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News from the High Plains
Department of Physics & Astronomy Greetings Alumni & Friends, February 2014 Physics & Astronomy at 7200’ is alive and kicking. The enclosed plot shows how News from the our student population has seen significant growth over the past decade to a present total of 115, including 38 graduate students (see also the Sputnik-era spike!). This High Plains growth has gone hand-in-hand with the University’s decision to recommit to physics. Our astronomy program now has expertise in star formation, planetary formation, galaxies, quasars, instrumentation, and cosmology. UW physicists work on a wide array of areas in condensed matter physics and biophysics. Much of the focus has been on developing and understanding nanostructures geared toward efficient energy transportation and conversion (e.g., solar cells). Our physics faculty have also been working with the departments of Chemistry, Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering to develop a cross-college, interdisciplinary Materials Science and Engineering program. This program allows students to take courses from multiple departments, carry out collaborative research, and ultimately pursue a terminal degree in their home departments with a concentration in Materials Science. In terms of infrastructure, our program is almost unrecognizable from where it stood just a few years ago. We now have a first-class nano-fabrication and characterization lab that includes key pieces of equipment such as an electron-beam evaporator, X-ray diffractometer, reactive ion etcher, chemical vapor deposition systems, mask aligner, etc. Our newest faculty member, TeYu Chien, is building up a lab centered around Spring Graduates a state-of-the-art scanning tunneling microscope. Our observatory WIRO is also continuing to see upgrades. -
Extra-Solar Planetary Systems
From the Academy Extra-solar planetary systems Joan Najita*†, Willy Benz‡, and Artie Hatzes§ *National Optical Astronomy Observatories, 950 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85719; ‡Physikalisches Institut, Universita¨t Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, Ch-3012, Bern, Switzerland; and §McDonald Observatory, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 he discovery of extra-solar planets has captured the imagi- Table 1. Properties of extra-solar planet candidates Tnation and interest of the public and scientific communities K, alike, and for the same reasons: we are all want to know the Parent star M sin i Period, days a,AU e m⅐sϪ1 answers to questions such as ‘‘Where do we come from?’’ and ‘‘Are we alone?’’ Throughout this century, popular culture has HD 187123 0.52 3.097 0.042 0. 72. presumed the existence of other worlds and extra-terrestrial Bootis 3.64 3.3126 0.042 0. 469. intelligence. As a result, the annals of popular culture are filled HD 75289 0.42 3.5097 0.046 0. 54. with thoughts on what extra-solar planets and their inhabitants 51 Peg 0.44 4.2308 0.051 0.01 56. are like. And now toward the end of the century, astronomers And b 0.71 4.617 0.059 0.034 73.0 have managed to confirm at least one aspect of this speculative HD 217107 1.28 7.11 0.07 0.14 140. search for understanding in finding convincing evidence of Gliese 86 3.6 15.83 0.11 0.042 379. planets beyond the solar system. 1 Cancri 0.85 14.656 0.12 0.03 75.8 The discovery of extra-solar planets has brought with it a HD 195019 3.43 18.3 0.14 0.05 268. -
Simulating (Sub)Millimeter Observations of Exoplanet Atmospheres in Search of Water
University of Groningen Kapteyn Astronomical Institute Simulating (Sub)Millimeter Observations of Exoplanet Atmospheres in Search of Water September 5, 2018 Author: N.O. Oberg Supervisor: Prof. Dr. F.F.S. van der Tak Abstract Context: Spectroscopic characterization of exoplanetary atmospheres is a field still in its in- fancy. The detection of molecular spectral features in the atmosphere of several hot-Jupiters and hot-Neptunes has led to the preliminary identification of atmospheric H2O. The Atacama Large Millimiter/Submillimeter Array is particularly well suited in the search for extraterrestrial water, considering its wavelength coverage, sensitivity, resolving power and spectral resolution. Aims: Our aim is to determine the detectability of various spectroscopic signatures of H2O in the (sub)millimeter by a range