What are we? We are a group composed of staff, analysts, students from STScI, JHU and beyond, working on exoplanetary science being done with transiting and/or radial-velocity planets: spanning from detection (e.g., transit surveys, RV surveys, etc.) to atmospheric characterization (e.g., ground-based low/high res transit spectroscopy, JWST, etc.).

Objectives of the group

1. Provide a space for the exploration of transit and radial velocity exoplanet science at STScI, in order to foster collaboration and coordination within the Institute.
2. Provide a window into the wide array of work being done by exoplanet astronomers at STScI as part of external collaborations.

Who can join the group? Anyone within the STScI and JHU communities — including direct collaborators at the Institute.

Context within STScI Priorities: This group 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

1. Monthly T-Rex group meeting 
   • Time to be announced.
2. Yearly Science Jamboree
   • Late Summer, exact date TBD.

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 Monday at 9 am (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 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 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.
• This group 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).