Post-GAIA astrometry with JWST AMI for planet masses around nearby M dwarfs
Abstract
Obtaining the mass for young planets is an important test of giant planet evolution theories. The combination of direct imaging and radial velocity or astrometric monitoring can provide a direct measurement of both planet mass and photometry. The Near-IR Imager and Slitless Spectrograph (NIRISS) on the the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will contain a 7-hole non-redundant mask in its pupil that will provide interferometric resolution with good dynamic range. NIRISS aperture masking interferometry (AMI) will provide an order of magnitude better contrast than ground-based aperture masking and be able to observe stars a few orders of magnitude fainter than from the ground. This will enable the detection of young jovian planets at the highest resolution available to JWST at the near-IR wavelengths to follow up GAIA planet detections around nearby M dwarfs within 30pc. Using an analytic model of the AMI PSF we measure the astrometric precision with NIRISS. I will present recent NIRISS cryo-vacuum tests and provide an estimate for astrometric precision with AMI.
- Publication:
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American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts #227
- Pub Date:
- January 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016AAS...22730507G