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

Book Overview

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 instruments over a very wide wavelength range will allow the world's scientific community unequaled ability to study cosmic phenomena as diverse as small...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048181321
• ISBN13: 9789048181322
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 519 Pages
• Weight: 1.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"