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Science Organizing
Committee:
Avi Mandell (co-Chair, NASA GSFC), Eliza Kempton (co-Chair, UMD), Vincent Bourrier (UNIGE), Tony Del Genio (NASA GISS), Courtney Dressing (UC Berkeley), Michaël Gillon (Liège), Eric Lopez (NASA GSFC), Michael Meyer (Michigan), Leslie Rogers (Chicago), Laura Schaefer (Stanford), David Sing (JHU)
Local Organizing
Committee:
Vladimir Airapetian, Jonathan Brande, Knicole Colon, William Danchi, Drake Deming, Thomas Fauchez, Marley Fleishman, Brittany Griffith, Scott Guzewich, Eliza Kempton, Nancy Kiang, Erika Kohler, Ravikumar Kopparapu, Weijia Kuang, Eric Lopez, Avi Mandell, Rita Melvin, Daria Pidhorodetska, Lynette Queen, Prabal Saxena, Juri Schauermann, Shaigh Sisk, Gabrielle Suissa
Introduction:
We have firmly entered the era of exoplanet characterization. Observations examining the composition and thermal structure of the terminator and day-side regions of the atmospheres of tidally locked warm gas-rich planets is now routine with the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes, and thermal imaging of young warm Jupiter-mass planets from ground-based telescopes is providing compositional constraints as well. However, the characterization of the environments of rocky exoplanets has only barely begun – apart from some intriguing initial measurements of the brightest hot super-Earth 55 Cnc e, we only have masses and radii for small planets, and attempts at atmospheric characterization have produced only featureless or ambiguous spectra.
With its large primary mirror and complement of IR instrumentation, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is poised to dramatically expand our view of the environments of rocky exoplanets. JWST will be further aided by the discovery of a new crop of small planets orbiting nearby low-mass stars and brown dwarfs from the TESS mission and ground-based surveys, enabling higher precision measurements over a wider population of potentially rocky worlds. With these exciting opportunities on the horizon, now is the time to improve our understanding of what information can be gleaned about rocky worlds from these future measurements, based on our understanding of the observations themselves as well as detailed modeling of the planetary environments that will be examined.
The Symposium will be hosted by the GSFC Sellers Exoplanet Environments Collaboration (SEEC) and co-supported by the University of Maryland Astronomy Department and the American University Department of Physics. The goal of this meeting is to bring together theorists and observers interested in rocky exoplanets from across the exoplanet community and related fields, to help us all prepare for the first light of the James Webb Space Telescope era by framing the key questions about these worlds and the exciting new observations that will help us characterize them. The workshop will include invited overview talks combined with short research presentations, as well as ample time for group discussion and collaborative work sessions. The website for Registration and Abstracts for combined poster+flash talks will open at the beginning of August. Attendance will be limited by space, so please check out the meeting's webpage and pre-register now. We will alert you when the full registration and abstract submission pages are available.
List of Invited Speakers
Monday | ||
Overview Talk | Description | Invited Speaker |
Demographics of Rocky Exoplanets in the Era of JWST | When JWST launches, and during its lifetime, what should we expect for the sizes, orbits and equilibrium temperatures of observable rocky planets?s | Zach Berta-Thompson |
JWST Transit Capabilities for Rocky Planets | What are the observing modes and general capabilities of the JWST instrumentation in terms of transits? How will the JWST Early Release Science and GTO programs inform us on the capabilities for rocky planet transit science? | Jacob Bean |
Ground-based Transit Science In the Era of JWST | What ground-based observational capabilities will be available during the era of JWST that will contribute to the study of rocky worlds? How will they contribute? | Mercedes Lopez-Morales |
Space-based Transit Science Complementary to JWST | What space-based observational capabilities will be available during the era of JWST that will contribute to the study of rocky worlds? How will they contribute? | Laura Kreidberg |
JWST and ELT Direct Imaging Capabilities for Rocky Planets | What are the observing modes and general capabilities of both JWST and ground-based telescopes in terms of direct imaging? How will the JWST Early Release Science program inform us on the actual capabilities for direct imaging science? What are the capabilities of JWST and the ELTs for directly imaging rocky exoplanets? | Sasha Hinkley |
Tuesday | ||
Overview Talk | Description | Invited Speaker |
Determining Atmospheric Composition for Hot Rocky Planets | What should we expect for the composition of the atmospheres of rocky planets at temperatures of 400K and higher? How will aerosols impact our ability to constrain atmospheric composition and structure of these planets, and what can we learn about the aerosols themselves? | Caroline Morley |
Determining Atmospheric Composition for Temperate Rocky Planets | What should we expect for the composition of the atmospheres of rocky planet with temperatures below 400K, and what can we constrain? How will aerosols impact our ability to constrain atmospheric composition and structure, and what can we learn about the aerosols themselves? | Peter Gao |
