Detector Seminar

The James Webb Space Telescope - Exploring the Infrared Sky

Name: The James Webb Space Telescope - Exploring the Infrared Sky
Start: 2022-07-22T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-07-22T12:00:00+02:00
Location: CERN

by Prof. Thomas Henning (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy)

Friday 22 Jul 2022, 11:00 → 12:00 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN

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Description

JWST was launched in December 2021 and is now ready for science. It is the largest infrared space observatory ever built and covers the spectral wavelength range from 1 micron to 28 microns. The scientific goals of the mission include the study of galaxy formation and evolution, the investigation of the process of star and planet formation, and the characterization of exoplanets. The talk will summarize the technical challenges of JWST and will present some of the first scientific results. It will also discuss the detector technology for the infrared instruments.

Organised by

Burkhard Schmidt (EP-DT)

Contact

ep-seminars.colloquia@cern.ch

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The James Webb Space Telescope - Exploring the Infrared Sky

by Prof. Thomas Henning (Max Planck Institute for Astronomy)

503/1-001 - Council Chamber

CERN