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The james webb space telescope: extending the science
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Gardner, Jonathan P. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | The science objectives of the James Webb Space Telescope 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 black holes 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. The 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 to investigate the potential for life in those systems. These four science themes were used to establish the design requirements for the observatory and instrumentation. Since Webb's capabilities are unique, those science themes will remain relevant through launch and operations and goals contained within these themes will continue to guide the design and implementation choices for the mission. More recently, it has also become clear that Webb will make major contributions to other areas of research, including dark energy, dark matter, exoplanet characterization and Solar System objects. In this paper, I review the original four science themes and discuss how the scientific output of Webb will extend to these new areas of research. |
| File Size | 3808880 |
| Page Count | 11 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20120015054 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t56f0v46j |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-06-30 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Astronomy Extrasolar Planets Galactic Evolution Spaceborne Astronomy Infrared Astronomy Solar System Evolution James Webb Space Telescope Protoplanets Planet Detection Dark Matter Cosmology Mission Planning Dark Energy Solar System Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