Prospects for Biosignatures for Rocky Planets in the Era of JWST | What are the biosignatures and false positives for inhabited planets that may be observed in the JWST era (space and ground)? Which planets might have a chance of a biosignature detection, and how can we confirm its biologic origin? | Jacob Lustig-Yaeger |
Constraining Atmospheric Dynamics and 3-D Structure of Rocky Planets: Thin, Cooler Atmospheres | What can we learn about atmospheric dynamics for (relatively) thin, high mean molecular weight atmospheres of temperate rocky planets? | Daniel Koll |
Constraining Atmospheric Dynamics and 3-D Structure of Rocky Planets: Thick and/or Hotter Atmospheres | What can we learn about atmospheric dynamics for planets with (relatively) thick atmospheres, which may present an intermediate state between gas-dominated planets and tradiational rocky worlds? | Emily Rauscher |
Wednesday | ||
Overview Talk | Description | Invited Speaker |
Stellar Outputs in the Context of Star-Planet Interactions | What are the stellar outputs that most impact the atmospheric composition and structure of exoplanets (high-energy emission, magnetosphere, particle fluxes, etc)? How do we better model and observe these outputs, and their impact on the planet? How do these interactions depend on the stellar and planetary types? | Katherine Garcia-Sage |
Atmospheric Loss And Rocky Planets: Modeling and Observations | How do we go from observing atmospheric loss from gas-rich planets to rocky planets, from both primordial and secondary atmospheres? How does this guide our preparation for and eventual interpretation of JWST-era observations of rocky planets? | Alain Lecavelier |
Impacts of Stellar Interaction on Atmospheric Evolution | How are the atmospheres of rocky planets impacted by stellar irradiation and stellar particle flux? How do the masses, compositions and chemistry of rocky planet atmospheres evolve? | James Owen |
Thursday | ||
Overview Talk | Description | Invited Speaker |
Constraining Bulk Composition: Formation Theory | What are the volatile inventories for rocky planets in different formation environments and scenarios? | Sean Raymond |
Constraining Bulk Composition: Interior Chemistry & Composition | Considering our expectations for the bulk elemental composition of rocky planets under different assumptions, what do models predict for the internal structure and composition? | Cayman Unterborn |
Constraining Bulk Composition of Rocky Planets: Observational Constraints | What are the current constraints on rocky planet structure and composition from existing observations, and what should we expect for constraints in the era of JWST? | Courtney Dressing |
Models of Thermal Evolution and Atmosphere Generation for Rocky Planets: Temperate/Volatile-Rich Planets | Considering our expectations for the bulk elemental composition of rocky planets under different assumptions, what do models predict for the thermal evolution and outgassing for planets that do not experience significant ongoing heating? | Brad Foley |
Models of Thermal Evolution and Atmosphere generation: Hot/Volatile-Poor Planets | Considering our expectations for the bulk elemental composition of rocky planets under different assumptions, what do models predict for the thermal evolution and outgassing for planets that experience significant ongoing heating from irradiation, tides, etc? | Edwin Kite |
Friday | ||
Overview Talk | Description | Invited Speaker |
Impact of Stellar Variability and Inhomogeneity on Rocky Planet Characterization | What will be the impact of the "variable light source" on observations to characterize rocky planets with JWST and other resources? What are promising avenues for compensating for these effects? | Ben Rackham |
Methods and Challenges for Retrieval and Inferrence of Atmospheric Characteristics for Rocky Planets | What are the unique challenges associated with retrievals on rocky planet atmospheres? How well will we retrieve basic parameters of interest (e.g. abundances, temperature profiles, cloud properties, surface properties) in the era of JWST? | Mike Line |
Panel Discussion: Optimal Observing Strategies for Rocky Planet Characterization in the Era of JWST | What observing and analysis strategies will help us to extract constraints on rocky exoplanet characteristics, in particular their atmospheres and surfaces, based on the quality of data in the JWST era? What can we do to improve the science yield from these observations? | Kevin Stevenson, Drake Deming, Vikki Meadows, Knicole Colon, Laurent Pueyo |
Science Program Schedule
The symposium will be live-streamed on the GSFC Science Directorate UStream site: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nasa-gsfc-science-and-exploration! If you are a speaker and do not want your presentations live-streamed, please contact the organizers and we will make accommodations.
Recorded talks from the Symposium are available on the Symposium Play List at https://www.ustream.tv/playlist/590419
Poster Presentation - Please check back for the poster presentation schedule. All posters should be no larger than 4' (48 inches) x 4' (48 inches) in size.
Push pins will be provided to secure your poster to the provided display board.
Click on the day of the week to go to the schedule for that day. To return to the top of the page, click on the "Top" arrow on the right of the page.
Click on the title of a talk to view a short description (the 5-minute contributed talks do not have descriptions).
Click on the Informal dinners in the schedule to view more information.
