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2024 Sagan Summer Workshop

Advances in Direct Imaging: From Young Jupiters to Habitable Earths

Agenda



Sunday July 21: PROTO Workshop (11:30 am - 3:30 pm)

Sunday July 21: Registration Gathering from 4-6 pm


Monday July 22: Introduction

Time (PDT) Title Speaker
8:30 am Welcome and Opening Comments Dawn Gelino (JPL), Chas Beichman (Caltech/IPAC-NExScI), Tracy Chen (Caltech/IPAC-NExScI)
Session Chair: Chas Beichman (Caltech/IPAC-NExScI)
9:00 am Introduction: From Jupiters to Earths: Current Status and Future Prospects with Direct Imaging (View Video) Beth Biller (University of Edinburgh)
9:45 am Break
10:15 am Introduction: Fourier Optics Theory and Fundamentals (View Video) Iva Laginja (LESIA)
11:00 am Introduction: Coronagraph Optical Theory and Practice (View Video) David Doelman (Leiden University)
11:45 am Introduction to Hands-on Sessions: Session 1 Session 2 Session 3 (View Video)
12:00 pm Poster Pops I (download schedule) (View Video)
12:30 pm Lunch and Poster Session I
2:15 pm Hands-on Session I: Optical Modeling (View Video) Sebastiaan Haffert (Leiden Observatory/Steward Observatory) and Emiel Por (STScI)
5:00 pm Adjourn
5:30 pm Dinner on campus (optional, must pre-order)

Tuesday July 23: Introduction

Time (PDT) Title Speaker
Session Chair: Beth Biller (University of Edinburgh)
8:30 am Introduction: Exoplanet Atmospheric Studies (View Video) Jacob Lustig-Yaeger (JHU/APL)
9:15 am A Direct Imager's Guide to Debris Disks (View Video) John Debes (STScI)
10:00 am Break
10:30 am Post-processing for High-Contrast Imaging: Ground-based Instruments (View Video) Faustine Cantalloube (University of Grenoble)
11:15 am Introduction: Wavefront Sensing and Control (View Video) Becky Jensen-Clem (UCSC, remote speaker)
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Hands-on Session II: PSF Subtraction (View Video) Jason Wang (Northwestern University/CIERA)
4:30 pm Adjourn

Wednesday July 24: Instrument Design and Working with Data

Time (PDT) Title Speaker
Session Chair: Aki Roberge (NASA GSFC)
8:30 am Intro: Designing a Coronagraphic System (View Video) Sebastiaan Haffert (Leiden Observatory/Steward Observatory)
9:15 am Survey Optimization/Yield Modeling Key Factors/Dependencies (View Video) Chris Stark (GSFC, remote speaker)
10:00 am Break
10:30 am Calibrating High-contrast Data (View Video) Rob De Rosa (ESO)
11:00 am High and Mid-dispersion Spectroscopy (View Video) Jean-Baptiste Ruffio (UCSD)
11:30 am Poster Pops II (download schedule) (View Video)
12:00 pm Lunch
1:15 pm Poster Session II
2:00 pm Hands-on Session III: Yield Modeling (View Video) Rhonda Morgan (JPL, in person) & Dmitry Savransky (Cornell University, remote speaker)
5:00 pm Adjourn

Thursday July 25: Survey Design & Results

Time (PDT) Title Speaker
Session Chair: Faustine Cantalloube (LAM)
8:30 am Interpreting Photometry and Spectroscopy (View Video) Eileen Gonzales (SFSU)
9:15 am Orbital Fitting (View Video) Sarah Blunt (Northwestern University)
9:45 am Break
10:15 am Ground-based AO Surveys (View Video) Clemence Fontanive (Université de Montréal)
11:00 am Lessons Learned in Ground-based Instruments (View Video) Julien Milli (University of Grenoble, remote speaker)
11:30 am Space vs. Ground: JWST Case Studies (View Video) Kimberly Ward-Duong (Smith College)
12:00 pm Lunch
1:30 pm Hands-on Session: Group Project Work Time
5:00 pm Adjourn
5:30 pm Dinner on campus (optional, must pre-order)

Friday July 26: Next Steps in Direct Imaging

Time (PDT) Title Speaker
Session Chair: Jason Wang (Northwestern)
8:30 am VLTI: Exoplanet Interferometry (View Video) Guillaume Bourdarot (MPE)
9:00 am ELT: METIS (View Video) Gilles Orban de Xivry (University of Liège)
9:30 am GMT: GMagAO-X (View Video) Jared Males (Steward Observatory/University of Arizona)
10:00 am Break
10:30 am Novel Concepts: Photonics for Astronomical Instruments (View Video) Aline Dinkelaker (AIP)
11:00 am Aperture Masking: Interferometry in Astronomy (View Video) Steph Sallum (UC Irvine)
11:30 am Lunch
Session Chair: Vanessa Bailey (JPL)
1:00 pm The Roman Coronagraph Instrument: Expected Capabilities & Relevance to HWO (View Video) Bertrand Mennesson (JPL)
1:30 pm Panel Session with Instrument Team Members (View Video) Mike Bottom (IfA), Dimitri Mawet (Caltech) and Bertrand Mennesson (JPL), moderated by Vanessa Bailey (JPL)
2:00 pm Habitable Worlds Observatory and Extremely Large Telescopes (View Video) Aki Roberge (NASA GSFC)
2:45 pm Break
3:15 pm Group Project Presentations
4:45 pm Closing Comments Chas Beichman (Caltech/IPAC-NExScI) and Tracy Chen (Caltech/IPAC-NExScI)
5:00 pm Adjourn

Questions? Sagan_Workshop@ipac.caltech.edu

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(last updated September 5th, 2024 14:08:03)