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The James Webb Space Telescope Mission
Jonathan P. Gardner, John C. Mather, Randy Abbott +1004
Twenty-six years ago a small committee report, building on earlier studies, expounded a compelling and poetic vision for the future of astronomy, calling for an infrared-optimized…
The Science Performance of JWST as Characterized in Commissioning
Jane Rigby, Marshall Perrin, Michael McElwain +623
This paper characterizes the actual science performance of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), as determined from the six month commissioning period. We summarize the performanc…
The Continuing Saga of the Explosive Event(s) in the M87 Jet: Is M87 a Blazar?
D. E. Harris, C. C. Cheung, L. Stawarz +4
We review the recent data on the knot HST-1 in the M87 jet in the context of typical blazar behavior. In particular we discuss the wide-band flare of 2005 which peaked at a factor…
Chandra X-ray Observations of Pictor A: High Energy Cosmic Rays in a Radio Galaxy?
A. S. Wilson, A. J. Young, P. L. Shopbell
We report X-ray observations of the nearby, powerful radio galaxy Pictor A with the Chandra Observatory and optical and near uv observations of its western radio hot spot with the…
The Temperature of Extended Gas in Active Galaxies -- Evidence for Matter-Bounded Clouds
A. S. Wilson, L. Binette, T. Storchi-Bergmann
We report measurements of the electron temperature at about a dozen locations in the extended emission-line regions of five active (Seyfert and radio) galaxies. Temperatures (T_{[O…