Sunday | ||||
Start | End | Title | Speaker/Organizer | |
18:00 | Informal Dinner and Drinks at Willy K's at the Holiday Inn, Greenbelt, MD
7200 Hanover Dr, Greenbelt, MD 20770 (301) 220-4441 |
Prabal Saxena | ||
Monday | ||||
Start | End | Title | Speaker/Organizer | |
Morning Overviews | ||||
09:10 | 09:30 | Introductory Remarks | Avi Mandell & Eliza Kempton, Mark Clampin and Jim Green | |
09:30 | 09:55 | Demographics of Rocky Exoplanets in the Era of JWST
When JWST launches, and during its lifetime, what should we expect for the sizes, orbits and equilibrium temperatures of observable rocky planets? |
Zach Berta-Thompson | |
09:55 | 10:20 | JWST Transit Capabilities for Rocky Planets
What are the observing modes and general capabilities of the JWST instrumentation in terms of transits? How will the JWST Early Release Science and GTO programs inform us on the capabilities for rocky planet transit science? |
Jacob Bean | |
Morning Contributed | ||||
10:20 | 10:25 | Atmospheric Characterization of Habitable Worlds in The Next Decade and Beyond | Ravi Kopparapu | |
10:25 | 10:30 | TESS and the Search for Nearby Rocky Planets | David Latham | |
10:30 | 10:35 | Finding Atmospheres on M-Dwarf Terrestrial Planets | Megan Mansfield | |
10:35 | 10:40 | MIRECLE: Exploring the Nearest M-Earths Through Ultra-Stable Mid-IR Transit and Phase- Curve Spectroscopy | Avi Mandell | |
10:40 | 10:45 | Prospects for Biosignature Detection with JWST | Victoria Meadows | |
10:45 | 10:50 | Small Stars, Small Planets: Highlights from the First Year of TESS | Joshua Schlieder | |
10:50 | 10:55 | Photometry and Performance of SPECULOOS-South | Catriona Murray | |
10:55 | 11:00 | The Typical Earth-mass Planet Discovered by Transit Surveys and Its Implications for JWST Follow-up Observations | Kevin Schlaufman | |
11:00 | 11:20 | Coffee/Poster Session | ||
11:20 | 12:30 | Breakout, Return+Present | Submit Topics/Questions: www.sli.do, Event #1395 | |
12:30 | 13:30 | Lunch | ||
Afternoon Overviews | ||||
13:30 | 13:55 | Ground-based Transit Science In the Era of JWST
What ground-based observational capabilities will be available during the era of JWST that will contribute to the study of rocky worlds? How will they contribute? |
Mercedes Lopez-Morales | |
13:55 | 14:20 | Space-based Transit Science Complementary to JWST
What space-based observational capabilities will be available during the era of JWST that will contribute to the study of rocky worlds? How will they contribute? |
Laura Kreidberg | |
14:20 | 14:45 | JWST and ELT Direct Imaging Capabilities for Rocky Planets
What are the observing modes and general capabilities of both JWST and ground-based telescopes in terms of direct imaging? How will the JWST Early Release Science program inform us on the actual capabilities for direct imaging science? What are the capabilities of JWST and the ELTs for directly imaging rocky exoplanets? |
Sasha Hinkley | |
Afternoon Contributed | ||||
14:45 | 14:50 | A cloud-free atmosphere for WASP-62b, the only giant planet in the JWST Continuous Viewing Zone | Munazza Alam | |
14:50 | 14:55 | Signatures of Obliquity in Thermal Phase Curves of Hot Jupiters | Arthur Adams | |
14:55 | 15:00 | Constraining TESS Planet Masses with Transit-Timing Variations | Jonathan Brande | |
15:00 | 15:05 | Precise Transit Photometric Observation of Close-in Exoplanets Using Indian Astronomical Facilities | Aritra Chakrabarty | |
15:05 | 15:10 | Statistical Characterization of Hot Jupiter Atmospheres using Spitzer's Secondary Eclipses | Drake Deming | |
15:10 | 15:15 | Finding TESS Planets through Citizen Science | Veselin Kostov | |
15:15 | 15:20 | New ACCESS observations of WASP-31b: No potassium in its atmosphere | Chima McGruder | |
15:25 | 16:05 | Coffee/Poster Session | ||
16:05 | 17:15 | Breakout, Return+Present | Submit Topics/Questions: www.sli.do, Event #3518 | |
20:00 | Drinks and Science at Astronomy on Tap at DC9 Nightclub, DC (dinner available downstairs beforehand) | Jonathan Brande | ||
Tuesday | ||||
Start | End | Title | Speaker/Organizer | |
Morning Overviews | ||||
09:00 | 09:15 | SEEC and UMD Astro Introduction | Avi Mandell | |
09:15 | 09:40 | Determining Atmospheric Composition for Hot Rocky Planets
What should we expect for the composition of the atmospheres of rocky planets at temperatures of 400K and higher? How will aerosols impact our ability to constrain atmospheric composition and structure of these planets, and what can we learn about the aerosols themselves? |
Caroline Morley | |
09:40 | 10:05 | Determining Atmospheric Composition for Temperate Rocky Planets
What should we expect for the composition of the atmospheres of rocky planet with temperatures below 400K, and what can we constrain? How will aerosols impact our ability to constrain atmospheric composition and structure, and what can we learn about the aerosols themselves? |
Peter Gao | |
10:05 | 10:30 | Prospects for Biosignatures for Rocky Planets in the Era of JWST
What are the biosignatures and false positives for inhabited planets that may be observed in the JWST era (space and ground)? Which planets might have a chance of a biosignature detection, and how can we confirm its biologic origin? |
Jacob Lustig-Yaeger | |
Morning Contributed | ||||
10:30 | 10:35 | Using GCM outputs to model transmission spectroscopy for anticipated aqua-Earths | Gabrielle Engelmann-Suissa | |
10:35 | 10:40 | A New Approach to Detect Oxygen in the Mid-Infrared with JWST | Thomas Fauchez | |
10:40 | 10:45 | JWST will have difficulty finding life on a modern Earth analog, but could detect life on an early Earth analog | Joshua Krissansen-Totton | |
10:45 | 10:50 | Improving Atmospheric Photochemical Models for Cool Rocky Exoplanets with New Low-Temperature Reaction Rate Coefficients | Shiblee Ratan Barua | |
10:50 | 10:55 | Probing atmospheric escape and evolution in exoplanets: The feasibility of measuring D/H in exoplanet atmospheres using current and future observatories | Vincent Kofman | |
10:55 | 11:00 | Analyzing Atmospheric Temperature Profiles and Spectra of M dwarf Rocky Planets | Matej Malik | |
11:00 | 11:05 | Thermal Emission Spectra of Low-Mass Planets | Anjali Piette | |
11:05 | 11:10 | SPECULOOS in the context of TESS and JWST | Michael Gillon | |
11:10 | 11:30 | Coffee/Poster Session | ||
11:30 | 12:40 | Breakout, Return+Present | Submit Topics/Questions: www.sli.do, Event #D118 | |
12:40 | 13:40 | Lunch | ||
Afternoon Overviews | ||||
13:40 | 14:05 | Constraining Atmospheric Dynamics and 3-D Structure of Rocky Planets: Thin, Cooler Atmospheres
What can we learn about atmospheric dynamics for (relatively) thin, high mean molecular weight atmospheres of temperate rocky planets? |
Daniel Koll | |
14:05 | 14:30 | Constraining Atmospheric Dynamics and 3-D Structure of Rocky Planets: Thick and/or Hotter Atmospheres
What can we learn about atmospheric dynamics for planets with (relatively) thick atmospheres, which may present an intermediate state between gas-dominated planets and tradiational rocky worlds? |
Emily Rauscher | |
Afternoon Contributed | ||||
14:35 | 14:40 | Constraining the Magnitude of Climate Extremes on Terrestrial Circumbinary Planets | Jacob Haqq-Misra | |
14:40 | 14:45 | Land Planets: A ROCKE-3D Perturbed Parameter Ensemble for Understanding the Distribution of Surface Habitability | Nancy Kiang | |
14:45 | 14:50 | Clouds inhibit the detection of water in transmission spectra of terrestrial exoplanets orbiting M dwarf stars | Thaddeus Komacek | |
14:50 | 14:55 | Living on the Edge: The Effects of a Surface on Atmospheric Circulation and Observational Implications for 1.5 R_earth Planets | Erin May | |
14:55 | 15:00 | Distinguishing Superhabitable from Apparently Uninhabitable Worlds: ROCKE-3D Case Studies from Earth History | Linda Sohl | |
15:00 | 15:05 | ExoCAM: An Exoplanet Extension to the NCAR Community Earth System Model | Eric Wolf | |
15:05 | 15:10 | A Survey of Model Predictions for Reflection Spectra of Rocky Planets: Towards Understanding Future Observing Mission Requirements | Adam Smith | |
15:10 | 15:50 | Coffee/Poster Session | ||
15:50 | 17:00 | Breakout, Return+Present | Submit Topics/Questions: www.sli.do, Event #D034 | |
19:00 | Informal Dinner and Drinks at Denizens Brewing, Riverdale Park
4550 Van Buren Street, Riverdale, MD 20737 (240) 582-6817 |
Daria Pidhorodetska | ||
Wednesday | ||||
Start | End | Overview Talk | Speaker/Organizer | |
Morning Overviews | ||||
09:00 | 09:25 | Stellar Outputs in the Context of Star-Planet Interactions
What are the stellar outputs that most impact the atmospheric composition and structure of exoplanets (high-energy emission, magnetosphere, particle fluxes, etc)? How do we better model and observe these outputs, and their impact on the planet? How do these interactions depend on the stellar and planetary types? |
Katherine Garcia-Sage | |
09:25 | 09:50 | Atmospheric Loss And Rocky Planets: Modeling and Observations
How do we go from observing atmospheric loss from gas-rich planets to rocky planets, from both primordial and secondary atmospheres? How does this guide our preparation for and eventual interpretation of JWST-era observations of rocky planets? |
Alain Lecavelier | |
09:50 | 10:15 | Impacts of Stellar Interaction on Atmospheric Evolution
How are the atmospheres of rocky planets impacted by stellar irradiation and stellar particle flux? How do the masses, compositions and chemistry of rocky planet atmospheres evolve? |
James Owen | |
Morning Contributed | ||||
10:15 | 10:20 | Biogenic Zones Around Active G-M Dwarfs | Vladimir Airapetian | |
10:20 | 10:25 | Atmospheric escape from rocky exoplanets residing in the habitable zone | Chuanfei Dong | |
10:25 | 10:30 | Production of biologically relevant molecule in atmospheres of terrestrial-type exoplanets around active G-K stars | Guillaume Gronoff | |
10:30 | 10:35 | Habitability of Terrestrial-Mass Planets in the Habitable Zone of M Dwarfs | Subhanjoy Mohanty | |
10:35 | 10:40 | Effects of stellar UV uncertainty on Earth-like atmospheres | Teal | |
10:40 | 10:45 | An extensive search for metallic ions in the exosphere of GJ 436 b | Leonardo dos Santos | |
10:45 | 10:50 | The evaporating atmosphere of the young exoplanet K2-2 | Keighley Rockcliffe | |
10:50 | 10:55 | Sizing Up Red Dwarfs in the Solar Neighborhood | Michele Silverstein | |
10:55 | 11:35 | Coffee/Poster Session | ||
11:35 | 12:45 | Breakout, Return+Present | Submit Topics/Questions: www.sli.do, Event #6971 | |
12:45 | 13:45 | Lunch | ||
13:45 | Tours / JWST Prop. Tutorial by N. Espinoza | Complete the JWST Proposal Planning Tutorial pre-questionnaire if you plan to attend | ||
Thursday | ||||
Start | End | Title | Speaker/Organizer | |
Morning Overviews | ||||
09:00 | 09:25 | Constraining Bulk Composition: Formation Theory
What are the volatile inventories for rocky planets in different formation environments and scenarios? |
