How JWST can measure first light, reionization and galaxy assembly

/ Authors

R. Windhorst, S. Cohen, R. Jansen, C. Conselice, Haojing Yan

/ Abstract

We summarize the design and performance of the James Webb Space Telescope that is to be launched to an L2 orbit in 2013, and how it is designed, in particular, to study the epochs of first light, reionization and galaxy assembly.

Journal: New Astronomy Reviews

DOI: 10.1016/j.newar.2005.11.018

How JWST can measure first light, reionization and galaxy assembly

/ Authors

R. Windhorst, S. Cohen, R. Jansen, C. Conselice, Haojing Yan

/ Abstract

We summarize the design and performance of the James Webb Space Telescope that is to be launched to an L2 orbit in 2013, and how it is designed, in particular, to study the epochs of first light, reionization and galaxy assembly.

Journal: New Astronomy Reviews

DOI: 10.1016/j.newar.2005.11.018