The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems. IV. NIRISS Aperture Masking Interferometry Performance and Lessons Learned
James Webb Space Telescope; Interferometry; Direct imaging; High; contrast techniques; Observational astronomy
Abstract :
[en] We present a performance analysis for the aperture masking interferometry (AMI) mode on board the James Webb Space Telescope Near Infrared Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (JWST/NIRISS). Thanks to self-calibrating observables, AMI accesses inner working angles down to and even within the classical diffraction limit. The scientific potential of this mode has recently been demonstrated by the Early Release Science (ERS) 1386 program with a deep search for close-in companions in the HIP 65426 exoplanetary system. As part of ERS 1386, we use the same data set to explore the random, static, and calibration errors of NIRISS AMI observables. We compare the observed noise properties and achievable contrast to theoretical predictions. We explore possible sources of calibration errors and show that differences in charge migration between the observations of HIP 65426 and point-spread function calibration stars can account for the achieved contrast curves. Lastly, we use self-calibration tests to demonstrate that with adequate calibration NIRISS F380M AMI can reach contrast levels of ∼9–10 mag at ≳λ/D. These tests lead us to observation planning recommendations and strongly motivate future studies aimed at producing sophisticated calibration strategies taking these systematic effects into account. This will unlock the unprecedented capabilities of JWST/NIRISS AMI, with sensitivity to significantly colder, lower-mass exoplanets than lower-contrast ground-based AMI setups, at orbital separations inaccessible to JWST coronagraphy.
Research Center/Unit :
STAR - Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research - ULiège
Disciplines :
Space science, astronomy & astrophysics
Author, co-author :
Sallum, Steph; University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Ray, Shrishmoy; University of Exeter, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Kammerer, Jens; European Southern Observatory, Germany
Sivaramakrishnan, Anand; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
Cooper, Rachel; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
Greebaum, Alexandra Z.; Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
Thatte, Deepashri; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
De Furio, Matthew; University of Texas, Austin, Department of Astronomy
Factor, Samuel M.; University of Texas, Austin, Department of Astronomy
Meyer, Michael R.; University of Michigan, Department of Astronomy
Stone, Jordan M.; Naval Research Laboratory, Remote Sensing Division, 4555 Overlook Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20375, USA
Carter, Aarynn; University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Biller, Beth; Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Edinburgh, UK
Hinkley, Sasha; University of Exeter, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Skemer, Andrew; University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Suárez, Genaro; American Museum of Natural History, New York
Leisenring, Jarron M.; University of Arizona, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory
Perrin, Marshall D.; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
Kraus, Adam L.; University of Texas, Austin, Department of Astronomy
Absil, Olivier ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO)
Balmer, William O.; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Betti, Sarah K.; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
Boccaletti, Anthony; Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique
Bonavita, Mariangela; Open University, Department of Physical Sciences
Bonnefoy, Mickael; Institute de Planetologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
Booth, Mark; Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Bowler, Brendan P.; University of Texas, Austin, Department of Astronomy
Briesemeister, Zackery W.; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland
Bryan, Marta L.; University of California, Berkeley, Department of Astronomy
Calissendorff, Per; University of Michigan, Department of Astronomy
Christiaens, Valentin ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Département d'astrophysique, géophysique et océanographie (AGO) > Planetary & Stellar systems Imaging Laboratory
Cugno, Gabriele; University of Michigan, Department of Astronomy
Currie, Thayne; University of Texas, San Antonio, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Subaru Telescope
Danielski, Camilla; Institute of Astrophysics of Andalusia
Dupuy, Trent J.; Royal Observatory Edinburgh
Faherty, Jacqueline K.; American Museum of Natural History, New York
Fitzgerald, Michael P.; University of California, Los Angeles
Fortney, Jonathan J.; University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Franson, Kyle; University of Texas, Austin, Department of Astronomy
Girard, Julien H.; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
Grady, Carol A.; Eureka Scientific, 2452 Delmer. St., Suite 1, Oakland CA, 96402, USA
Gonzales, Eileen C.; San Francisco State University, California
Henning, Thomas; Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
Hines, Dean C.; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
Hoch, Kielan K. W.; University of California, San Diego, Center for Astrophysics and Space Science
Hood, Callie E.; University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Howe, Alex R.; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland
Janson, Markus; AlbaNova University Center
Kalas, Paul; University of California, Berkeley, Department of Astronomy, SETI Institute, California, Foundation for Research and Technology, Greece
Kennedy, Grant M.; University of Warwick, Department of Physics
Kenworthy, Matthew A.; Leiden Observatory
Kervella, Pierre; Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique
Kitzmann, Daniel; University of Bern, Switzerland
Kuzuhara, Masayuki; Astrobiology Center, Japan
Lagrange, Anne-Marie; Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique
Lagage, Pierre-Olivier; CEA Saclay, Service d'Astrophysique
Lawson, Kellen; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland
Lazzoni, Cecilia; University of Exeter, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Lew, Ben W. P.; NASA Ames Research Center
Liu, Michael C.; University of Hawaii, Manoa, Institute for Astronomy
Liu, Pengyu; Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Edinburgh, UK
Llop-Sayson, Jorge; California Institute of Technology, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Lloyd, James P.; Cornell University, Department of Astronomy/Center for Radiophysics and Space Research
Lueber, Anna; Ludwig Maximilian University, University Observatory Munich, Scheinerstrasse 1, Munich D-81679, Germany
Macintosh, Bruce; University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Manjavacas, Elena; Space Telescope Science Institute, ESA Office, Baltimore, Maryland
Marino, Sebastian; University of Exeter, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Marley, Mark S.; Dept. of Planetary Sciences, Lunar &, Planetary Laboratory, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Marois, Christian; National Research Council, Canada
Martinez, Raquel A.; University of California, Irvine, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Matthews, Brenda C.; Herzberg Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Matthews, Elisabeth C.; Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
Mawet, Dimitri; California Institute of Technology, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Mazoyer, Johan; Observatoire de Paris, Laboratoire d'Etudes Spatiales et d'Instrumentation en Astrophysique
McElwain, Michael W.; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland
Metchev, Stanimir; Western University, Department of Physics &, Astronomy and Institute for Earth and Space Exploration, 1151 Richmond Street, London, ON N6A 3K7, Canada
Miles, Brittany E.; University of Arizona, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory
Millar-Blanchaer, Maxwell A.; University of California, Santa Barbara, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Molliere, Paul; Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
Moran, Sarah E.; Dept. of Planetary Sciences, Lunar &, Planetary Laboratory, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, USA
Morley, Caroline V.; University of Texas, Austin, Department of Astronomy
Mukherjee, Sagnick; University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Palma-Bifani, Paulina; Laboratoire J.-L. Lagrange, Université Cote d'Azur, CNRS, Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, 06304 Nice, France
Pantin, Eric; Institut de Recherche sur les Lois Fondamentales de l'Universe
Patapis, Polychronis; ETH Zurich, Department of Physics
Petrus, Simon; Valparaiso University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, -
Pueyo, Laurent; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
Quanz, Sascha P.; ETH Zurich, Department of Physics
Quirrenbach, Andreas; University of Heidelberg, Astronomical Observatory
Rebollido, Isabel; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland
Redai, Jea Adams; Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Ren, Bin B.; Institute de Planetologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
Rickman, Emily; Space Telescope Science Institute, ESA Office, Baltimore, Maryland
Samland, Matthias; Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg
Sargent, B. A.; Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Schlieder, Joshua E.; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland
Schneider, Glenn; University of Arizona, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory
Stapelfeldt, Karl R.; Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sutlieff, Ben J.; Scottish Universities Physics Alliance, University of Edinburgh, UK
Tamura, Motohide; University of Tokyo, Japan
Tan, Xianyu; Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
Theissen, Christopher A.; University of California, San Diego, Center for Astrophysics and Space Science
Uyama, Taichi; Infrared Processing and Analysis Center
Vasist, Malavika Vijayendra ; Université de Liège - ULiège > Unités de recherche interfacultaires > Space sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research (STAR)
Vos, Johanna M.; University of Dublin Trinity College, Ireland
Wagner, Kevin; University of Arizona, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory
Wang, Jason J.; California Institute of Technology, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Ward-Duong, Kimberly; Smith College, Massachusetts
Whiteford, Niall; American Museum of Natural History, New York
Wolff, Schuyler G.; University of Arizona, Department of Astronomy and Steward Observatory
Worthen, Kadin; Johns Hopkins University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Wyatt, Mark C.; University of Cambridge, Institute of Astronomy
Ygouf, Marie; Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Zhang, Xi; University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Zhang, Keming; University of California, Berkeley, Department of Astronomy
Zhang, Zhoujian; University of California, Santa Cruz, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Zhou, Yifan; University of Virginia, Department of Astronomy
Zurlo, Alice; Instituto de Estudios Astrofísicos, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Diego Portales, Av. Ejército Libertador 441, Santiago, Chile, Escuela de Ingenieria Industrial, Facultad de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Universidad Diego Portales, Av. Ejército Libertador 441, Santiago, Chile, Millennium Nucleus on Young Exoplanets and their Moons (YEMS), Chile
The JWST Early Release Science Program for Direct Observations of Exoplanetary Systems. IV. NIRISS Aperture Masking Interferometry Performance and Lessons Learned