Sean Raymond | |
09:25 | 09:50 | Constraining Bulk Composition: Interior Chemistry & Composition
Considering our expectations for the bulk elemental composition of rocky planets under different assumptions, what do models predict for the internal structure and composition? |
Cayman Unterborn | |
09:50 | 10:15 | Constraining Bulk Composition of Rocky Planets: Observational Constraints
What are the current constraints on rocky planet structure and composition from existing observations, and what should we expect for constraints in the era of JWST? |
Courtney Dressing | |
Morning Contributed | ||||
10:15 | 10:20 | Opacity Data: The Need for Laboratory Measurements for Cool Objects and Extrasolar Planets | Ehsan Gharib-Nezhad | |
10:20 | 10:25 | Temperature Dependent Laboratory Spectroscopy for Exoplanetary Studies | Erika Kohler | |
10:25 | 10:30 | Study of non-LTE impact on the observations of Exoplanet Atmospheres | Peter Panka | |
10:30 | 10:35 | Hot Hydrogen Climates near the inner edge of the Habitable Zone | Daniel Koll | |
10:35 | 10:40 | Transmission Spectra of close-in Super Earths and Neptun | Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy | |
10:40 | 10:05 | Understanding the Inverse Problem of Exoplanetary Atmospheric Retrievals | Jegug Ih | |
10:45 | 10:50 | Degeneracies in retrievals of transmission spectra for small and giant exoplanets. | Luis Welbanks | |
10:50 | 10:55 | Accelerated MCMC Atmospheric Retrieval of Exoplanets using Neural Network Regression | Guangwei Fu | |
10:55 | 11:15 | Coffee/Poster Session | ||
11:15 | 12:25 | Breakout, Return+Present | Submit Topics/Questions: www.sli.do, Event #V824 | |
12:25 | 13:35 | Lunch | ||
Afternoon Overviews | ||||
13:35 | 14:00 | Models of Thermal Evolution and Atmosphere Generation for Rocky Planets: Temperate/Volatile-Rich Planets
Considering our expectations for the bulk elemental composition of rocky planets under different assumptions, what do models predict for the thermal evolution and outgassing for planets that do not experience significant ongoing heating? |
Brad Foley | |
14:00 | 14:25 | Models of Thermal Evolution and Atmosphere generation: Hot/Volatile-Poor Planets
Considering our expectations for the bulk elemental composition of rocky planets under different assumptions, what do models predict for the thermal evolution and outgassing for planets that experience significant ongoing heating from irradiation, tides, etc? |
Edwin Kite | |
Afternoon Contributed | ||||
14:25 | 14:30 | Update on JWST Progress/Performance | Knicole Colon | |
14:30 | 14:35 | Revisited Mass-Radius relations for exoplanets below 120 Earth masses | Jon Fernandez Otegi | |
14:35 | 14:40 | Life expectancy of terrestrial planetary dynamos and implications to planetary habitability | Weijia Kuang | |
14:45 | 14:50 | Geophysical and geochemical controls on abiotic carbon cycling on Earth-like planets | Marc Neveu | |
14:50 | 14:55 | Meteorite Outgassing Experiments to Inform Chemical Abundances of Super-Earth Atmospheres | Maggie Thompson | |
14:55 | 15:00 | Observational Signatures of Volcanism on Hot Rocky Worlds | Prabal Saxena | |
15:00 | 15:05 | Photodissociation-Driven Mass Loss from Rocky Exoplanets | Alex Howe | |
15:05 | 15:10 | Atmospheric Library of Far Away Worlds | Jayesh Goyal | |
15:10 | 15:50 | Coffee/Poster Session | ||
15:50 | 17:00 | Breakout, Return+Present | Submit Topics/Questions: www.sli.do, Event #9227 | |
17:30 | 18:15 | Reception at the University of Maryland, Top of the 7s | ||
18:15 | 20:00 | Conference Dinner at the Top of the 7s | ||
Friday | ||||
Start | End | Title | Speaker/Organizer | |
Morning Overviews | ||||
09:00 | 09:15 | Community Project Announcements | ||
09:15 | 09:40 | Impact of Stellar Variability and Inhomogeneity on Rocky Planet Characterization
What will be the impact of the "variable light source" on observations to characterize rocky planets with JWST and other resources? What are promising avenues for compensating for these effects? |
Ben Rackham | |
09:40 | 10:05 | Methods and Challenges for Retrieval and Inferrence of Atmospheric Characteristics for Rocky Planets
What are the unique challenges associated with retrievals on rocky planet atmospheres? How well will we retrieve basic parameters of interest (e.g. abundances, temperature profiles, cloud properties, surface properties) in the era of JWST? |
Mike Line | |
10:05 | 10:35 | Coffee | ||
10:35 | 11:35 | Panel Discussion: Optimal Observing Strategies for Rocky Planet Characterization in the Era of JWST
What observing and analysis strategies will help us to extract constraints on rocky exoplanet characteristics, in particular their atmospheres and surfaces, based on the quality of data in the JWST era? What can we do to improve the science yield from these observations? |
Kevin Stevenson, David Sing, Vikki Meadows, Knicole Colon, Laurent Pueyo | |
11:35 | 11:55 | Summary and Next Steps
Where do we go from here? Are there specific deliverables that would be helpful for the community? Organize! |
Avi Mandell and Eliza Kempton | |
11:55 | 14:00 | Community Project W.G. / Lunch |
Sign-up Sheets
We will have three tours available on Wednesday afternoon. Paper sign-up sheets with the number of spots for tour capacity will be at the registration table on Tuesday. The spots are first come first serve; please only sign up for one tour due to limited availability.
