Nuclear and Particle Physics

The James Webb Space Telescope and Fundamental Physics

Name: The James Webb Space Telescope and Fundamental Physics
Start: 2022-03-10T10:30:00+01:00
End: 2022-03-10T11:30:00+01:00
Location: No location set

by Martin Sahlén (Uppsala University)

Thursday 10 Mar 2022, 10:30 → 11:30 Europe/Stockholm

Beurlings Room

Description

In December last year, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) finally was launched into space, and is now in place at Lagrange point 2, with observations due to start in mid-2022. I will outline the novel scientific capabilities of the JWST, observational plans, and how these can offer new avenues of investigation and insights for high-energy physics and cosmology.