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...

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.