Abstract

The Near-InfraRed Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS): Prospect for the Studies of White Dwarfs and their Environment

Jean Dupuis (Agence spatiale canadienne)

Pierre Chayer (STScI), René Doyon (Université de Montréal)

We will describe an instrument that is developed by Canada for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) project. NIRISS will offer powerful imaging and spectroscopic capabilities in the near Infrared: wide-field grism spectroscopy (1-2.5 microns), single object spectroscopy (0.6-3 microns; aperture-masking interferometry with a non-redundant mask and broad-band imaging (1-5 microns). We will explore possible applications to the studies of white dwarfs such as the discovery and characterization of dusty disks around white dwarfs offered by NIRISS and the other instruments on-board JWST.

Mode of presentation: poster