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Workshop: April 14+15, 2004 Princeton University Department of Astrophysical sciences Princeton, NJ 08544 Directory containing the current draft of the white paper. 10/6/04 The draft is split into several manageable files containing chapters or sections. Compelling Figures 4/16/04 The goal of this workshop is to produce a document on the ancillary science capabilities of TPF for presentation to the CAA. Please bring a compelling figure illustrating some ancillary science you would like to see done with TPF or an instrument modification for TPF. Please consider: 1) The four mission concepts summarized below: large and small versions of the Infrared Interferometer and the Visible-Light Coronagraph TPF designs. 2) Will the science you propose will be done with other telescopes (e.g. JWST, large ground-based telescopes)? This meeting will combine short, focused presentations with working time; bring your laptop and your memory stick! New! For your downloading plasure: Princeton Campus Map showing the parking lot, Peyton Hall, Frist Hall, and Schultz Hall Bigger MAP .pdf file more readable, but without the red circles around the key buildings Parking Permit Please leave this on your dashboard! |
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Meeting Agenda |
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Wednesday, April 14 You can't change the mission (much). |
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| 0830 |
TPF Introduction |
Marc Kuchner/Zlatan Tsvetanov/Chas Beichman | Schultz 107 | |
| 0900 |
Interferometer Performance, including trivial extensions. |
Bertrand Mennesson | " | |
| 0930 |
Coronagraph Performance, including trivial extensions |
Tony Hull | " | |
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Coffee |
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| 1015 |
Giant Planets in the IR+Visible |
Sara Seager | " | |
| 1100 | Star Formation+Circumstellar Disks with 10-50 mas resolution in the mid-IR | Hal Yorke/Rachel Akeson | " | |
| 1145 |
Lunch and David Leisawitz's Wunch Talk |
Peyton Auditorium | ||
| 1330 | Extragalactic Science in the Mid-IR | Huub Rottgering | Schultz 107 | |
| 1400 | Short Talks (mostly about science with basic capabilities and trivial extensions) | Ken Johnston, Ben Lane, Sara Heap, Orsola De Marco | " | |
| 1430 | Writing in two subgroups: interferometer (Ted von Hippel) and Coronagraph (Karl Stapelfeldt) | Shultz 318 and 418 | ||
| 1600 | Subgroup Reports | von Hippel/ Stapelfeldt | Shultz 107 | |
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Thursday, April 15 New Observing Modes |
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| 0900 | New Instrument modes: Interferometer | David Leisawitz | Shultz 107 | |
| 0930 | New Instrument modes: Coronagraph | Tony Hull/Bruce Woodgate | " | |
| 1000 | Coffee | |||
| 1015 | Coronagraph Science | David Spergel | " | |
| 1045 | Interferometer Science: Report from Darwin | Huub Rottgering | " | |
| 1115 | Short Talks about extended capabilities | Simon Dedeo, Dejan Vinkovic, Don Lindler | Shultz 107 | |
| 1200 | Lunch | Frist Center Dining Hall | ||
| 1330 | Writing in Subgroups till 1600 | Shultz 318, 418 | ||
| 1500 | Tour of Princeton TPF Lab: Coronagraph Subgroup | Jeremy Kasdin | E Quad | |
| 1530 | Tour of Princeton TPF Lab: Interferometer Subgroup | Jeremy Kasdin | E Quad | |
| 1600 | Reports from Subgroups | Von Hippel/ Stapelfeldt | Shultz 107 | |
| 1700 | Discussion, Final Writing Assignments | " |
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Visiting Conference Attendees: Rachel Akeson (JPL) Carol Ambruster (Villanova) Chas Beichman (JPL) Jim Breckinridge (JPL) Phil Crane (NASA Headquarters) Bill Danchi (Goddard) Orsola De Marco (AMNH) Sara Heap (Goddard) Tony Hull (JPL) Ken Johnston (Naval Observatory) Ben Lane (MIT) Rene Liseau (Stockholm) David Leisawitz (Goddard) Bertrand Mennesson (JPL) Charlie Noecker (Ball Aerospace) Huub Rottgering (Leiden University) Sara Seager (Carnegie DTM) Bill Sparks (Space Telescope) Karl Stapelfeldt (JPL) Steve Unwin (JPL) Thangasamy Velusamy (JPL) Ted von Hippel (U. Texas, Austin) Zlatan Tsvetanov (NASA Headquarters) Bruce Woodgate (Goddard) Harold Yorke (JPL) |
Local Attendees: Michael Carr Simon DeDeo Amir Give'on Mario Juric Jeremy Kasdin Gillian Knapp Marc Kuchner Deqing Ren David Spergel Michael Strauss Ed Turner Bob Vanderbei Dejan Vinkovic James Wray |
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Base Missions |
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IR: 6.5-17 microns for terrestrial planet search and other deep nulling appications, 3-27 microns for ancillary science (assuming BIB Si:As detector), R=20 Gene and Bertrand's memo on TPF Interferometer basic imaging capabilities. |
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Tall four apertures, 3.2 m diameter each spaced along a 36m array at 0,9, 27, 36 m. |
Grande four apertures, 4.0 m diameter each, unevenly spaced along a 70 m free-flying array expandable to 150m |
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Visible: 0.5-0.8 microns for terrestrial planet search, 0.35-1.05 microns for ancillary science (deep nulls 0.5-1.05 microns), FOV=25x25 arcsec (2.5x2.5 arcsec for deep nulls), R=70 Tony Hull's TPF Coronagraph Transmission Curves Coronagraph Performance Summary |
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Tall 3.5 by 6.5 m |
Grande 3.5 by 14m segmented array |
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References and Links TPF Website "The Future of High Angular Resolution Star and Planet Formation Science in the Optical/Infrared" by Lynne A. Hillenbrand astro-ph/0312188 "Hubble's Science Legacy: Future Optical/UV Astronomy from Space" Ken Sembach and Chris Blades, eds. Science Case for AURA GSMT (30 meter ground-based optical telescope) Marc's Talk on Ancillary Science at the February SWG meeting Workshop on Science with Very large Space Telescopes Feb 23-24, Space Telescope Science Institute website Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Atacama Large Millimeter Array James Webb Space Telescope Science Case for MIRI the JWST mid-IR camera. Marc's slightly outdated website on 30 m ground-based telescopes |
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