Science with the James Webb Space Telescope

Jonathan P. Gardner; John C. Mather; Mark Clampin; Rene Doyon; Matthew A. Greenhouse; Heidi B. Hammel; John B. Hutchings; Peter Jakobsen; Simon J. Lilly; Knox S. Long; Jonathan I. Lunine; Mark J. McCaughrean; Matt Mountain; John Nella; George H. Rieke; Marcia J. Rieke; Hans Walter Rix; Eric P. Smith; George Sonneborn; Massimo Stiavelli; H. S. Stockman; Rogier A. Windhorst; Gillian S. Wright

doi:10.1117/12.670492

Science with the James Webb Space Telescope

Jonathan P. Gardner, John C. Mather, Mark Clampin, Rene Doyon, Matthew A. Greenhouse, Heidi B. Hammel, John B. Hutchings, Peter Jakobsen, Simon J. Lilly, Knox S. Long, Jonathan I. Lunine, Mark J. McCaughrean, Matt Mountain, John Nella, George H. Rieke, Marcia J. Rieke, Hans Walter Rix, Eric P. Smith, George Sonneborn, Massimo StiavelliH. S. Stockman, Rogier A. Windhorst, Gillian S. Wright

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Abstract

The scientific capabilities of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) fall into four themes. The End of the Dark Ages: First Light and Reionization theme seeks to identify the first luminous sources to form and to determine the ionization history of the universe. The Assembly of Galaxies theme seeks to determine how galaxies and the dark matter, gas, stars, metals, morphological structures, and active nuclei within them evolved from the epoch of reionization to the present. The Birth of Stars and Protoplanetary Systems theme seeks to unravel the birth and early evolution of stars, from infall onto dust-enshrouded protostars, to the genesis of planetary systems. Planetary Systems and the Origins of Life theme seeks to determine the physical and chemical properties of planetary systems around nearby stars and of our own, and investigate the potential for life in those systems. To enable these for science themes, JWST will be a large (6.5m) cold (50K) telescope with four instruments, capable of imaging and spectroscopy from 0.6 to 29 microns wavelength.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I
Subtitle of host publication	Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670492
State	Published - 2006
Event	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter - Orlando, FL, United States Duration: May 24 2006 → May 31 2006

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	6265 I
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

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Other	Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter
Country/Territory	United States
City	Orlando, FL
Period	5/24/06 → 5/31/06

Keywords

Infrared
Instrumentation
JWST
Science
Space telescope
Webb

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Gardner, J. P., Mather, J. C., Clampin, M., Doyon, R., Greenhouse, M. A., Hammel, H. B., Hutchings, J. B., Jakobsen, P., Lilly, S. J., Long, K. S., Lunine, J. I., McCaughrean, M. J., Mountain, M., Nella, J., Rieke, G. H., Rieke, M. J., Rix, H. W., Smith, E. P., Sonneborn, G., ... Wright, G. S. (2006). Science with the James Webb Space Telescope. In Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter Article 62650N (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6265 I). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670492

Science with the James Webb Space Telescope. / Gardner, Jonathan P.; Mather, John C.; Clampin, Mark et al.
Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter. 2006. 62650N (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 6265 I).

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Gardner, JP, Mather, JC, Clampin, M, Doyon, R, Greenhouse, MA, Hammel, HB, Hutchings, JB, Jakobsen, P, Lilly, SJ, Long, KS, Lunine, JI, McCaughrean, MJ, Mountain, M, Nella, J, Rieke, GH , Rieke, MJ, Rix, HW, Smith, EP, Sonneborn, G, Stiavelli, M, Stockman, HS, Windhorst, RA & Wright, GS 2006, Science with the James Webb Space Telescope. in Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter., 62650N, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, vol. 6265 I, Space Telescopes and Instrumentation I: Optical, Infrared, and Millimeter, Orlando, FL, United States, 5/24/06. https://doi.org/10.1117/12.670492

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