Exploring the Universe with JWST

詹姆斯·韦伯太空望远镜（JWST）是一个即将到来的（定于2018年底发射）近/中红外空间天文台，作为哈勃太空望远镜的有效继任者。JWST是由NASA、欧洲航天局（ESA）和加拿大航天局合作建造和运行的。JWST耗资约100亿美元，是有史以来最昂贵的科学项目之一。JWST是一个真正的多用途天文台，通过在近红外波长提供10-100倍的灵敏度提高，它将彻底改变我们对宇宙的理解。这将把我们对太阳系的研究范围扩大到宇宙中最早的星系。英国作为欧空局的成员参与其中，并直接参与了中红外仪器（MIRI）和近红外光谱仪（NIRSpec）的开发和测试。一小部分（约30名）科学家参与了“保证时间观测”项目，尽管预计在5-10年的预期寿命内，将有更多的英国科学家参与科学开发。JWST在承诺资源方面的规模，英国的巨大贡献，以及对英国和全球天文学的影响，都证明了建立一个全面的，广泛的，有吸引力的教育，公众参与和推广（EPO）计划的必要性。事实上，作为世界上首屈一指的天文台，JWST不仅有潜力激励新一代进入天文学领域，而且有潜力像哈勃望远镜之前所做的那样，激发一系列STEM学科。由于JWST将处理的科学主题的多样性，建立这样一个全面的，广泛的，引人入胜的EPO计划提出了一个巨大的挑战，需要工程师的专业知识，横跨科学主题的科学家，以及EPO专业人员。该计划的主要目的是支持和加强JWST EPO在发射前和发射后2年内的活动。该奖学金将有一个具体的重点，尽管不是唯一的，在两个领域：-开发资源（在线和物理）围绕两个科学主题（第一光和再电离，和星系的组装）与我的研究相关。-开发和部署针对年轻受众的资源（无论是在线的还是实体的）。这将通过不同活动的组合来实现，包括：-为JWST英国的在线存在做出贡献，包括针对年轻受众和研究职位的内容开发。-开发和交付灵活的JWST展览，供学校和公共活动使用。-与科学中心合作，开发固定的JWST展品。-与科学中心和其他机构合作，策划一系列庆祝JWST发射的活动（发射派对）。该奖学金的一个辅助目标是扩大当地活动的范围，以涵盖低科学资本社区，并更好地促进整个苏塞克斯郡的STEM活动。

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is an upcoming (due for launch in late 2018) near/mid-IR space observatory serving as effectively the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. JWST is being built and operated as a collaboration between NASA, the European Space Agency (ESA), and the Canadian Space Agency. With a cost of approximately $10 billion, JWST is amongst the most expensive scientific projects ever undertaken. JWST is truly a multi-purpose observatory and will, by providing 10-100 times improvement in sensitivity at near-IR wavelengths revolutionise our understanding of the Universe. This will range the study of our own Solar System to the earliest galaxies in the Universe.The UK is involved through its membership of ESA though has directly contributed to the development and testing Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) and the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec). A small number (~30) of scientists are involved in projects with Guaranteed Time Observations, though it is expected that a much larger number of UK scientists will be involved in scientific exploitation over the missions 5-10 year anticipated lifetime. The scale of JWST in terms of committed resources, the UK's large contribution, and impact on UK and global astronomy more than justifies the need to build a comprehensive, wide reaching, and engaging education, public engagement, and outreach (EPO) programme. Indeed, as the world's premier observatory, JWST has the potential to inspire a new generation into not only astronomy but a range of STEM disciplines in much the same way Hubble did previously. Due to the diversity of the science themes that will be tackled by JWST, building such a comprehensive, wide reaching, and engaging EPO programme presents a huge challenge requiring the expertise of engineers, scientists across the science themes, and EPO professionals. The principle aim of this programme is to support and enhance JWST EPO activities in the build up to the launch and in the immediate ~2 years following. The fellowship will have a specific focus, albeit not exclusively, on two areas:- Developing resources (both online and physical) around the two science themes (First Light and Reionisation, and Assembly of Galaxies) relevant to my research.- Developing and deploying resources (again, both online and physical) aimed at younger audiences.This will be achieved through a combination of different activities including:- Contribution to JWST UK's online presence including the development of content aimed at younger audiences and research posts.- Development and delivery of a flexible JWST exhibit for use in schools and public events.- In partnership with science centres the development of fixed JWST exhibits.- In partnership with science centres and other institutions the curation of a series of events celebrating the launch of JWST (launch parties).An ancillary goal of this fellowship is to expand the range of local events to encompass low science capital communities and better promote STEM events across Sussex.