Tour schedule
Tour | Location | POC | Time | Maximum number including escorts |
Hubble Space Telescope (HST) Space Telesccope Operations Control Center (STOCC) | Building 3 | Jim Jeletic (Code 441) | 14:30 - 15:00 | 15 |
JWST - 7/10/15/29 Complex | 7/10/15/29 Complex | Mike McClare (Code 130) | 15:30 - 16:00 | 15 |
SAM Lab C180 | Building 34 | Charles Malespin (Code 699) | 16:30 - 17:00 | 20 |
Bus pick-ups
HST | Leave Building 34 for Building 3 | 14:10 | Leave Building 3 for Building 34 | 15:00 |
JWST | Leave Building 34 for Building 7 | 15:10 | Leave Building 29 for Building 34 | 16:00 |
SAM Lab | No Bus needed |
Lodging
The Greenbelt Holiday Inn is located at 7200 Hanover Drive, Greenbelt MD 20770. This hotel is offering a nightly room rate of $109.00 during the meeting. This rate includes a full continental breakfast, complimentary shuttle service and free parking. Hotel check in time is 3pm and check out is 11am. Each guest is responsible for all charges associated with your reservation. Any reservation not canceled by 6pm the date of arrival will be billed for one night's room and tax.
This room block will expire October 18, 2019, and any unused rooms will be released.
For online reservations please visit the following link: Greenbelt Holiday Inn
If you prefer to contact the hotel please dial 1-877-834-3613 and provide them with the group code: SEE
The Residence Inn by Marriott, Greenbelt is located at 6320 Golden Triangle Drive, Greenbelt, MD 20770. This hotel is offering a nightly rate of $159- $169 during the meeting. This rate includes full daily hot breakfast, in-room internet connectivity, free onsite parking and free evening mix with lite fare from 6pm-7:30pm Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.
Each guest is responsible for all charges associated with your reservation. Any reservation not canceled by 6pm the date of arrival will be billed for one night's room.
This room block will expire October 3, 2019, and any unused rooms will be released.
For online reservations please visit the following link: Residence Inn by Marriott, Greenbelt
If you prefer to contact the hotel please dial 301.982.1600 and provide them with the group code: NGFNGFA
Meeting Transportation
The hotels will provide shuttle service to and from the hotel. The information is in an Excel workbook with each hotel's information in a different sheet.
Banquet Transportation
Carpooling from the Greenbelt hotels to GSFC and the banquet at the University of Maryland will be self-organized through Google Groups. Please join based on you hotel reigstation.
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/seec-symposium-holiday-inn/join
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/seec-symposium-marriott/join
If you choose to drive or carpool, discounted parking of $7 will be available for those that park in the Hotel parking garage. This discount does not apply to the small parking lot behind the venue.
Alternatively, attendees can use taxis or ride-sharing services such as Uber or Lyft, as needed.
Meeting Venue
The Symposium will be held at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Building 34, Room W150. Conveniently accessible by air (local airports include BWI, DCA and IAD), it is also easily reached by car or bus from New York City (3 hours), Philadelphia (2 hours), and Washington/Baltimore metropolitan areas (1 hour).
Banquet Venue
The conference dinner and reception will be held at the University of Maryland on the roof of The Hotel at the University of Maryland, in the Top of the 7s restaurant.
If you choose to drive or carpool, discounted parking of $7 will be available for those that park in the Hotel parking garage. This discount does not apply to the small parking lot behind the venue.
Contributed Talks and Posters
All accepted abstracts will will have the opportunity for a contributed talk as well as a poster on the same day. The length of contributed talks will be 5 min; you will be notified of your contributed talk time slot after the abstract period closes. Posters will be available all day, and poster viewing will be prioritized during coffee breaks. Poster dimensions are 4 feet (48 inches) tall by 4 feet (48 inches) wide.
Badging Information
All meeting attendees will be required to display on their person a NASA Goddard Visitor's badge. This badge is in addition to your meeting attendee badge. The visitor badge can only be issued to those who have received a confirmation of registration. Once your registration has been received, you will be contacted within 48 hours confirming your badge request is in process and will detail any additional information that will be needed from you to continue the process. If you do not receive your badge initiation request, please contact Lynette Queen to follow up.
Please note that visitor access to NASA Goddard is not guaranteed by your registration. NASA security has the final authority for all badge approvals and refusals.
To avoid a delay with check-in, please ensure that you have all of your documentation prior to arriving at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC). Park in the visitor lot just outside the main gate (8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, Maryland) and proceed inside the reception building to collect your badge. Photo ID is required for all visitors; all permanent residents must bring their green cards.
Please keep track of the visitor's badge issued to you. If it is lost or misplaced, you will have to complete the badge check in procedure again, before being allowed back onto the GSFC Campus. Once your badge has been issued, you will be allowed to access campus through any gate.
You will have to produce two forms of ID listed on the attached I-9 Security poster. Permanent residents MUST bring their green card. If you have specific questions pertaining to your proof of identification please do not hesitate to contact Lynette Queen.
