2016 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop: July 18-22

Is There a Planet in My Data? Statistical Approaches to Finding and Characterizing Planets in Astronomical Data

Agenda

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Sunday, July 17

Registration Gathering at Beckman Institute Courtyard, Caltech

• 4-6 pm: Please join us in the courtyard outside the Beckman Institute for the opportunity to register, greet colleagues, and put up your poster in advance of the workshop. We'll have light snacks available but you'll want to get dinner afterwards.

Monday, July 18

• 8:30 am: Welcome and Opening Comments — Chas Beichman (NExScI), Dawn Gelino (NExScI)
• 9:00 am: Statistics and the Astronomical Enterprise — Eric Feigelson (Penn State)
• 10:00 am: An Introduction to Bayesian Analysis — Jessi Cisewski (Yale)
• 11:00 am: Morning Break
• 11:30 am: Introduction to Hands-on Sessions: Overview , Transits Intro , RV Intro — Roberta Paladini (NExScI), Xavier Dumusque (Universite de Geneva), Nikole Lewis (STScI)
• 12:30 pm: Lunch
• 1:45 pm A Beginner's Guide to Monte Carlo Markov Chain (MCMC) Analysis — David Kipping (Columbia)
• 2:30 pm: Attendee Pops (7)
• 2:45 pm: Bayesian Priors for Transits and RVs — David Kipping (Columbia)
• 3:30 pm: Attendee Pops (7)
• 3:45 pm: Afternoon Break and Poster Session 1 (even # posters)
• 4:30 pm: Statistical Approaches for Exoplanetary Science — Eric Feigelson (Penn State)
• 5:30 pm: Adjourn

Tuesday, July 19

• 8:30 am: Survey of Radial Velocity: Technique and Results — Debra Fischer (Yale)
• 9:15 am: Astrophysical and Instrumental Noise Sources: Radial Velocity — Xavier Dumusque (Universite de Geneva)
• 9:55 am: Dangers of Frequentist Estimates of FAP and Other Pretenders (e.g. AIC and BIC) — Eric Ford (Penn State)
• 10:35 am: Morning Break
• 11:05 am: Bayesian Model Comparison for Radial Velocity: 1, 2, 3, or Many Planets? — Benjamin Nelson (CIERA/Northwestern)
• 11:45 am: Lunch
• 1:15 pm: Attendee Pops (7)
• 1:30 pm: Survey of Transit Photometry: Technique and Results — Jason Rowe (University of Montreal)
• 2:15 pm: Astrophysical and Instrumental Noise Sources: Transits — Jessie Christiansen (NExScI)
• 2:55 pm: Afternoon Break
• 3:25 pm: Hands-on Session
• 5:30 pm: Adjourn

Wednesday, July 20

Note: on Wednesday morning we will meet in Room 201 in the East Bridge building; see map

• 8:30 am: Vetting False Positives in Transit Photometry — Tim Morton (Princeton)
• 9:10 am: Survey of Transit Spectroscopy: Technique and Results — Drake Deming (Univ. of Maryland)
• 10:00 am: Morning Break
• 10:30 am: Challenges for High Precision Transit and Secondary Eclipse Spectroscopy — Heather Knutson (Caltech)
• 11:10 am: Atmospheric Retrieval 101: Extracting Science From Spectra — Mike Line (UCSC)
• 11:50 am: Attendee Pops (7)
• 12:05 pm: Lunch
• 1:20 pm: Transit Spectra with JWST — Nikole Lewis (STScI)
• 2:00 pm: Afternoon Break and Poster Session 2 (odd # posters)
• 2:45 pm: Hands-on Session (2 hrs) and Start Project Work Time (45 min)
• 5:30 pm: Adjourn
• 7:00 pm: Workshop Dinner

Thursday, July 21

• 8:30 am: Survey of Direct Imaging: Technique and Results — Dimitri Mawet (Caltech)
• 9:15 am: Astrophysical and Instrumental Noise Sources: Direct Imaging — Laurent Pueyo (STScI)
• 9:55 am: Survey of Microlensing: Technique and Results — Jenn Yee (Harvard CfA)
• 10:40 am: Morning Break
• 11:10 am: Planet Occurrence Rates Using Multiple Methods — Christian Clanton (Ohio State)
• 11:50 am: Lunch
• 1:05 pm: Heirarchical Bayesian Analysis for Characterizing Planet Populations — Angie Wolfgang (Penn State)
• 2:05 pm: Astrometry and the Promise of Gaia: Science, Techniques, and Challenges — Alessandro Sozzetti (Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino)
• 3:20 pm: Hands-On Sessions: preparation for presentations
• 5:30 pm: Adjourn

Friday, July 22

• 8:30 am: The Exoplanet Exploration Program — Karl Stapelfeldt (JPL)
• 9:00 am: Microlensing with K2 and WFIRST — Scott Gaudi (Ohio State University)
• 9:40 am: Morning Break
• 10:10 am: Survey of Transit Surveys: From Kepler and K2 to TESS and PLATO — Courtney Dressing (Caltech)
• 10:50 am: Direct Imaging and Spectroscopy of Exoplanets with JWST — Chas Beichman (NExScI)
• 11:30 am: Coronagraphic Imaging with WFIRST — Nikole Lewis (STScI)
• 12:10 pm: Lunch
• 1:30 pm: Group Project Presentations
• Radial Velocity Group 1: The Effect of Planetary Period on Planet Detectability
• Radial Velocity Group 2: The Effect of Planetary Amplitude on Planet Detectability
• Radial Velocity Group 3: The Effect of Stellar Inclination on Planet Detectability
• Radial Velocity Group 4: The Effect of Stellar Rotation Period on Planet Detectability
• Radial Velocity Group 5: The Effect of Spot Temperature on Planet Detectability
• Radial Velocity Group 6: The Effect of the Number of RV Observations on Planet Detectability
• Transits Group 1: The Effect of Stellar SNR and Spectral Resolution
• Transits Group 2: The Effect of wavelengths and spectral type on light curves
• Transits Group 3: The Effect of limb darkening on the transmission spectrum
• Transits Group 4: The Effect of Including Additional Parameters
• Transits Group 5: The Effect of Temperature and Assumed Composition
• Transits Group 6: The Effect of Clouds on Spectral Retrieval
• 3:30 pm: Survey and Closing Comments
• 3:45 pm: Adjourn

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