1 Schedule Abstracts Author Index 2 Schedule Schedule ............................................................................................................................... 3 Abstracts ............................................................................................................................... 5 Monday, September 12, 2011, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ................................................................................ 5 01: Overview of Observations and Welcome ....................................................................................... 5 Monday, September 12, 2011, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM .............................................................................. 7 02: Radial Velocities ............................................................................................................................. 7 Monday, September 12, 2011, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ................................................................................ 10 03: Transiting Planets ......................................................................................................................... 10 Monday, September 12, 2011, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ................................................................................ 13 04: Transiting Planets II ...................................................................................................................... 13 Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM .............................................................................. 16 05: Planets in Binaries and Star Clusters ............................................................................................ 16 Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ............................................................................ 19 06: R-M Measurements and Orbital Inclinations ............................................................................... 19 Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ................................................................................ 23 07: Direct Imaging .............................................................................................................................. 23 Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ................................................................................ 26 08: Giant Planet Formation ................................................................................................................ 26 Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ........................................................................ 29 09: Dynamical Evolution .................................................................................................................... 29 Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM ...................................................................... 32 10: Close Planet - Star Interactions .................................................................................................... 32 Thursday, September 15, 2011, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ............................................................................ 36 11: Atmospheres ................................................................................................................................ 36 Thursday, September 15, 2011, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ........................................................................... 40 12: Atmospheres II ............................................................................................................................. 40 Thursday, September 15, 2011, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ............................................................................... 44 13: Structure and Evolution ............................................................................................................... 44 Thursday, September 15, 2011, 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM ............................................................................... 47 14: Hot Jupiters .................................................................................................................................. 47 Friday, September 16, 2011, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM ................................................................................. 51 15: Planets Around Evolved Stars ...................................................................................................... 51 Friday, September 16, 2011, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM ................................................................................ 55 3 16: Rocky Planet Formation and Planetesimals ................................................................................. 55 Friday, September 16, 2011, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM .................................................................................... 58 17: Earths and Super-Earths ............................................................................................................... 58 Friday, September 16, 2011, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM .................................................................................... 60 18: Habitability ................................................................................................................................... 60 Poster Session Presentations Monday, September 12, 2011, 8:30 AM – Friday, September 16, 2011, 3:00 PM ................................. 64 19: Planet Detection - Transits ........................................................................................................... 64 20: Planet Detection - Radial Velocities ............................................................................................. 71 21: Planet Detection - Microlensing ................................................................................................... 76 22: Planet Detection - Imaging ........................................................................................................... 78 23: Planet Detection - Other .............................................................................................................. 82 24: Kepler Results ............................................................................................................................... 85 25: Transit Timing ............................................................................................................................... 87 26: Rossiter-McLaughlin Measurements ........................................................................................... 89 27: Statistical Properties of Orbits and Masses ................................................................................. 90 28: Multiple-Planet Systems .............................................................................................................. 92 29: Earths and Super-Earths ............................................................................................................... 94 30: Planets Around Evolved Stars and Compact Objects ................................................................... 98 31: Planets in Star Clusters ............................................................................................................... 101 32: Planets in Binary Stars ................................................................................................................ 102 33: Planet Formation Theory ........................................................................................................... 103 34: Dynamical Evolution and Interactions ........................................................................................ 110 35: Stellar Surface Deposition of Material ....................................................................................... 114 36: Disks and Migration Theory ....................................................................................................... 115 37: Interior Structure ....................................................................................................................... 120 38: Protoplanetary Disk Observations ............................................................................................. 122 39: Planets Around Young Stars ....................................................................................................... 125 40: Planetary Atmospheres .............................................................................................................. 127 41: Future Missions and Instrumentation ....................................................................................... 139 42: Habitability ................................................................................................................................. 142 43: Theory ........................................................................................................................................ 144 44: Observational ............................................................................................................................. 145 Author Index ..................................................................................................................... 149 4 Abstracts Monday, September 12, 2011, 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM 01 Overview of Observations and Welcome Oral Explorers Room 01.01 Overview of Kepler Results Natalie M. Batalha1 1San Jose State University. 8:40 AM - 9:00 AM Explorers Room Overview of Kepler Results, Abstract TBD, Natalie Batalha (NASA Ames) 01.02 Doppler Surveys : Super-Earths And Neptune-type Planets. Michel Mayor1, C. Lovis1, D. Segransan1, M. Marmier1,