Hunting planets and observing disks with the JWST NIRCam coronagraph

John E. Krist; Charles A. Beichman; John T. Trauger; Marcia J. Rieke; Steve Somerstein; Joseph J. Green; Scott D. Horner; John A. Stansberry; Fang Shi; Michael R. Meyer; Karl R. Stapelfeldt; Thomas L. Roellig

doi:10.1117/12.734873

Hunting planets and observing disks with the JWST NIRCam coronagraph

John E. Krist, Charles A. Beichman, John T. Trauger, Marcia J. Rieke, Steve Somerstein, Joseph J. Green, Scott D. Horner, John A. Stansberry, Fang Shi, Michael R. Meyer, Karl R. Stapelfeldt, Thomas L. Roellig

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Abstract

The expected stable point spread function, wide field of view, and sensitivity of the NIRCam instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will allow a simple, classical Lyot coronagraph to detect warm Jovian-mass companions orbiting young stars within 150 pc as well as cool Jupiters around the nearest low-mass stars. The coronagraph can also be used to study protostellar and debris disks. At λ = 4.5 μm, where young planets are particularly bright relative to their stars, and at separations beyond ∼0.5 arcseconds, the low space background gives JWST significant advantages over ground-based telescopes equipped with adaptive optics. We discuss the scientific capabilities of the NIRCam coronagraph, describe the technical features of the instrument, and present end-to-end simulations of coronagraphic observations of planets and circumstellar disks.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	66930H
Journal	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	6693
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734873
State	Published - 2007
Event	Techniques and Instrumentation for Detection of Exoplanets III - San Diego, CA, United States Duration: Aug 28 2007 → Aug 30 2007

Keywords

Circumstellar disks
Coronagraph
Extrasolar planets
James webb space telescope
NIRCam

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Krist, J. E., Beichman, C. A., Trauger, J. T., Rieke, M. J., Somerstein, S., Green, J. J., Horner, S. D., Stansberry, J. A., Shi, F., Meyer, M. R., Stapelfeldt, K. R., & Roellig, T. L. (2007). Hunting planets and observing disks with the JWST NIRCam coronagraph. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6693, [66930H]. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.734873

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