of current and future observatories and the suitability of (sub)millimeter astronomy for the detection and characterization of exoplanets. Methods: We have created an atmospheric modeling framework based on the HAPI radiative transfer code. We have generated planetary spectra in the (sub)millimeter regime, covering a wide variety of possible exoplanet properties and atmospheric compositions. We have set limits on the detectability of these spectral features and of the planets themselves with emphasis on ALMA. We estimate the capabilities required to study exoplanet atmospheres directly in the (sub)millimeter by using a custom sensitivity calculator. Results: Even trace abundances of atmospheric water vapor can cause high-contrast spectral ab- sorption features in (sub)millimeter transmission spectra of exoplanets, however stellar (sub) millime- ter brightness is insufficient for transit spectroscopy with modern instruments. Excess stellar (sub) millimeter emission due to activity is unlikely to significantly enhance the detectability of planets in transit except in select pre-main-sequence stars. -
The Search for Exomoons and the Characterization of Exoplanet Atmospheres
Corso di Laurea Specialistica in Astronomia e Astrofisica The search for exomoons and the characterization of exoplanet atmospheres Relatore interno : dott. Alessandro Melchiorri Relatore esterno : dott.ssa Giovanna Tinetti Candidato: Giammarco Campanella Anno Accademico 2008/2009 The search for exomoons and the characterization of exoplanet atmospheres Giammarco Campanella Dipartimento di Fisica Università degli studi di Roma “La Sapienza” Associate at Department of Physics & Astronomy University College London A thesis submitted for the MSc Degree in Astronomy and Astrophysics September 4th, 2009 Università degli Studi di Roma ―La Sapienza‖ Abstract THE SEARCH FOR EXOMOONS AND THE CHARACTERIZATION OF EXOPLANET ATMOSPHERES by Giammarco Campanella Since planets were first discovered outside our own Solar System in 1992 (around a pulsar) and in 1995 (around a main sequence star), extrasolar planet studies have become one of the most dynamic research fields in astronomy. Our knowledge of extrasolar planets has grown exponentially, from our understanding of their formation and evolution to the development of different methods to detect them. Now that more than 370 exoplanets have been discovered, focus has moved from finding planets to characterise these alien worlds. As well as detecting the atmospheres of these exoplanets, part of the characterisation process undoubtedly involves the search for extrasolar moons. The structure of the thesis is as follows. In Chapter 1 an historical background is provided and some general aspects about ongoing situation in the research field of extrasolar planets are shown. In Chapter 2, various detection techniques such as radial velocity, microlensing, astrometry, circumstellar disks, pulsar timing and magnetospheric emission are described. A special emphasis is given to the transit photometry technique and to the two already operational transit space missions, CoRoT and Kepler. -
Exoplanet Community Report
JPL Publication 09‐3 Exoplanet Community Report Edited by: P. R. Lawson, W. A. Traub and S. C. Unwin National Aeronautics and Space Administration Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California March 2009 The work described in this publication was performed at a number of organizations, including the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Publication was provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Compiling and publication support was provided by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology under a contract with NASA. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise, does not constitute or imply its endorsement by the United States Government, or the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology. © 2009. All rights reserved. The exoplanet community’s top priority is that a line of probeclass missions for exoplanets be established, leading to a flagship mission at the earliest opportunity. iii Contents 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY.................................................................................................................. 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION...............................................................................................................................................1 1.2 EXOPLANET FORUM 2008: THE PROCESS OF CONSENSUS BEGINS.....................................................2 -
