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What are we? We are a group composed of staff, analysts, and students from STScI , JHU and beyond, working on exoplanetary science being done with transiting and/or radial - velocity planets: data spanning from detection (e.g., transit surveys, RV surveys, etc.) to atmospheric detailed characterization (e.g., using ground and space-based low /and high res transit spectroscopy, JWST, etc.-resolution spectroscopy).
Objectives of the group : We aim for this group to be a network for transiting and radial-velocity exoplanetary
- Provide a space for the exploration of transit and radial velocity exoplanet science at STScI, in order to
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- foster collaboration and coordination within the
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- Institute.
- Provide a window
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- into the wide array of work being done by exoplanet astronomers at STScI
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- as part of external collaborations.
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Who can join the group? Anyone within the STScI and JHU communities — including direct collaborators at the Institutecommunity, including their collaborators and students.
Context within STScI Priorities: This group also promotes strategic thinking about RV/transit exoplanet science as a response to the Decadal, and in support of current and future flagship missions.
Research Topics:
- Transiting exoplanet discovery
- Exoplanet atmospheres
- Radial-velocity surveys
- Planet formation
- Instrumentation
Activities
Internal (more details here):
Group Activities
- Monthly T-Rex group meeting
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- Every first Tuesday at 1 pm.
- Yearly Science Jamboree
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- Late Summer, exact date TBD
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External:
- Exoplanets, Star & Planet Formation (ESPF) Seminar Series: Mondays at 3 pm (website and schedule)
- Exocoffee journal club: every other Monday at 9 am (website)
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More details on Group Activities Page.
Optional Activities Based on Interest
- Space Telescope Proposal Sprint:
- Every week in the month leading to the proposal deadline (usually March for HST; exact dates TBD; tentatively December for JWST Cycle 2)
- Ground-based Telescope Proposal Fall Sprint:
- Every week in the month leading to the proposal deadline (usually September for most facilities)
Related External Activities
- Exoplanets, Star & Planet Formation (ESPF) Seminar Series
- Exocoffee journal club
- Every other Tuesday at 3 pm (website)
Policies
- We abide by the AAS code of ethics.
- Ideas and work shared and/or discussed in T-Rex group activities and/or between members should be understood as proprietary of to the person sharing them (, unless credited to someone else). Any invitation to be part of that idea and/or work must be explicit and not be understood as arising simply for from engaging in discussions on them.
- Collaboration (if any, including: proposals, papers, conferences, funding) within the group thus is not automatic, and needs explicit agreement between members.
- On “ideas”: This group should should be a hub for ideas, but proper credit must be given when used outside of the group (acknowledgments, co-authorship on proposals, papers, conferences, etc. as appropriate).