AI 中文总结
本文介绍对JWST的MIRI仪器的运行改进，以提升其性能、创造新观测机会并增强科学回报，这些改进将对MIRI及JWST的天体物理学研究产生预期积极影响。
AI 中文摘要
中红外仪器（MIRI）是詹姆斯·韦伯空间望远镜（JWST）上的中红外仪器，是该天文台唯一对5微米以上波长敏感的仪器。在该波段，MIRI相比过去的仪器和任务实现了数量级的提升，而该波段从地面难以或无法观测。因此，MIRI占据独特的参数空间，在从太阳系到宇宙最遥远星系的所有天体物理学领域提供无与伦比的能力。在MIRI投入运行四年后，我们持续对其进行运行改进，以创造新的观测机会、提升性能并增强其科学回报。本文将介绍若干此类改进及其对MIRI和JWST科学的预期影响。
英文摘要
MIRI, the Mid-Infrared Instrument on the James Webb Space Telescope, is the only instrument sensitive to wavelengths longward of 5 um on the observatory. In this regime, MIRI brings order-of-magnitude improvements over past instruments and missions in a wavelength range that is challenging or impossible to access from the ground. As such, MIRI occupies a unique parameter space, offering unparalleled capabilities in all areas of astrophysics, from the Solar System to the most distant galaxies in the Universe. We continue to make operational improvements to MIRI, four years into its operational lifetime, to create new observing opportunities, improve performance, and enhance its scientific return. In this paper we will describe several such improvements, and their anticipated impact on MIRI and JWST science.
Comments9 pages, 4 figures, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes & Instrumentation, Copenhagen 2026 (Conference 14145, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation 2026: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Wave)
