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2025RNAAS...9..128B - Research Notes of the AAS, 9, 128 (2025/May-0)

The NIRSpec IFU Point Spread Function.

BENTZ M.C.

Abstract (from CDS):

I provide characterizations of the point-spread function (PSF) of the high-resolution observing mode of the NIRSpec integral field unit on JWST. Using observations of an isolated late-type star, the two-dimensional shape of the star was modeled with concentric Gaussian profiles. The widths and weights of the representative Gaussian components that comprise the PSF model for a variety of drizzle reference frames and final spaxel sizes are presented. The PSF is noticeably elongated, with an axis ratio of ∼0.75. Both elongated PSF models as well as circular approximations to the PSF shape are included. The PSF is generally well-represented by a pair of concentric Gaussians, with ∼75% of the flux contained in a narrow core with a width on the order of a single spaxel, and the other ∼25% of the flux in a more extended halo.

Abstract Copyright: © 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): James Webb Space Telescope - Astronomical instrumentation

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