SIM Science Studies Workshop - Sheraton Pasadena
Agenda
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Wednesday, September 24
9:00 AM Welcome (C. Beichman/S. Unwin)
9:10 AM SIM Science Studies Construct: Why are you here? (S. Unwin)
9:25 AM Project Introduction & Description (J. Marr)
9:55 AM How does SIM work 1?: Hardware (J. Goullioud)
10:25 AM How does SIM work 2?: Operations (S. Unwin)
10:45 AM coffee break
11:10 AM How does SIM work 3?: Data Analysis (D. Murphy/D. Meier)
11:30 AM How does SIM work 4?: Grid & Reference Frames (V. Makarov)
11:50 AM Detection of Planets Using Narrow Angle Data (J. Catanzarite)
12:05 Lunch (on own)
1:40 PM Summary of Key Projects: Planets (G. Marcy) coffee & snacks available
2:25 PM S. Gaudi (Ohio State) - Measuring the Astrometric Signature of Transiting Planets with SIM
2:40 PM M. Kaplinghat (UC Irvine) - Determining the Nature of Dark Matter Using Proper Motions of Stars in the Milky Way Satellites
3:10 PM Leave for JPL testbed tour
~5:15 PM Return to Sheraton
Thursday, September 25
9:00 AM Summary of Key Projects: Stellar Astrophysics (A. Boden)
9:45 AM J. Holberg (U of Arizona) - A Novel SIM-Based Technique for the Precise Determination of Absolute Stellar Fluxes
10:00 AM A. Kraus (Caltech) - The Dynamical Legacy of Star Formation
10:15 AM S. Ridgway (NOAO) - Stellar Astrophysics with SIM and Optical Long Baseline Interferometry
10:30 AM W.-C. Jao (Georgia State U) - Parallax Observations of Local Supergiants
11:05 AM D. Gelino (Caltech/NExScI) - Determining How the True Reflex Motions and Dynamical Orbits for Interacting Binaries Depend on Photocenter Contamination
11:20 AM J. Tomsick (UC Berkeley) - How Well Can SIM Measure Parameters of Neutron Star and Black Hole Binaries?
11:35 AM R. Peterson (UCO/Lick Obs.) - NGC6791: SIM Plans for Binaries, Colors, and Parallaxes
11:50 AM S. Dhital (Vanderbilt U) - Planets in Binary Star Systems: A Catalog of Wide, Low-mass Binaries for the SIM Science Community
12:05 PM R. Olling (U of Maryland) - 1% Luminosity-Independent Distances to Nearby Galaxies with the Rotational Parallax Techniques
12:20 PM R. Olling (U of Maryland) - Searching for Solar System Giant Analogs with SIM
12:35 PM Lunch
2:00 PM Summary of Key Projects: Extragalactic (E. Shaya)
2:45 PM E. Ford (U of Florida) - Detection and Characterization of Resonant Planetary Systems with SIM
3:00 PM A. Tanner (JPL) - Detecting Terrestrial Mass Planets Around M-dwarfs: Is SIM Competitive?
3:15 PM J. Subasavage (Georgia State U) - SIM's Search for Planets Orbiting White Dwarfs
3:30 PM Coffee Break
4:00 PM M. Kuchner (GSFC) - Sizes and Shapes of Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs with SIM
4:15 PM G. Anglada-Escude & J. Debes (DTM/Carnegie) - GAIA-SIM Legacy Project
4:30 PM Concluding Remarks & Action Plan (D. Gelino)
Additional SIM Science Study Teams
J. Tan (U of Florida) -Stellar Dynamical Processes in Massive Star and Star Cluster Formation
W. Hartkopf (US Naval Obs) -Project Runaway: Calibrating the Spectroscopic Distace Scale using Runaway O and Wolf--Rayet Stars