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Table 2

Total contamination rates for the nominal and warm case (Table 1).

Common to VIS and NISP dz/dt (Tnominal) [nm month−1] dz/dt (Twarm) [nm month−1]

WMK Sack+ (1993) WMK
M1 −0.33 −1.1 −4.0
M2 0.13 +0.3 +1.1
FoM1 +0.08 −0.16 −14
FoM2 +1.4 +3.4 +0.50
M3 +1.4 +3.4 −25
Dichroic +1.4 +3.4 +0.50

NISP path

NISP lenses −101 −238 −89
Detector +9.9 +27 +22

VIS path

FoM3 +3.6 +9.6 +9.3
Detector −44 000 −79 000 −122 000

Notes. Negative values mean that sublimation is more efficient than condensation. We note that in most related technical publications, the sublimation and condensation fluxes are given in units of g cm−2 s−1. For us the optical effects are of interest, hence we parameterise contamination rates as a change of ice thickness z.

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