19th International Conference on Microlensing

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Monday, 19th January 2015

9:00 Richard K. Barry, Welcome and Logistics
Spaceborne Microlensing Chair: Scott Gaudi
09:10-09:30 Spitzer Parallax Measurement of OGLE2014BLG0939, Yee J. C.
09:30-09:50 Microlens Parallaxes with Spitzer Calchi, Novati S.
9:50-10:10 Spitzer as Microlens Parallax Satellite: Mass and Distance Measurements for Binary System OGLE2014BLG1050L, Zhu W.
10:10-10:30 Extrasolar planet searches with the EUCLID space mission, Beaulieu J. P.
10:30-10:50 Coffee Break
10:50-11:10 Non-Microlensing Applications of WFIRST Microlensing Data, Gould A.
Spaceborne Microlensing Chair: Markus Hundertmark
11:10-11:30 The benefits of high frame rate photometry, Hundertmark M. P. G.
11:30-11:50 Developing the Microlensing Exoplanet Mass Measurement Method with Space Based Observations, Bhattacharya A.
11:50-12:10 The WFIRST Mission Concept, N. Gehrels
12:10-14:00 Lunch
Advances in Crowded-Field Photometry Chair: Taka Sumi
14:00-14:20 Refining Microlensing Models with High Resolution Observations, Batista V.
14:20-14:40 A Public DECam Survey to Enable Free-Floating Planet Mass Measurements with the Kepler K2 Microlensing Survey, Penny M. T.
14:40-15:00 The K2 Microlensing Experiment Tom Barclay, NASA Ames Research Center
15:00-16:00 Discussion The K2 Mission - an open forum

Tuesday, 20th January 2015

09:00 Richard K. Barry Logistics
New Microlensing Discoveries Chair: Matthew Penny
09:15-09:35 Microlensing planets in wide orbits a few interesting cases, Poleski R.
09:35-09:55 MOA2010BLG117: A Planetary Microlensing Event with a Binary Source Star System, Bennett D. P.
09:55-10:15 Accurate Mass Determination of the Nearby Old White Dwarf Stein 2051B through Astrometric Microlensing, Sahu K. C.
10:15-10:35 MOA2013BLG605Lb: The Neptune analog, Sumi T.
10:35-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:10 A New Luminosity Function for Stars in the Galactic Bulge, N. Anderson
11:10-11:30 A Planet Frequency with Mass Ratio, Separation and Event Time, Suzuki D.
11:30-11:50 Microlensing Event Detection at the George Mason University Observatory, Pfeifle R. W.
11:50-12:10 First season of the LCOGT Microlensing Key Project, R. Street
12:10-13:30 Lunch
Microlensing Theory Chair: Rachel Street
13:30-13:50 Synthesizing Results from Multiple Exoplanet Detection Techniques: The Demographics of Planets Orbiting M Dwarfs, Clanton C. D.
13:50-14:10 Gravitational Binary Lens Events with Prominent Effects of Lens Orbital Motion, Park H.
14:10-14:30 OGLE2013BLG0102LA, B: Microlensing binary with components at star/brown dwarf and brown dwarf/planet boundaries, Jung Y. K.
14:30-14:50 Does the primary lens of microlensing event OGLE2013BLG0446 host a rocky planet?, Bachelet E.
14:50-15:15 Coffee Break
15:15-15:35 RTModel: automatic fast real time modeling of microlensing events, Bozza V.
15:35-15:55 Estimating orbital period of exoplanets in microlensing events, Giordano M.
15:55-16:15 Building a toolkit for Bayesian analysis of WFIRST microlensing capability, John Baker, NASA/GSFC
16:15-17:30 Splinter Sessions
17:30 End of Session

Wednesday, 21st January 2015

09:00 Richard K. Barry Logistics
09:15-09:35 1027 The NASA Exoplanet Exploration Program, Unwin S. C.
Microlensing Theory Chair: Etienne Bachelet
09:35-09:55 1009 Stellar spot features in microlensing events, Giordano M.
09:55-10:15 Searching for Transient Dimming Events in Microlensing Data Sets, Dr Nicholas James Rattenbury
10:15-10:35 1013 Prospects for Characterizing Host Stars of the Planetary System Detections Predicted for KMTNet, Henderson C. B.
10:35-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-11:20 1028 OGLE2013BLG1394: the analysis of an ambiguous perturbation, D'Ago G.
Microlensing Theory Chair: Jan Skowron
11:20-11:40 1032 Swallowtails and Butterflies in Triple Lens Systems, Danek K.
11:40-12:00 1035 First Quantitative Limits in Quasars' Xray Emitting Regions Using Microlensing, Mosquera A. M.
12:00-14:00 Lunch Data Challenges Chair: Arnaud Cassan
14:00-14:20 1002 PAndromeda, Lee C.H.
14:20-14:40 1016 Realtime data and prompt reaction - How it can make a difference, Dominik M.
14:40-15:00 1025 The MOA Realtime Analysis and Alert Notification System: Past, Present, and Future, Bond I. A.
15:00-15:20 1030 Upgrade of the Mt John B&C 61 cm telescope Abe F.
15:20-15:40 Data Archiving, R. Street and J. Yee
15:40-17:00 Open Discussion Data Archiving
17:00 End of Meeting

Thursday, 22nd January 2015

11:00-17:30 Excursion

History and Achievements of the Mt. Canopus Observatory,John Greenhill, School of Maths and Physics, University of Tasmania (Given by Jean-Philippe Beaulieu, IAP)