Studying the spectral properties of Active Galactic Nuclei in the JWST era
arXiv:0908.0823 · doi:10.1016/j.newar.2009.08.008
Abstract
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), due to launch in 2014, shall provide an unprecedented wealth of information in the near and mid-infrared wavelengths, thanks to its high-sensitivity instruments and its 6.5 m primary mirror, the largest ever launched into space. NIRSpec and MIRI, the two spectrographs onboard JWST, will play a key role in the study of the spectral features of Active Galactic Nuclei in the 0.6-28 micron wavelength range. This talk aims at presenting an overview of the possibilities provided by these two instruments, in order to prepare the astronomical community for the JWST era.
8 pages, 1 figure, accepted for publication in New Astronomy Reviews (proceedings of 7th Serbian Conference on Spectral Line Shapes in Astrophysics)