MOCSS: Multi-Object Coronagraphy for JWST/NIRSpec Slitless Spectroscopy

arXiv:2609.36003 · astro-ph.GA · Submitted 2026-09-28 · Read on arXiv

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Submitted: 2026-09-28

Updated: 2026-09-28

Code: https://github.com/gbrammer/msaexp

Terminology

• Trace — 26× in this paper · explained in 2 episodes
• Calibration — 8× in this paper · explained in 7 episodes
• Aperture — 6× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Multi-Object Coronagraphy for Slitless Spectroscopy — 2× in this paper
• Multi-Object Spectroscopy — 2× in this paper
• AGN — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Alignment — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Aperture Correction — 1× in this paper · explained in 1 episode
• Hubble Space Telescope — 1× in this paper
• James Webb Space Telescope — 1× in this paper
• Metallicity — 1× in this paper · explained in 3 episodes

Sources

• The Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope: 100 Hubbles for the 2020s
• JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) Data Release 5: MIRI Coordinated Parallels in GOODS-S and GOODS-N
• JADES Data Release 4 Paper I: Sample Selection, Observing Strategy and Redshifts of the complete spectroscopic sample
• JWST Advanced Deep Extragalactic Survey (JADES) Data Release 5: Photometric Catalog
• Slitless Areal Pure-Parallel HIgh-Redshift Emission Survey (SAPPHIRES): Early Data Release of Deep JWST/NIRCam Images and Spectra in MACS J0416 Parallel Field
• Gas-Phase Metallicity and Nitrogen Abundances in Low-Mass Galaxies Down to M 10 5.7,M at z 4.5 -- 10.1 from JWST Lensing Cluster Surveys

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