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David Bennett University of Notre Dame WFIRST Unique Science from Spacebased Survey Exoplanet Survey Question 1 How do planetary systems form and evolve complementary to Kepler Exoplanet sensitivity down to subEarth masses at 05 AU . Burke F Mullally Daniel Huber 1 SETI Institute 2 Nasa Ames For billions of years the Earths shadow against the Sun has swept a path through space revealing our existence to our stellar neighbors within 0 26 of the ecliptic Photometric observatio only 2 50-day observing windows per year. The bulge must be observed whenever it can be. Significant “edge effect” penalties for regular interruptions. 0.5 year . SNe. program. Must sample high-. Ritva. A. Keski-Kuha, Charles W. Bowers, Manuel A. Quijada. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center. James B. Heaney, SGT Inc. Greenbelt. Benjamin Gallagher, Ball. . Aerospace & Technologies Corp. Andrew McKay Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. DRAFT. 1. Multiple surveys with different requirements to implement the various science programs. High Latitude Survey (HLS): ~2,400 deg. 2. imaging and spectroscopic sky survey for BAO/RSD & WL (dark energy science), also used for archival studies by guest investigators. Figure of Merit . David . Bennett. University of Notre Dame. WFIRST. WFIRST Microlensing Figure of Merit. Primary FOM1 - # of planets detected for a particular mass and separation range. Cannot be calculated analytically – must be simulated. Lifan Wang. TAMU/CCAA. The Site. Dome A . Elevation 4,091 m (13,422 ft). Coordinates: -80d22m, E77d 21m . The highest peak on the Plateau. Marching toward Antarctica. A team of Pioneers led by . Yuanshen. For . New Planets. Matthew Livas. mlivas@terpmail.umd.edu. Science, Discovery, and the Universe. Computer Science. Introduction. My capstone was to observe exoplanet transits. A transit is when a planet orbiting another star passes in front of its star from our view on Earth, blocking a small portion of the star’s light. This change in the target star’s brightness is detected by measuring the brightness of the star over time and subsequently graphing it to obtain a light curve.. ). Presentation to P. Hertz April 19, 2013. . Neil . Gehrels. (GSFC). SDT . Co-Chair. David . Spergel. (Princeton) . . SDT Co-Chair. Kevin Grady (GSFC) Study Manager . & . Project Team. . Yossi Shvartzvald NPP Fellow @ JPL. . Microlensing . Geometry.  .  .  . Microlensing . Geometry.  .  .  .  .  . Microlensing . Geometry.  .  .  .  .  . Microlensing . Geometry. in Globular Clusters. Margarita . Safonova. . Ancient Greeks knew that light travels in a straight line... Or you wouldn’t be able to cross the road!. Gravitational . Lensing. —. Astronomical Mirages. The Ohio State University. (with the WFIRST SDTs and on behalf of the WFIRST . μSIT. ). Completing the Census of . Exoplanetary. Systems . with WFIRST.. 21. st. International . Microlnesing. Conference. Daisuke Suzuki. ISAS / JAXA. the MOA collaboration. August . 8. , 2017 . 2017 Sagan Summer Workshop. Microlensing in the Era of WFIRST . a. snow. . = 2.7 (. M. /. M. Sun. ) AU. http://. exoplanet.eu. Exoplanet Exploration Program. Overview. Gary . Blackwood, Exoplanet Exploration Program . Manager. Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of . Technology. October 5, 2013. 1. Copyright 2013 California Institute of Technology. Government sponsorship acknowledged. Organization Chart. . 326. Program Science Office. Chief Scientist – Dr. K. Stapelfeldt. Deputy Chief Scientist – Dr. E. . Mamajek. . 730. NASA Exoplanet . Exploration Program Office. Program Manager – Dr. G. Blackwood.