All non-US Citizens are classified as a Foreign National. All foreign national badge processing will occur at the Security office (building 9) located at the Main gate: 8800 Greenbelt Road, Greenbelt, Maryland. For identification proofing, your original passport and visa documents must be presented. If you are not traveling on a visa you MUST bring a copy of the confirmation page of your ESTA Visa waiver.
Please visit the following site to obtain an ESTA Visa Waiver.
ESTA Visa Link
To avoid badging delays, foreign national participants will be able to enroll as soon as their badge is approved. This means you will be able to provide your original passport and visa to the security office, take your badging photo and provide copies of your fingerprints prior to the start of the symposium. You will not be issued your badge the same day, if you choose to enroll early. However, the morning of the symposium you will be able to bypass the line and pick up your visitor badge. Please bring your original passport when picking up any pre-enrolled badge.
If you choose to enroll the morning of the symposium, please plan for a minimum 45 minute enrollment process. All Foreign Nationals will require an assigned escort for the length of the visit. You will be escorted in groups of 4-6. Each morning you will be required to return to the badging office to meet with your escort prior to entering the campus.
After collecting your badge you can return to your car and drive to Building 34, showing your badge and photo ID to the guard at the gate. Park in any nearby parking lot except for marked reserved or disabled spaces unless applicable. If you do not have a vehicle, your escort can take you to the meeting location.
Coffee will be available prior to the start of the Symposium at 8:00am outside of the meeting room.
List of Registrants
Name | Affiliation |
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Arthur Adams | University of Michigan | Vladimir Airapetian | NASA GSFC and American University |
Munazza Alam | Harvard University |
Tyler Baines | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Thomas Barclay | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Richard Barry | NASA |
Shiblee Ratan Barua | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Sandra Bastelberger | University of Maryland |
Jacob Bean | University of Chicago |
Vincent Bourrier | Geneva Observatory |
Jonathan Brande | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Aritra Chakrabarty | Indian Institute of Astrophysics |
Mark Chandler | Columbia University |
David Charbonneau | Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian |
Li-Jen Chen | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Matthew Clement | Carnegie Institution of Washington |
Knicole Colon | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
William Danchi | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Georgia de Nolfo | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Anthony Del Genio | NASA GISS |
Drake Deming | University of Maryland |
Chuanfei Dong | Princeton University |
Leonardo dos Santos | University of Geneva |
Courtney Dressing | University of California, Berkeley |
Gabrielle Engelmann-Suissa | NASA GSFC / USRA |
Néstor Espinoza | Space Telescope Science Institute |
Thomas Fauchez | NASA GSFC / USRA |
Ryan Felton | CUA - NASA GSFC |
Jon Fernandez Otegi | University of Geneva |
Bradford Foley | Pennsylvania State University |
Guangwei Fu | University of Maryland - College Park |
Peter Gao | University of California, Berkeley |
Lionel Garcia | University of Liege |
Katherine Garcia-Sage | NASA GSFC |
Ehsan Gharib-Nezhad | Bay Area Enviromental Research Institute |
Emily Gilbert | University of Chicago |
Junellie Gonzalez-Quiles | SURA/CRESST II/NASA GSFC |
Jayesh Goyal | Cornell University |
James Green | NASA |
Guillaume Gronoff | NASA LaRC/Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Hampton |
Scott Guzewich | NASA GSFC |
Jacob Haqq-Misra | Blue Marble Space Institute of Science |
Laura Harbach | Imperial College London |
Wade Henning | UMD Astro/GSFC |
Sasha Hinkley | University of Exeter |
Alex Howe | NASA GSFC |
Jegug Ih | University of Maryland |
Charles Jackman | NASA GSFC |
Kendall Johnson | George Mason University |
Eliza Kempton | University of Maryland |
Nancy Kiang | NASA GISS |
Brian Kilpatrick | Space Telescope Science Institute |
Edwin Kite | University of Chicago |
Vincent Kofman | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Erika Kohler | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Daniel Koll | MIT |
Thaddeus Komacek | University of Chicago |
Ravi Kopparapu | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Veselin Kostov | GSFC |
Laura Kreidberg | Center for Astrophysics Harvard and Smithsonian |
Vigneshwaran Krishnamurthy | Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Joshua Krissansen-Totton | University of California, Santa Cruz |
Weijia Kuang | Geodesy and Geophysics Lab, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
David Latham | Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian |
Alain Lecavelier | IAP-CNRS |
David Leisawitz | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Michael Line | Arizona State University |
Eric Lopez | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Mercedes Lopez-Morales | Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian |
Dana Louie | University of Maryland |
Roxana Lupu | BAER Institute/ NASA Ames |
Jacob Lustig-Yaeger | University of Washington |
Matej Malik | University of Maryland, College Park |
Avi Mandell | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Megan Mansfield | University of Chicago |
Sarah Marcum | SURA |
Erin May | JHU APL |
Michael McElwain | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
Chima McGruder | Harvard University |
Victoria Meadows | University of Washingon |
Kristo Ment | Harvard University |
Michael Meyer | University of Michigan |
Grant Mitchell | NASA/GSFC |
Subhanjoy Mohanty | Imperial College London |
Teresa Monsue | GSFC, USRA |
Caroline Morley | UT Austin |
Susan Mullally | STScI |
Catriona Murray | University of Cambridge |
Marc Neveu | GSFC / Univ. Maryland |
