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Laboratory Astrophysics Data Needed for James Webb Space Telescope Science Investigations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2017

George Sonneborn
George Sonneborn*
Affiliation:
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Code 665, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA email: george.sonneborn@nasa.gov
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Abstract

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is an infrared-optimized astrophysics observatory to be launched in 2018. JWST is designed to find and study the first galaxies that formed in the early universe, to peer through dusty clouds to see star and planet formation at high spatial resolution, to obtain spectra for characterizing exoplanet atmospheres, and of rocky and icy bodies throughout the Solar System. Laboratory Astrophysics needs are related to molecular/solid data for exoplanet atmospheres and rocky/icy surfaces in the Solar System.

Keywords

Molecular dataStars: exoplanetsKuiper BeltAsteroids
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Addendum
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , General Assembly A29A: Astronomy in Focus , August 2015 , E29
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017