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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

1. Provide a space for the exploration of transit and radial velocity exoplanet science at STScI, in order to

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1. foster collaboration and coordination within the

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1. Institute.
2. Provide a window

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1. into the wide array of work being done by exoplanet astronomers at STScI

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1. 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.

Group Activities

Internal (more details here):

1. Monthly T-Rex group meeting

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   • Every first Tuesday at 1 pm.
2. Yearly Science Jamboree

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1. • 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
  • Mondays at 3 pm (website and schedule)
• 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).