1. The Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Program for JWST
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Jacob L. Bean, Kevin B. Stevenson, Natalie M. Batalha, Zachory Berta-Thompson, Laura Kreidberg, Nicolas Crouzet, Björn Benneke, Michael R. Line, David K. Sing, Hannah R. Wakeford, Heather A. Knutson, Eliza M.-R. Kempton, Jean-Michel Désert, Ian Crossfield, Natasha E. Batalha, Julien de Wit, Vivien Parmentier, Joseph Harrington, Julianne I. Moses, Mercedes Lopez-Morales, Munazza K. Alam, Jasmina Blecic, Giovanni Bruno, Aarynn L. Carter, John W. Chapman, Leen Decin, Diana Dragomir, Thomas M. Evans, Jonathan J. Fortney, Jonathan D. Fraine, Peter Gao, Antonio García Muñoz, Neale P. Gibson, Jayesh M. Goyal, Kevin Heng, Renyu Hu, Sarah Kendrew, Brian M. Kilpatrick, Jessica Krick, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Monika Lendl, Tom Louden, Nikku Madhusudhan, Avi M. Mandell, Megan Mansfield, Erin M. May, Giuseppe Morello, Caroline V. Morley, Nikolay Nikolov, Seth Redfield, Jessica E. Roberts, Everett Schlawin, Jessica J. Spake, Kamen O. Todorov, Angelos Tsiaras, Olivia Venot, William C. Waalkes, Peter J. Wheatley, Robert T. Zellem, Daniel Angerhausen, David Barrado, Ludmila Carone, Sarah L. Casewell, Patricio E. Cubillos, Mario Damiano, Miguel de Val-Borro, Benjamin Drummond, Billy Edwards, Michael Endl, Nestor Espinoza, Kevin France, John E. Gizis, Thomas P. Greene, Thomas K. Henning, Yucian Hong, James G. Ingalls, Nicolas Iro, Patrick G. J. Irwin, Tiffany Kataria, Fred Lahuis, Jérémy Leconte, Jorge Lillo-Box, Stefan Lines, Joshua D. Lothringer, Luigi Mancini, Franck Marchis, Nathan Mayne, Enric Palle, Emily Rauscher, Gaël Roudier, Evgenya L. Shkolnik, John Southworth, Mark R. Swain, Jake Taylor, Johanna Teske, Giovanna Tinetti, Pascal Tremblin, Gregory S. Tucker, Roy van Boekel, Ingo P. Waldmann, Ian C. Weaver, Tiziano Zingales, University of Chicago, Space Telescope Science Institute (STSci), NASA Ames Research Center (ARC), Department of Astrophysical and Planetary Sciences [Boulder], University of Colorado [Boulder], Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Harvard University [Cambridge]-Smithsonian Institution, Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias (IAC), Universidad de La Laguna [Tenerife - SP] (ULL), Département de Physique [Montréal], Université de Montréal [Montréal], School of Earth and Space Exploration [Tempe] (SESE), Arizona State University [Tempe] (ASU), University of Exeter, Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences [Pasadena], California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Grinnell College, Department of Astronomy [College Park], University of Maryland [College Park], University of Maryland System-University of Maryland System, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge] (EAPS), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE (LAGRANGE), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Central Florida [Orlando], Space Science Institute [Boulder] (SSI), New York University [Abu Dhabi], NYU System (NYU), Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), NASA-California Institute of Technology (CALTECH), Institute of Astronomy [Leuven], Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven), University of California [Santa Cruz] (UCSC), University of California, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory [Berkeley] (LBNL), Zentrum für Astronomie und Astrophysik [Berlin] (ZAA), Technische Universität Berlin (TUB), Astrophysics Research Centre [Belfast] (ARC), Queen's University [Belfast] (QUB), Center for Space and Habitability (CSH), University of Bern, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie (MPIA), Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Brown University, Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR_7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7), Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW), University of Warwick [Coventry], Institute of Astronomy [Cambridge], University of Cambridge [UK] (CAM), GSFC Solar System Exploration Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), University of Michigan [Ann Arbor], University of Michigan System, Institut de Recherches sur les lois Fondamentales de l'Univers (IRFU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay, The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research (SINTEF), College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences [Exeter] (EMPS), Wesleyan University, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Department of Physics and Astronomy [UCL London], University College of London [London] (UCL), Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques (LISA (UMR_7583)), Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Blue Marble Space Institute of Science (BMSIS), European Space Astronomy Centre (ESAC), European Space Agency (ESA), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Leicester], University of Leicester, Space Research Institute of Austrian Academy of Sciences (IWF), INAF - Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo (OAPa), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Astrochemistry Laboratory [Greenbelt], Catholic University of America, McDonald Observatory, University of Texas at Austin [Austin], Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy [Boulder] (CASA), Department of Physics and Astronomy [Newark], University of Delaware [Newark], Cornell University, Infrared Processing and Analysis Center (IPAC), University of Vienna [Vienna], Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Planetary Physics [Oxford] (AOPP), University of Oxford [Oxford], SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research (SRON), Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] (LAB), Université de Bordeaux (UB)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), European Southern Observatory [Santiago] (ESO), European Southern Observatory (ESO), Carl Sagan Center, SETI Institute, Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Maison de la Simulation (MDLS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Ames Laboratory [Ames, USA], Iowa State University (ISU)-U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Low Energy Astrophysics (API, FNWI), Laboratoire de Cosmologie, Astrophysique Stellaire & Solaire, de Planétologie et de Mécanique des Fluides ( CASSIOPEE ), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis ( UNS ), Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ) -Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris ( IAP ), Université Pierre et Marie Curie - Paris 6 ( UPMC ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Joseph Louis LAGRANGE ( LAGRANGE ), Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ) -Université Côte d'Azur ( UCA ) -Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Plasmachemistry, CNR-IMIP, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven ( KU Leuven ), University of California [Santa Cruz] ( UCSC ), Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich ( ETH Zürich ), Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie ( MPIA ), Astrophysique Interactions Multi-échelles ( AIM - UMR 7158 - UMR E 9005 ), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ), The Foundation for Scientific and Industrial Research ( SINTEF ), Laboratoire inter-universitaire des systèmes atmosphèriques ( LISA ), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 ( UPD7 ) -Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 ( UPEC UP12 ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Department of Astrophysical Sciences [Princeton], Princeton University, Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy [Boulder] ( CASA ), University of Colorado Boulder [Boulder], Dept of Physics, University of Florida [Gainesville], Stony Brook University [The State University of New York] ( SBU ), ECLIPSE 2018, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac] ( LAB ), Université de Bordeaux ( UB ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ) -Université de Bordeaux ( UB ) -Institut national des sciences de l'Univers ( INSU - CNRS ) -Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), University College of London [London] ( UCL ), Maison de la Simulation ( MDLS ), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines ( UVSQ ) -Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 ( UP11 ) -Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique ( Inria ) -Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives ( CEA ) -Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique ( CNRS ), Iowa State University ( ISU ) -U.S. Department of Energy ( DOE ), Université de Montréal (UdeM), Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), University of Central Florida [Orlando] (UCF), University of California [Santa Cruz] (UC Santa Cruz), University of California (UC), Technische Universität Berlin (TU), Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Stiftelsen for INdustriell og TEknisk Forskning Digital [Trondheim] (SINTEF Digital), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne - Paris 12 (UPEC UP12)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Cornell University [New York], Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata [Roma], Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Iowa State University (ISU)-U.S. Department of Energy [Washington] (DOE), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Smithsonian Institution-Harvard University [Cambridge], Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (... - 2019) (UNS), COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, Université Côte d'Azur (UCA)-COMUE Université Côte d'Azur (2015-2019) (COMUE UCA)-Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Commissariat à l'énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), Harvard University-Smithsonian Institution, Technical University of Berlin / Technische Universität Berlin (TU), Astrophysique Interprétation Modélisation (AIM (UMR7158 / UMR_E_9005 / UM_112)), Agence Spatiale Européenne = European Space Agency (ESA), and University of Oxford
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MODEL ATMOSPHERES ,Exclusive access ,010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences ,Computer science ,Science program ,observational [methods] ,[SDU.ASTR.EP]Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP] ,FOS: Physical sciences ,MIDINFRARED INSTRUMENT ,Astrophysics::Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics ,Astronomy & Astrophysics ,Planets and satellites: Individual ,01 natural sciences ,EXTRASOLAR GIANT PLANETS ,Planets and satellites: Atmospheres ,individual (WASP-79b, WASP-43b, WASP-18b) [planets and satellites] ,Settore FIS/05 - Astronomia e Astrofisica ,Methods: Observational ,Planet ,0103 physical sciences ,Early release ,010303 astronomy & astrophysics ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,LIGHT CURVES ,Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) ,Science & Technology ,Community engagement ,TIME-SERIES PHOTOMETRY ,THERMAL EMISSION ,James Webb Space Telescope ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,WEBB-SPACE-TELESCOPE ,Astronomy and Astrophysics ,HOT-JUPITER ,atmospheres [planets and satellites] ,[ SDU.ASTR.EP ] Sciences of the Universe [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]/Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP] ,Data science ,Methods observational ,Exoplanet ,13. Climate action ,Space and Planetary Science ,Physical Sciences ,HD 189733B ,Astrophysics::Earth and Planetary Astrophysics ,ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION ,Astrophysics - Earth and Planetary Astrophysics - Abstract
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) presents the opportunity to transform our understanding of planets and the origins of life by revealing the atmospheric compositions, structures, and dynamics of transiting exoplanets in unprecedented detail. However, the high-precision, time-series observations required for such investigations have unique technical challenges, and prior experience with other facilities indicates that there will be a steep learning curve when JWST becomes operational. In this paper we describe the science objectives and detailed plans of the Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science (ERS) Program, which is a recently approved program for JWST observations early in Cycle 1. The goal of this project, for which the obtained data will have no exclusive access period, is to accelerate the acquisition and diffusion of technical expertise for transiting exoplanet observations with JWST, while also providing a compelling set of representative datasets that will enable immediate scientific breakthroughs. The Transiting Exoplanet Community ERS Program will exercise the time-series modes of all four JWST instruments that have been identified as the consensus highest priorities, observe the full suite of transiting planet characterization geometries (transits, eclipses, and phase curves), and target planets with host stars that span an illustrative range of brightnesses. The observations in this program were defined through an inclusive and transparent process that had participation from JWST instrument experts and international leaders in transiting exoplanet studies. Community engagement in the project will be centered on a two-phase Data Challenge that culminates with the delivery of planetary spectra, time-series instrument performance reports, and open-source data analysis toolkits in time to inform the agenda for Cycle 2 of the JWST mission., Comment: PASP in press
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