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 fiveyears, will have the capability to investigate – and answer – some of the most challenging questions in astronomy. Although motivated and designed to studythe very early Universe, the performance of the observatory’s instruments over a very wide wavelength range will allow the world’s scientific community unequaled ability to study cosmic phenomena as diverse as small bodies in the Solar System and the formation of galaxies. As part of preparation to use JWST, aconference was held in Tucson, Arizona in 2007 that brought together astronomers from around the world to discuss the mission, other major facilities that will operate in the coming decade, and major scientific goals for them. This book is a compilation of those presentations by some of the leading researchersfrom all branches of astronomy. A must-have volume discussing the astrophysics to be enabled by James Webb Space Telescope and concurrent facilities duringthe next decade INDICE: From the contents The Frontier of Reionization: Theory and Forthcoming Observations. Large Scale Structure in the Next Decade. Mass Assembly of Galaxies. Upcoming Observations of the Formation and Evolution of Galaxies. Embedded Clusters, Dark Nebular Cores and the Origin of Stellar Masses. Accretion Disks During the Star Formation Phase: Exploring Early Evolution of Gas and Dust with JWST and Other Facilities. The Intergalactic Medium at High Redshifts. Most of the Baryons: Where, When, What and How. Origin and Evolution of ISM. Astrochemistry in Dense, Protostellar Environments. Emerging Planetary Systems: Exploring their Diversity with JWST. Identifying Habitable Exoplanets in the JWST ERA. Theories for the First Stars and Clusters. Observations Constraints of Reionization History in the JWST Era. The Co-Evolution of Black Holes and Galaxies. Stellar Evolution and Death. The Future of Brown Dwarf Science with JWST. The Outer Solar System. Observing the First Stars and Black Holes.

• ISBN: 978-1-4020-9456-9
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 500
• Fecha Publicación: 01/01/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés