue 1045, id.038002 (2023) (ADS, arXiv)
Rigby, J. et al, "The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning", PASP Volume 135, Issue 1046, id.048001 (2023) (ADS, arxiv)
Boccaletti, A. et al, "JWST/MIRI coronagraphic performances as measured on-sky", A&A, Volume 667, id.A165 (2022) (ADS, arXiv)
Pre-launch publications
Labiano, A. et al, "Wavelength calibration and resolving power of the JWST MIRI Medium Resolution Spectrometer", A&A, Volume 656, id.A57, 13 pp. (2021) (ADS)
Gáspár, A. et al, "The Quantum Efficiency and Diffractive Image Artifacts of Si:As IBC mid-IR Detector Arrays at 5-10 μm: Implications for the JWST/MIRI Detectors" (2021) (ADS)
Rieke, G.H. et al, "The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, I: Introduction", PASP Volume 127, Issue 953, pp. 584 (2015) (ADS)
Wright, G.S. et al, "The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, II: Design and build', PASP Volume 127, Issue 953, pp. 595 (2015) (ADS)
Bouchet, P. et al, "The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, III: MIRIM, The MIRI Imager", PASP Volume 127, Issue 953, pp. 612 (2015) (ADS)
Kendrew, S. et al, "The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, IV: The Low-Resolution Spectrometer", PASP Volume 127, Issue 953, pp. 623 (2015) (ADS)
Boccaletti, A. et al, "The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, V: Predicted Performance of the MIRI Coronagraphs", PASP Volume 127, Issue 953, pp. 633 (2015) (ADS)
Wells, M. et al, "The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, VI: The Medium Resolution Spectrometer", PASP Volume 127, Issue 953, pp. 646 (2015) (ADS)
Rieke, G.H. et al, "The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, VII: The MIRI Detectors", PASP Volume 127, Issue 953, pp. 665 (2015) (ADS)
Ressler, M.E. et al, "The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, VIII: The MIRI Focal Plane System", PASP Volume 127, Issue 953, pp. 675 (2015) (ADS)
Glasse, A. et al, "The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, IX: Predicted Sensitivity", PASP Volume 127, Issue 953, pp. 686 (2015) (ADS)
Gordon, K.G. et al, "The Mid-Infrared Instrument for the James Webb Space Telescope, X: Operations and Data Reduction", PASP Volume 127, Issue 953, pp. 696 (2015) (ADS)
Conference proceedings
Gasman, D. et al, "Bayesian retrieval algorithm to detect unresolved point sources in JWST/MIRI spectra using the detector-produced interferometric fringes", Proc. SPIE Volume 12180, id. 121803O 8 pp. (2022) (ADS, pdf)
Dicken, D. et al, "Row and column artifacts in JWST MIRI's Si:As blocked impurity band detectors", Proc. SPIE 12180, id. 121802R 36 pp. (2022) (ADS, pdf)
Wright, R. et al, "James Webb Space Telescope MIRI shear pupil analysis", Proc. SPIE Volume 12180, id. 121803P 10 pp. (2022) (ADS, pdf)
Smith, E. et al, "On-orbit JWST backgrounds from stray light and thermal emission", Proc. SPIE Volume 12180, id. 121800R 9 pp. (2022)(ADS, pdf)
Bouchet, P. et al, "Characterization of the MIRIm double prism assembly at short wavelengths: implications for transit observations of exoplanets", Proc. SPIE Volume 12180, id. 121800Z 8 pp. (2022)(ADS, pdf)
Kimble, R. et al, "Scientific commissioning of the James Webb Space Telescope", Proc. SPIE Volume 12180, id. 121800Q 20 pp. (2022) (ADS, pdf)