Symplectic Integration of Equations of Motion and Variational Equations for Extrasolar Systems of N - Planets
A U T D P MS C P Symplectic Integration of Equations of Motion and Variational Equations for Extrasolar Systems of N - Planets Author Supervisor Dimitra S Prof. George V October, 2017 ii iii Abstract The aim of this present thesis was the symplectic integration of the equations of motion and the variational equations for a N - body system. In order to implement the integration we use a symplectic 6th order integrator presented by Yoshida. For the integration of variational equations we apply the Tangent Map (TM) method. The algorithm is applied on three Extrasolar systems : GJ 876, HR 8799 and TRAPPIST-1. The Fast Lyapunov Indicator (FLI) of the system is calculated for all systems and it is used as a tool to detect chaotic orbits. We also apply the Angu- lar Momentum Deficit criterion to decide whether this systems are AMD - stable or not. Περίληψη Σκοπός αυτής της διατριβής είναι η συμπλεκτική ολοκλήρωση των εξισώσεων της κίνησης και των εξισώσεων των μεταβολών σε ένα σύστημα Ν - σωμάτων. Για να επιτύχουμε την αριθμητική ολοκλήρωση υλοποιούμε τον αλγόριθμο του συμπλε- κτικού ολοκληρωτή 6ης τάξης του Yoshida. Για την ολοκλήρωση των εξισώσεων των μεταβολών εφαρμόσαμε τη μέθοδο Tangent Map (TM). Ο αλγόριθμος που δη- μιουργήσαμε τον εφαρμόσαμε σε τρία εξωπλανητικά συστήματα τα GJ 876, HR 8799 και TRAPPIST-1. Ο Γρήγορος Δείκτης Lyapunov (Fast Lyapunov Indicator, FLI) του συστήματος, υπολογίζεται με σκοπός την ταξινόμηση των τροχιών στο σύστημα σε τακτικές και χαοτικές. Εφαρμόζουμε επίσης το κριτήριο σταθερότη- τας κατά την ποσότητα Angular Momentum Deficit (AMD) ή Έλλειμμα Στρο- φορμής για την κατηγοριοποίηση των συστημάτων ως ευσταθή ή ασταθή κατά την ποσότητα αυτή. -
Jason A. Dittmann 51 Pegasi B Postdoctoral Fellow
Jason A. Dittmann 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow Contact Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT Kavli Institute: 37-438f 617-258-5928 (office) 70 Vassar St. 520-820-0928 (cell) Cambridge, MA 02139 [email protected] Education Harvard University, Cambridge, MA PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics, May 2016 Advisor: David Charbonneau, PhD • University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ BS, Astronomy, Physics, May 2010 Advisor: Laird Close, PhD • Recent 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow July 2017 – Present Research Earth and Planetary Science Department, MIT Positions Faculty Contact: Sara Seager Postdoctoral Researcher Feb 2017 – June 2017 Kavli Institute, MIT Supervisor: Sarah Ballard Postdoctoral Researcher July 2016 – Jan 2017 Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University Supervisor: David Charbonneau Research Assistant Sep 2010 – May 2016 Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University Advisors: David Charbonneau Publication 16 first and second authored publications Summary 22 additional co-authored publications 1 first-authored publication in Nature 1 co-authored publication in Nature Selected 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellowship 2017 – Present Awards and Pierce Fellowship 2010 – 2013 Honors Certificate of Distinction in Teaching 2012 Best Project Award, Physics Ugrd. Research Symp. 2009 Best Undergraduate Research (Steward Observatory) 2009 – 2010 Grants Principal Investigator, Hubble Space Telescope 2017, 10 orbits Awarded “Initial Reconaissance of a Transiting Rocky (maximum award) Planet in a Nearby M-Dwarf’s Habitable Zone” Principal Investigator, -
En Interaktiv Visualisering Av Data Och Upptäcktsmetoder Karin Reidarman
