Final Agenda
2009 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Workshop: July 20-24, 2009
Exoplanetary Atmospheres
Sunday, July 20
- 6:00-8:00 pm Workshop Opening Reception — Beckman Institute Courtyard, Caltech
Monday, July 20
- 9:00 Welcome and Opening Comments — D. Gelino (NExScI) and C. Beichman (NExScI)
Introduction
- 9:15 Overview of Exoplanet Atmospheres and Detection Techniques — S. Seager (MIT)
- 10:15 Attendee Pops — click here for schedule and posted presentations
- 10:35 morning break
- 10:55 Overview of Solar System Planet Atmospheres — Y. Yung (Caltech)
- 11:55 Introduce Mission Group Projects — C. Beichman (NExScI)
- Combined Light: M. Swain (JPL)
- Coronography J. Trauger (JPL)
- Interferometry: R. Akeson (NExScI)
- Ground-Based: S. Seager (MIT)
- Transits: C. Beichman (NExScI)
- Mission Group Project Worksheets
- Mission Design Worksheets (excel file)
- NASA's Roadmap for Astrophysics
- 12:55 lunch (provided)
Theory of Planetary Atmospheres
- 2:00 Basics of Radiative Transfer and Molecular Lines — S. Seager (MIT)
- 3:00 Attendee Pops — click here for schedule and posted presentations
- 3:30 afternoon break
- 4:00 Chemistry Models — Y. Yung (Caltech)
- 5:00 Q&A — Moderator: S. Seager (MIT)
- 5:30 Adjourn
Tuesday, July 21
Theory of Planetary Atmospheres (cont.)
- 9:00 The Role of Clouds (Bibliographic Supplement)— R. West (JPL)
- 9:55 Attendee Pops — click here for schedule and posted presentations
- 10:20 morning break
What Have We Learned from Data?
- 10:45 What Have We Learned About Exoplanet Atmospheres from Data? — S. Seager (MIT)
- 11:45 Attendee Pops — click here for schedule and posted presentations
- 12:00 lunch (on own)
- 1:30 Mission Group Project: Designing a Mission — K. Warfield (JPL) — Mission Group Project Worksheets
- Mission Design Worksheets (excel file)
- NASA's Roadmap for Astrophysics
- 2:25 Orbital Phase Observations — J. Fortney (UC Santa Cruz)
- 3:00 afternoon break
- 3:30 Global Climate Models — A. Showman (LPL/Univ. of AZ)
- 4:25 Brown Dwarfs and Hot Young Planets — D. Saumon (LANL)
- 5:10 Q&A — Moderator: J. Fortney (UC Santa Cruz)
- 5:40 Adjourn
Wednesday, July 22
What Have We Learned from Data? (cont.)
- 9:00 Atmospheric Escape — Jean-Michel Desért (IAP)
Observational Techniques
- 9:35 Observational Techniques — M. Swain (JPL)
- 10:35 morning break
- 11:05 Spitzer/IRAC Measurements — S. Carey (IPAC)
- 11:50 Spitzer/IRS Measurements — C. Grillmair (IPAC)
- 12:35 Adjourn for box lunch(provided)/tour to Griffith Observatory
Thursday, July 23
Observational Techniques (cont.)
- 9:00 HST/NICMOS Spectra — G. Vasisht (JPL)
- 9:45 Ground-Based Transits — M. Lopez-Morales (DTM Carnegie)
- 10:30 morning break
- 11:00 Ground-Based Direct Imaging — B. Oppenheimer (AMNH)
Connecting Exoplanets to Planetary Science
- 11:45 Lessons Learned from Solar System Atmospheres — L. Fletcher (JPL)
- 12:45 lunch (on own)
- 2:15 What We Have Learned from Atmospheric Probes — T. Spilker (JPL)
- 3:00 Spectral Retrieval — C. Griffith (LPL/Univ. of AZ)
- 3:45 Q&A — Moderator: M. Swain (JPL)
- 4:15 Adjourn
- 6:00 pm: Workshop Banquet at Twin Palms restaurant
Friday, July 24
Current and Future Observational Opportunities and Challenges
- 9:00 Ground: IRTF, Keck, ELT, TMT — P. Deroo (JPL)
- 9:25 High Contrast Imaging Using Today's Infrared Interferometers — J. Monnier (University of Michigan)
- 9:50 Warm Spitzer — J. Fortney (UC Santa Cruz)
- 10:15 CoRoT — M. Deleuil (OAMP)
- 10:40 morning break
- 11:10 Kepler — J. Fortney (UC Santa Cruz)
- 11:35 JWST — T. Greene (NASA Ames)
- 12:00 TPF-C/I — J. Trauger (JPL)
- 12:25 lunch (provided)
- 2:00 Mission Group Presentation: Combined Light Team
- 2:30 Mission Group Presentation: Coronography Team
- 3:00 Mission Group Presentation: Interferometry Team
- 3:30 afternoon break
- 4:00 Mission Group Presentation: Ground-Based Team
- 4:30 Mission Group Presentation: Transits Team
- 5:00 Survey and Closing Comments — D. Gelino (NExScI)
- 5:15 Adjourn
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