Nikolay Nikolov | JHU |
James Owen | Imperial College London |
Peter Panka | NASA GSFC |
Maxwell Parks | NASA GSFC |
Rishi Paudel | NASA GSFC |
Daria Pidhorodetska | NASA GSFC |
Anjali Piette | Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge |
Laurent Pueyo | STScI |
Lynnae Quick | NASA GSFC |
Elisa Quintana | NASA GSFC |
Benjamin Rackham | MIT |
Emily Rauscher | University of Michigan |
Sean Raymond | Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux |
Joseph Renaud | NASA GSFC / USRA |
Stephen Rinehart | NASA GSFC / NASA HQ |
Aki Roberge | NASA GSFC |
Keighley Rockcliffe | Dartmouth College |
Prabal Saxena | UMD CRESST/NASA GSFC |
Kevin Schlaufman | Johns Hopkins University |
Joshua Schlieder | NASA GSFC |
Michele Silverstein | NASA GSFC |
David Sing | Johns Hopkins University |
Adam J.R.W. Smith | NASA GSFC |
Linda Sohl | Columbia University/GISS |
Sabine Stanley | Johns Hopkins University |
Karl Stapelfeldt | JPL / Caltech |
Kevin Stevenson | STScI |
Martin Still | NASA HQ |
Dillon Teal | University of Maryland |
Maggie Thompson | University of California, Santa Cruz |
Cayman Unterborn | Arizona State University |
Laura D. Vega | NASA GSFC / Vanderbilt Univ. |
David Vermilion | NASA GSFC |
William Waalkes | University of Colorado, Boulder |
Luis Welbanks | Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge |
Eric Wolf | University of Colorado, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics |
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Code of Conduct
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We Value Agility, Balance, Collaboration, Diversity, Excellence
Positive, Inclusive Environment
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Zero Tolerance of Violence and Discrimination
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It is NASA policy that an allegation of unwanted touching that occurred onsite is brought forward and referred to Office of Protective Services to determine whether to pursue criminal charges.
Calling 911 for an Emergency
Dial 911 from any GSFC telephone or Dial 301-286-9111 from any cellular telephone.
GSFC Anti-Harassment Coordinators:
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NASA Policy Regulation (NPR) 3713.3
Anti-Harassment Procedures
10/2019
Project | Description |
TRAPPIST-1 Initiative | During the last decade, dozens of transiting giant exoplanets have had their atmospheric properties characterized in some detail by various space-based and ground-based telescopes. The upcoming launch of JWST combined with the recent discovery of the TRAPPIST-1 planetary system represents a unique opportunity to extend such atmospheric studies into the realm of temperate Earth-sized worlds. Indeed, the proximity of the system (12pc) combined with the Jupiter-like size and small luminosity (0.05% of the Sun's) of the star make the comparative study of the planets’ atmospheres within reach of an ambitious (100hr to 1000hr) JWST program. Given the limited lifetime of JWST and the numerous challenges that this study will face both from an observational and a theoretical point of view, the TRAPPIST-1 JWST Community Initiative aims to ensure its coordination and optimization. It will be managed by a board of scientists with complementary expertise who will help provide coordination mechanisms for all members of the community ready to join and support the initiative. While keeping the freedom to publish scientific results independently, the involved scientists will act as a community to develop a well-defined sequential structure for the study of the system with JWST and to coordinate on every aspect of its preparation and implementation, both on the observational (e.g. study of the instrumental limitations, data analysis techniques, complementary space-based and ground-based observations) and theoretical levels (e.g. model developments and comparison, retrieval techniques, inferences). All JWST data taken within this community-driven approach will have a minimal proprietary period, so to maximize their scientific return. Depending on the outcome of the first phase of observations, this initiative could become the seed of a major JWST legacy program partially or totally devoted to the study of TRAPPIST-1. Please enter your name, email, and area of expertise in the Google sheet if you would like to support and/or join the TRAPPIST-1 JWST Community Initiative. |
The MIRECLE Mission | MIRECLE (MIR Exoplanet CLimate Explorer) is a concept for a moderately sized (2-meter) cryogenic telescope with broad wavelength coverage (4 - 25 μm) and ultra-stable detectors capable of conducting in-depth characterization of a statistically significant sample of planets around ultra-cool dwarfs, several of which will be terrestrial planets in their host stars’s habitable zones. MIRECLE would provide unprecedented sensitivity in the MIR over long observing baselines, providing the opportunity for phase-resolved and secondary eclipse spectroscopy of cool (300K) planets. Spectroscopic characterization of terrestrial atmospheres will provide constraints for the distribution of planets with tenuous vs. substantial atmospheres, map tidally-dominated volcanically active planets, and explore the transition across the inner edge of the surface-water regime. For the few brightest targets, the detection of specific combinations of molecules would provide evidence of biological activity. For gas-rich planets, MIRECLE would produce phase-resolved maps of planets across a wide range of mass and temperature. This comprehensive survey would also determine which subset of potentially habitable worlds would be best for future in-depth atmospheric characterization using larger aperture telescopes. We will present the science case and sensitivity calculations for the mission, as well as the key technical aspects of the instrumentation that will provide the stability floor of 5 ppm or better over multi-day timescales needed to measure thermal phase curves of HZ planets. If you’d like to join the email list to help plan the science case for the mission, please visit the following site and add your name to the list: https://lists.nasa.gov/mailman/listinfo/mirecle-science |