Astrophysics in the Next Decade The James Webb Space Telescope and Concurrent Facilities /

NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), planned for operation in about five years, will have the capability to investigate - and answer - some of the most challenging questions in astronomy. Although motivated and designed to study the very early Universe, the performance of the observatory&#...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Thronson, Harley A. (Editor), Stiavelli, Massimo (Editor), Tielens, Alexander (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009.
Edition:1st ed. 2009.
Series:Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings,
Subjects:
Astrophysics.
Astronomy-Observations.
Astronomy.
Solar system.
Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Space Physics.
Online Access:Texto Completo
Table of Contents:
  • The James Webb Space Telescope
  • Beyond the Hubble Space Telescope: Early Development of the Next Generation Space Telescope
  • The Kuiper Belt and Other Debris Disks
  • The Future of Ultracool Dwarf Science with JWST
  • Transiting Exoplanets with JWST
  • The Unsolved Problem of Star Formation: Dusty Dense Cores and the Origin of Stellar Masses
  • Accretion Disks Before (?) the Main Planet Formation Phase
  • Astrochemistry of Dense Protostellar and Protoplanetary Environments
  • Extreme Star Formation
  • Prospects for Studies of Stellar Evolution and Stellar Death in the JWST Era
  • Origin and Evolution of the Interstellar Medium
  • Astrophysics in the Next Decade: The Evolution of Galaxies
  • The Co-Evolution of Galaxies and Black Holes: Current Status and Future Prospects
  • The Intergalactic Medium at High Redshifts
  • Observing the First Stars and Black Holes
  • Baryons: What,When and Where?
  • Observational Constraints of Reionization History in the JWST Era
  • The Frontier of Reionization: Theory and Forthcoming Observations.

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