2010 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop: July 26-30, 2010
Stars as Homes for Habitable Planetary Systems
Agenda
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Sunday, July 25
- 6:00-8:00 pm Workshop Opening Reception — Beckman Institute Courtyard, Caltech
Monday, July 26
- 9:00 am: Welcome and Opening Comments — Dawn Gelino (NExScI)
- 9:15 am: Exoplanet and Host Star Overview — Andrew Howard (UC Berkeley)
- 10:15 am: Attendee Pops (10) - click here for schedule and posted presentations
- 10:35 am: Morning Break
- 11:00 am: Basic Stellar Properties and Evolution — David Soderblom (STScI)
- 12:00 pm: Attendee Pops (20) - click here for schedule and posted presentations
- 12:40 pm: Lunch (provided)
- 1:30 pm: Classical Methods for Determining Stellar Masses, Temperatures, and Radii — Willie Torres (Harvard Smithsonian CfA)
- 2:15 pm: Group Project Introduction — Chas Beichman (NExScI)
- 2:20 pm: Group 1: Tidal Evolution and the Lifetime of Extrasolar Planets — C. Beichman for R Barnes (Univ. of Washington)
- 2:28 pm: Accessing Kepler and CoRoT data via MAST, NStED, and the IAS Data and Operations Center — P. Plavchan (NExScI)
- 2:34 pm: Introduction to Time-Series and Identifying Variability and Periodicities — P. Plavchan (NExScI)
- 2:42 pm: Group 2: Hunting for Planets with Kepler — K. von Braun (NExScI)
- 2:48 pm: Group 3: Hunting for Planets with CoRoT — S. Kane (NExScI)
- 2:54 pm: Group 4: Measuring Eclipsing Binary Star Parameters from Kepler Data — J. van Eyken (NExScI)
- 3:00 pm: Group 5: Identifying and Classifying Variable Sources in the Kepler Data — P. Plavchan (NExScI)
- 3:06 pm: Group 6: Characterizing Stellar Rotation with Kepler — E. Guinan (Villanova) and I. Ribas (CSIC-IEEC)
- 3:15 pm: Afternoon Break/sign-up for groups
- 3:45 pm: Variability and Habitability — UV/Xray emission — Ignasi Ribas (Institut de Ciencies de l'Espai)
- 4:45 pm: Spots and Granulation as a Function of Mass and Age — Mark Giampapa (NSO/NOAO)
- 5:15 pm: Challenging Systems: Cautionary Tales in the Interpretation of Published Stellar Ages — John Stauffer (Caltech/IPAC)
- 5:45 pm: Adjourn
Tuesday, July 27
- 9:00 am: The Effects of Stellar Variability on the Detection and Characterization of Exoplanets — Debra Fischer (Yale)
- 9:45 am: Ground-based Surveys for Exoplanets — Gaspar Bakos (Harvard Smithsonian CfA)
- 10:30 pm: Attendee Pops (3) - click here for schedule and posted presentations
- 10:40 am: Morning Break and Workshop Picture
- 11:00 am: Space-based Surveys for Exoplanets — David Ciardi (NExScI)
- 12:00 pm: Attendee Pops (10) - click here for schedule and posted presentations
- 12:20 pm: Lunch (on own)
- 1:50 pm: Direct Characterization of Planets from Space (and Ground)-based Observatories: Atmospheres — Giovanna Tinetti (University College London)
- 2:50 pm: Attendee Pops (10) - click here for schedule and posted presentations
- 3:10 pm: Afternoon Break
- 3:35 pm: Direct Characterization of Planets from Space (and Ground)-based Observatories: Interiors — Jonathan Fortney (UC Santa Cruz/Lick Observatory)
- 4:30 pm: Refresh Info for Group Projects/Start Group Projects
- 5:15 pm Challenging Systems: Searching for Exoplanets When the Host Star is Variable — Suzanne Aigrain (Oxford)
- 5:45 pm: Adjourn
Wednesday, July 28
- 9:00 am: Asteroseismology over the HR Diagram — Kepler Results — Don Kurtz (Univ. of Central Lancashire)
- 9:45 am: Asteroseismology: Oscillations in solar-like stars — Bill Chaplin (Univ. of Birmingham)
- 10:30 pm: Attendee Pops (4) - click here for schedule and posted presentations
- 10:36 am: Morning Break
- 11:00 am: Astroseismology: Determining Radii and Other Stellar Properties — Travis Metcalfe (National Center for Atmospheric Research)
- 11:45 am: Adjourn for Lunch (provided)
- 12:30 pm: bus departs for tour of Griffith Observatory
Thursday, July 29
- 9:00 am: The Earth Through Time: Evolution of the Habitable Zone — Kevin Zahnle (NASA Ames)
- 10:00 am: Planet-Star Interactions: Impact of the Parent Star on the Planetary Environment — Ed Guinan (Villanova University)
- 10:45 am: Morning Break
- 11:15 am: Planet-Star Interactions: Impact of the Parent Star on Development and Detectability of Biosignatures — Wes Traub (JPL)
- 12:30 pm: Lunch (on own)
- 2:00 pm: Group Project Time
- 5:00 pm: Adjourn
- 6:30 pm: Banquet at Mijares Mexican restaurant
Friday, July 30
- 9:00 am: Dynamical Effects on Habitability — Rory Barnes (Univ. of Washington)
- 9:45 am: Future Missions — Chas Beichman (NExScI)
- 10:30 am: Morning Break
- 11:00 am: Presentation of Group Project Results
- 11:00 am: Tidal Evolution and the Lifetimes of Extrasolar Planets led by Rory Barnes (Univ. of Washington)
- 11:30 am: Hunting for Planets with Kepler led by Kaspar von Braun (NExScI)
- 12:00 pm: Lunch (provided)
- 1:00 pm: Characterizing Stellar Rotation with Kepler led by Ed Guinan (Villanova) and Ignasi Ribas (CSIC-IEEC)
- 1:30 pm: Hunting for Planets with CoRoT led by Stephen Kane (NExScI)
- 2:00 pm: Classifying Variability in Kepler Data led by Peter Plavchan (NExScI)
- 2:30 pm: Measuring Eclipsing Binary Star Parameters led by Julian van Eyken (NExScI)
- 3:00 pm: Survey and Closing Comments
- 3:30 pm: Adjourn
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