Physics
Scientific paper
Jul 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010hstc.worke..38m&link_type=abstract
"2010 Space Telescope Science Institute Calibration Workshop - Hubble after SM4. Preparing JWST, held 21-23 July 2010 at Space T
Physics
Scientific paper
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the planned successor to the magnificent Hubble Space Telescope and the smaller but remarkably powerful Spitzer Space Telescope. It will extend the Hubble and Spitzer science in many areas, ranging from the first stars and galaxies, to the current formation of stars and planets, and the evolution of planetary systems to conditions capable of supporting life. The JWST is a NASA-led project in partnership with the European and Canadian space agencies. The deployable cooled 6.5 meter telescope will cover the wavelength range from 0.6 to 28 μm with imaging and spectroscopy. With diffraction-limited image
< 10 μm, the JWST will be the most powerful space observatory yet constructed. To enable the huge telescope to fit into the rocket fairing, it is very carefully folded up for launch. It has a primary mirror with 18 segments, each one able to be positioned with 6 degrees of freedom and a radius of curvature adjustment. While it is quite well protected from thermal variations, it is nevertheless expected that the JWST primary mirror may be readjusted on the order of every two weeks. This design enables a primary mirror larger than the rocket fairing, but also leads to very interesting calibration issues. In the years since JWST was conceived, the potential scientific benefits of greatly improved calibration and stability have become apparent. Now the challenge is to find ways to achieve those improvements with hardware that has already been designed. In this paper, I outline the basic issues and some strategies to pursue.
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