A New Era for Supernova Science with the James Webb Space Telescope

@misc{pierel2026supernova,
  title = {{A New Era for Supernova Science with the James Webb Space Telescope}},
  author = {Justin Pierel and David Coulter and Christa DeCoursey and James DerKacy and Ori Fox and Melissa Shahbandeh and Matthew Siebert and Michael Engesser and Conor Larison and Thomas Moore and Armin Rest and Rodrigo Angulo and Michael Dulude and Eiichi Egami and Massimo Griggio and Mitchell Karmen and Xiaolong Li and Estefania Padilla Gonzalez and Koji Shukawa and Louis-Gregory Strolger},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = oct,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.12100},
  eprint = {2610.12100},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.12100},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - A New Era for Supernova Science with the James Webb Space Telescope
AU  - Justin Pierel
AU  - David Coulter
AU  - Christa DeCoursey
AU  - James DerKacy
AU  - Ori Fox
AU  - Melissa Shahbandeh
AU  - Matthew Siebert
AU  - Michael Engesser
AU  - Conor Larison
AU  - Thomas Moore
AU  - Armin Rest
AU  - Rodrigo Angulo
AU  - Michael Dulude
AU  - Eiichi Egami
AU  - Massimo Griggio
AU  - Mitchell Karmen
AU  - Xiaolong Li
AU  - Estefania Padilla Gonzalez
AU  - Koji Shukawa
AU  - Louis-Gregory Strolger
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/10/08
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.12100
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.12100
AB  - Supernovae (SNe) are excellent probes of the physical, chemical, and cosmological context of galaxies across the history of the Universe. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST ) has a truly unique combination of wavelength, sensitivity, and resolution, providing a new window into SN physics, progenitors, dust production, redshift evolving stellar populations, and cosmology since its launch. Here we summarize the astounding observations JWST has made of SNe in its first few years of operations, as well as the corresponding advancements in our understanding of the Universe. This includes detailed views of nearby SNe, the first spectroscopic samples of high-z SNe, and a significant number of gravitationally lensed SNe valuable for both cosmological inference and high signal-to-noise (S/N) spectroscopy. While the upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is expected to revolutionize space-based time-domain astronomy, JWST and its unique capabilities will continue to play a complementary role by providing high-precision spectroscopic and photometric data for a broad range of SN science cases.
ER  -