Filter Choices for NIRCam on JWST

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Dec 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004aas...20518009m&link_type=abstract

American Astronomical Society Meeting 205, #180.09; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.385

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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We present a preliminary version of the filter complement for the NIRCam instrument now being designed and built for the James Webb Space Telescope. The filter wheel contains eight broad-band (R=4), 12 intermediate-band (R=10) and several narrow-band (R=100) filters covering the spectral range from 0.6-5.0 microns. The filters have been optimized to carry-out the main science program of NIRCam including: 1) probing ``first light'' in the universe responsible for ionizing the inter-galactic medium; 2) studying the formation and evolution of galaxies as they are assembled from protogalactic fragments; 3) investigating the formation of stars and evolution of protoplanetary disks; and 4) understanding the formation and evolution of planetary systems and prospects for the emergence of life in the Universe.

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