Titan Science with the James Webb Space Telescope

Nixon, Conor A. et. al.

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Autores: Nixon, Conor A., López-Puertas, Manuel, West, Robert A.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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James Webb Space Telescope
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spelling Titan Science with the James Webb Space TelescopeNixon, Conor A.López-Puertas, ManuelWest, Robert A.TitánJames Webb Space TelescopeNixon, Conor A. et. al.The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scheduled for launch in 2018, is the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) but with a significantly larger aperture (6.5 m) and advanced instrumentation focusing on infrared science (0.6-28.0 mu m). In this paper, we examine the potential for scientific investigation of Titan using JWST, primarily with three of the four instruments: NIRSpec, NIRCam, and MIRI, noting that science with NIRISS will be complementary. Five core scientific themes are identified: (1) surface (2) tropospheric clouds (3) tropospheric gases (4) stratospheric composition, and (5) stratospheric hazes. We discuss each theme in depth, including the scientific purpose, capabilities, and limitations of the instrument suite and suggested observing schemes. We pay particular attention to saturation, which is a problem for all three instruments, but may be alleviated for NIRCam through use of selecting small sub-arrays of the detectors-sufficient to encompass Titan, but with significantly faster readout times. We find that JWST has very significant potential for advancing Titan science, with a spectral resolution exceeding the Cassini instrument suite at near-infrared wavelengths and a spatial resolution exceeding HST at the same wavelengths. In particular, JWST will be valuable for time-domain monitoring of Titan, given a five-to ten-year expected lifetime for the observatory, for example, monitoring the seasonal appearance of clouds. JWST observations in the post-Cassini period will complement those of other large facilities such as HST, ALMA, SOFIA, and next-generation ground-based telescopes (TMT, GMT, EELT).S.R. acknowledges financial support from the French "Agence Nationale de la Recherche" (ANR Project: CH<INF>4</INF>@Titan and ANR project "APOSTIC" #11BS56002), France. T.C. is funded by the ESA Research Fellowship Programme in Space Science. M.L.-P. was supported by the Spanish MCINN under grants AYA2011-23552 and ESP2014-54362-P. M.A. was supported by NASA grants NNX14AG82G and NNX12AM81G.Peer reviewedUniversity of Chicago PressAgence Nationale de la Recherche (France)European Space AgencyMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (España)Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]201620162016info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Postprintinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/135165reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MINECO/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2013-2016/ESP2014-54362-Phttp://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/128/959/018007Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/1351652026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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Nixon, Conor A.
Titán
James Webb Space Telescope
title_short Titan Science with the James Webb Space Telescope
title_full Titan Science with the James Webb Space Telescope
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López-Puertas, Manuel
West, Robert A.
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López-Puertas, Manuel
West, Robert A.
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West, Robert A.
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European Space Agency
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
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James Webb Space Telescope
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James Webb Space Telescope
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