Mini-workshop: Exoplanets after Kepler (Nov. 11, 2013)
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- | 2:30 Planets in Clusters -- Aaron Geller (NU) | + | 2:30 Planets in Clusters -- Aaron Geller (NU & U of C) |
- | 2:50 | + | 2:50 Misalignment in hot Jupiter host stars and tides -- Francesca Valsecchi (Northwestern) |
3:10 Tides in Kepler systems -- Gwenael Boue (U of C) | 3:10 Tides in Kepler systems -- Gwenael Boue (U of C) |
Revision as of 20:39, 10 November 2013
This Monday (Nov. 11) we'll be having a bigger and greater exoplanet meeting than usual, to which you are all invited. The theme is Exoplanets after Kepler; which means observational results from the Kepler space telescope, or observational and theoretical results on the kinds of planets Kepler has found.
Time: 11:00-4:10pm, Nov. 11.
Host: Dan Fabrycky (fabrycky@uchicago.edu)
Place: Hinds Geophysical Laboratory Room 176 (Goldsmith room) --
5734 S. Ellis Ave., Chicago, IL
Parking - Ellis Avenue Parking Structure is recommended.
https://maps.uchicago.edu/?location=Ellis+Avenue+Parking+Structure
Please carpool! (if you're coming from Northwestern)
RSVP to fabrycky@uchicago.edu, and I'll tell you who's coming so you can arrange car-pooling.
The content will be 10 minute talks with 10 minutes of questions/discussions. Each person will be capped at 20 minutes, then we'll move on.
Schedule:
11:20 Gather. Pastries and Coffee.
Talks/Discussion 11:20-1:00 -- Observations
11:20 Planet occurrence
11:40 Fine Structure in the Architectures of Kepler Systems -- Jason Steffen (NU)
12:00 Photodynamics -- Sean Mills (U of C)
12:20 Transit Timing Variations -- Sam Hadden (NU)
12:40 Circum-Binary Planets -- Dan Fabrycky and Taweewat Somboonpanyakul (U of C)
Lunch 1:00-2:30
Talks/Discussion 2:30-4:10 -- Theory
2:30 Planets in Clusters -- Aaron Geller (NU & U of C)
2:50 Misalignment in hot Jupiter host stars and tides -- Francesca Valsecchi (Northwestern)
3:10 Tides in Kepler systems -- Gwenael Boue (U of C)
3:30 Spin Periods and Planets -- Seth Teitler and Arieh Konigl (U of C)
3:50
4:10-5:00 Post-meeting hanging out. Cookies and drinks.