LIU-ITN-TEK-A-018/045--SE Exoplaneter: En Interaktiv Visualisering av Data och Upptäcktsmetoder Karin Reidarman 2018-11-30 Department of Science and Technology Institutionen för teknik och naturvetenskap Linköping University Linköpings universitet nedewS ,gnipökrroN 47 106-ES 47 ,gnipökrroN nedewS 106 47 gnipökrroN LIU-ITN-TEK-A-018/045--SE Exoplaneter: En Interaktiv Visualisering av Data och Upptäcktsmetoder Examensarbete utfört i Medieteknik vid Tekniska högskolan vid Linköpings universitet Karin Reidarman Handledare Emil Axelsson Examinator Anders Ynnerman Norrköping 2018-11-30 Upphovsrätt Detta dokument hålls tillgängligt på Internet – eller dess framtida ersättare – under en längre tid från publiceringsdatum under förutsättning att inga extra- ordinära omständigheter uppstår. Tillgång till dokumentet innebär tillstånd för var och en att läsa, ladda ner, skriva ut enstaka kopior för enskilt bruk och att använda det oförändrat för ickekommersiell forskning och för undervisning. Överföring av upphovsrätten vid en senare tidpunkt kan inte upphäva detta tillstånd. All annan användning av dokumentet kräver upphovsmannens medgivande. För att garantera äktheten, säkerheten och tillgängligheten finns det lösningar av teknisk och administrativ art. Upphovsmannens ideella rätt innefattar rätt att bli nämnd som upphovsman i den omfattning som god sed kräver vid användning av dokumentet på ovan beskrivna sätt samt skydd mot att dokumentet ändras eller presenteras i sådan form eller i sådant sammanhang som är kränkande för upphovsmannens litterära eller konstnärliga anseende eller egenart. För ytterligare information om Linköping University Electronic Press se förlagets hemsida http://www.ep.liu.se/ Copyright The publishers will keep this document online on the Internet - or its possible replacement - for a considerable time from the date of publication barring exceptional circumstances. -
Recipe for a Habitable Planet
Recipe for a Habitable Planet Aomawa Shields Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor Shields Center for Exoplanet Climate and Interdisciplinary Education (SCECIE) University of California, Irvine ASU School of Earth and Space Exploration (SESE) December 2, 2020 A moment to pause… Leading effectively during COVID-19 • Employees Need Trust and Compassion: Be Present, Even When You're Distant • Employees Need Stability: Prioritize Wellbeing Amid Disruption • Employees Need Hope: Anchor to Your "True North" From “3 strategies for leading effectively during COVID-19” (https://www.gallup.com/workplace/306503/strategies-leading-effectively-amid-covid.aspx) Hobbies: reading movies, shows knitting mixed media/collage violin tea yoga good restaurants spa days the beach hiking smelling flowers hanging with family BINGO Ill. Niklas Elmehed. Ill. Niklas Elmehed. © Nobel Media. © Nobel Media. RadialVelocity (m/s) Nobel Prize in Physics 2019 Mayor & Queloz 1995 https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/ As of December 2, 2020 Aomawa Shields Recipe for a Habitable World Credit: NASA NNASA’sASA’s KKeplerepler MMissionission TESS Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Credit: NASA-JPL/Caltech Proxima Centauri b Credit: ESO/M. Kornmesser LHS 1140b Credit: ESO TOI 700d Credit: NASA TESS planets in the Earth-sized regime Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Which ones do we follow up on? 20 The Habitable Zone (Kasting et al. 1993, Kopparapu et al. 2013) ) Runaway greenhouse Maximum CO2 greenhouse Stellar Mass (M Mass Stellar Distance from Star (AU) Snowball Earth Many factors can affect planetary habitability Aomawa Shields Recipe for a Habitable World Liquid water Aomawa Shields Recipe for a Habitable World Isotopic Birth Tides Orbit Abundance Environ. -
Arxiv:0908.2624V1 [Astro-Ph.SR] 18 Aug 2009
Astronomy & Astrophysics Review manuscript No. (will be inserted by the editor) Accurate masses and radii of normal stars: Modern results and applications G. Torres · J. Andersen · A. Gim´enez Received: date / Accepted: date Abstract This paper presents and discusses a critical compilation of accurate, fun- damental determinations of stellar masses and radii. We have identified 95 detached binary systems containing 190 stars (94 eclipsing systems, and α Centauri) that satisfy our criterion that the mass and radius of both stars be known to ±3% or better. All are non-interacting systems, so the stars should have evolved as if they were single. This sample more than doubles that of the earlier similar review by Andersen (1991), extends the mass range at both ends and, for the first time, includes an extragalactic binary. In every case, we have examined the original data and recomputed the stellar parameters with a consistent set of assumptions and physical constants. To these we add interstellar reddening, effective temperature, metal abundance, rotational velocity and apsidal motion determinations