MIRI calibration and data analysis development

Personnes :

• Prof. dr.  WAELKENS Christoffel - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven)
  Coordinateur du projet
  Partenaire financé belge
  Durée: 1/12/2005-31/12/2008
  
• Prof. dr.  DEJONGHE Herwig - Universiteit Gent (UGent)
  Partenaire financé belge
  Durée: 1/12/2005-31/12/2008
  

Description :

The Mid InfraRed Instrument (MIRI) is an infrared camera and spectrometer for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Our team, consisting of members of the instrumentation group at the Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, K.U. Leuven and Wiskundige Natuurkunde en Sterrenkunde, UGent propose to contribute to the calibration of and software development for the MIRI instrument.

Satellite(s) or flight opportunity(ies):

- James Webb Space Telescope (JWST)

Field of research:

Space Sciences: Stellar Atmospheres and Circumstellar Material; Quasars, Gravitational Lenses and Cosmology