New Time-Dependent WFC3/IR Inverse Sensitivities

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Autori principali: Calamida, Annalisa, Marinelli, Mariarosa, Bajaj, Varun, Pidgeon, Aidan, Mack, Jennifer
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Pubblicazione: 2026
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author Calamida, Annalisa
Marinelli, Mariarosa
Bajaj, Varun
Pidgeon, Aidan
Mack, Jennifer
author_facet Calamida, Annalisa
Marinelli, Mariarosa
Bajaj, Varun
Pidgeon, Aidan
Mack, Jennifer
contents We present new time-dependent inverse sensitivities for the WFC3/IR channel. These were calculated using the sensitivity change slopes measured by \citet{2024wfc..rept....6M} and photometry of five CALSPEC standards (the white dwarfs GRW+70~5824, GD~153, GD~71, G191B2B, and the G-type star P330E) collected from 2009 to 2023. The new inverse sensitivities account for losses of 1-2\% over 15 years, depending on wavelength, and provide an internal photometric precision better than 0.5\% for all wide--, medium--, and narrow-band filters. An updated version of \texttt{calwf3} (v3.7.2) has been developed for use with a new time-dependent image photometry table (IMPHTTAB) and will be used to update the image header photometric keywords following MAST reprocessing, expected in late-2024. Alternatively, the new inverse sensitivities may be computed by the user for a specific observation date by running \texttt{stsynphot}.
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spellingShingle New Time-Dependent WFC3/IR Inverse Sensitivities
Calamida, Annalisa
Marinelli, Mariarosa
Bajaj, Varun
Pidgeon, Aidan
Mack, Jennifer
Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
We present new time-dependent inverse sensitivities for the WFC3/IR channel. These were calculated using the sensitivity change slopes measured by \citet{2024wfc..rept....6M} and photometry of five CALSPEC standards (the white dwarfs GRW+70~5824, GD~153, GD~71, G191B2B, and the G-type star P330E) collected from 2009 to 2023. The new inverse sensitivities account for losses of 1-2\% over 15 years, depending on wavelength, and provide an internal photometric precision better than 0.5\% for all wide--, medium--, and narrow-band filters. An updated version of \texttt{calwf3} (v3.7.2) has been developed for use with a new time-dependent image photometry table (IMPHTTAB) and will be used to update the image header photometric keywords following MAST reprocessing, expected in late-2024. Alternatively, the new inverse sensitivities may be computed by the user for a specific observation date by running \texttt{stsynphot}.
title New Time-Dependent WFC3/IR Inverse Sensitivities
topic Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12367