when available, and we compute a number of other physical parameters, notably luminosity and distance. These accurate physical parameters reveal the effects of stellar evolution with un- precedented clarity, and we discuss the use of the data in observational tests of stellar evolution models in some detail. Earlier findings of significant structural differences between moderately fast-rotating, mildly active stars and single stars, ascribed to the presence of strong magnetic and spot activity, are confirmed beyond doubt. We also show how the best data can be used to test prescriptions for the subtle interplay be- tween convection, diffusion, and other non-classical effects in stellar models. -
Arxiv:2006.10868V2 [Astro-Ph.SR] 9 Apr 2021 Spain and Institut D’Estudis Espacials De Catalunya (IEEC), C/Gran Capit`A2-4, E-08034 2 Serenelli, Weiss, Aerts Et Al
Noname manuscript No. (will be inserted by the editor) Weighing stars from birth to death: mass determination methods across the HRD Aldo Serenelli · Achim Weiss · Conny Aerts · George C. Angelou · David Baroch · Nate Bastian · Paul G. Beck · Maria Bergemann · Joachim M. Bestenlehner · Ian Czekala · Nancy Elias-Rosa · Ana Escorza · Vincent Van Eylen · Diane K. Feuillet · Davide Gandolfi · Mark Gieles · L´eoGirardi · Yveline Lebreton · Nicolas Lodieu · Marie Martig · Marcelo M. Miller Bertolami · Joey S.G. Mombarg · Juan Carlos Morales · Andr´esMoya · Benard Nsamba · KreˇsimirPavlovski · May G. Pedersen · Ignasi Ribas · Fabian R.N. Schneider · Victor Silva Aguirre · Keivan G. Stassun · Eline Tolstoy · Pier-Emmanuel Tremblay · Konstanze Zwintz Received: date / Accepted: date A. Serenelli Institute of Space Sciences (ICE, CSIC), Carrer de Can Magrans S/N, Bellaterra, E- 08193, Spain and Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), Carrer Gran Capita 2, Barcelona, E-08034, Spain E-mail: [email protected] A. Weiss Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Karl Schwarzschild Str. 1, Garching bei M¨unchen, D-85741, Germany C. Aerts Institute of Astronomy, Department of Physics & Astronomy, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200 D, 3001 Leuven, Belgium and Department of Astrophysics, IMAPP, Radboud University Nijmegen, Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen, the Netherlands G.C. Angelou Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Karl Schwarzschild Str. 1, Garching bei M¨unchen, D-85741, Germany D. Baroch J. C. Morales I. Ribas Institute of· Space Sciences· (ICE, CSIC), Carrer de Can Magrans S/N, Bellaterra, E-08193, arXiv:2006.10868v2 [astro-ph.SR] 9 Apr 2021 Spain and Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya (IEEC), C/Gran Capit`a2-4, E-08034 2 Serenelli, Weiss, Aerts et al. -
Arxiv:2010.01074V2 [Astro-Ph.EP] 14 Jan 2021 Four Years
Draft version January 18, 2021 Typeset using LATEX twocolumn style in AASTeX63 Refining the transit timing and photometric analysis of TRAPPIST-1: Masses, radii, densities, dynamics, and ephemerides. Eric Agol ,1 Caroline Dorn ,2 Simon L. Grimm ,3 Martin Turbet ,4 Elsa Ducrot ,5 Laetitia Delrez ,6, 4, 5 Michaël Gillon ,5 Brice-Olivier Demory ,3 Artem Burdanov ,7 Khalid Barkaoui ,8, 5 Zouhair Benkhaldoun ,8 Emeline Bolmont ,4 Adam Burgasser ,9 Sean Carey ,10 Julien de Wit ,7 Daniel Fabrycky ,11 Daniel Foreman-Mackey ,12 Jonas Haldemann ,13 David M. Hernandez ,14 James Ingalls ,10 Emmanuel Jehin ,6 Zachary Langford ,1 Jérémy Leconte ,15 Susan M. Lederer ,16 Rodrigo Luger ,12 Renu Malhotra ,17 Victoria S. Meadows ,1 Brett M. Morris ,3 Francisco J. Pozuelos ,6, 5 Didier Queloz ,18 Sean N. Raymond ,15 Franck Selsis ,15 Marko Sestovic ,3 Amaury H.M.J. Triaud ,19 and Valerie Van Grootel 6 1Astronomy Department and Virtual Planetary Laboratory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 USA 2University of Zurich, Institute of Computational Sciences, Winterthurerstrasse 190, CH-8057, Zurich, Switzerland 3Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern, Gesellschaftsstrasse 6, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland 4Observatoire de Genève, Université de Genève, 51 Chemin des Maillettes, CH-1290 Sauverny, Switzerland 5Astrobiology Research Unit, Université de Liège, Allée du 6 Août 19C, B-4000 Liège, Belgium 6Space Sciences, Technologies and Astrophysics Research (STAR) Institute, Université de Liège, Allée du 6 Août 19C, B-4000 Liège, Belgium 7Department