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

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Thronson, Harley A. (Editor), Stiavelli, Massimo (Editor), Tielens, Alexander (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

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’s inst...