LUVOIR/HabEx STDTs Meeting #3

College Room, Omni Hotel
New Haven CT

Wednesday, November 9, 2016 (LUVOIR-only)

8:30 AM to 8:45 AM

Chairs' Welcome and Meeting Overview (Debra Fischer & Brad Peterson)

8:45 AM to 9:45 AM

Instrument Updates:

A. Coronagraph (Laurent Pueyo)
B. UV Instrument (Kevin France)
C. Wide-Field Imager (Marc Postman)
D. O/NIR Spectrograph (Courtney Dressing)

9:45 AM to 10:00 AM

Overview of CNES Instrument Contribution (Marc Ferrari)

10:00 AM to 10:15 AM

Simulation Tools Update (Jason Tumlinson)

10:15 AM to 10:35 AM

Cosmic Origins Aperture Drivers (John O'Meara)

10:35 AM to 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 AM to 11:30 AM

Exoplanet Aperture Drivers (Chris Stark & Mark Marley)

11:30 AM to 12:00 AM

Solar System Aperture Drivers (Walt Harris)

12:00 PM to 1:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM to 1:45 PM

Technical Considerations for Telescope Architectures and Launch Vehicles (Matt Bolcar)

1:45 PM to 2:15 PM

Recap of Strategy and Risk Considerations (Aki Roberge)

2:15 PM to 2:45 PM

Coffee Break

2:45 PM to 3:45 PM

Group Discussion to Create Telescope Architecture Options (Brad Peterson)

3:45 PM to 4:30 PM

Prioritize Telescope Architecture Options

A. Architecture A
B. Architecture B

4:30 PM to 5:15 PM

Communications and Outreach (Debra Fischer)

5:15 PM to 5:30 PM

Preparation for HabEx Joint Meeting

6:30 PM

Group Dinner at Thali-Too (http://www.thalitoo.com)

Thursday, November 10, 2016 (LUVOIR & HabEx)

8:30 AM to 9:30 AM

HabEx Status Update

A. Overall Mission Philosophy (Sara Seager)
B. Overview of Science Cases (Scott Gaudi)
C. Instrument Suite and Mission Architectures (Keith Warfield)
D. Study Plan and Schedule (Keith Warfield)

9:30 AM to 10:30 AM

LUVOIR Status Update

A. Overall Mission Philosophy (Brad Peterson)
B. Overview of Science Cases (Debra Fischer)
C. Instrument Suite and Mission Architectures (Aki Roberge)
D. Study Plan and Schedule (Julie Crooke)

10:30 AM to 11:00 AM

Coffee Break

11:00 PM to 11:20 PM

Solar System Science with LUVOIR and HabEx (Britney Schmidt)

11:20 PM to 12:20 PM

Coronagraphy with Segmented Apertures and the Cross-Correlation Technique (Dimitri Mawet & Laurent Pueyo)

12:20 PM to 1:30 PM

Lunch

1:30 PM to 2:15 PM

UV Coatings, Polarization, and Coronagraphy (Matt Bolcar, with JPL input)

2:15 PM to 3:30 PM

Breakout Sessions

A. General Astrophysics (Marc Postman & Paul Scowen)
B. Measuring Planet Masses (Debra Fischer & Scott Gaudi)

a. Space-Based Astrometry (Eduardo Bendek)
b. Extreme Precision RV Capabilities Summary (Debra Fischer)

C. Exoplanet Yield Calculations and Input Assumptions (Chris Stark & Karl Stapelfeldt)

a. ExoPAG SAG15 Update on Planet Occurrence Rates (Ruslan Belikov)
b. ExEP Standards Team Update (Rhonda Morgan)

D. Exoplanet Characterization (Vikki Meadows & Tyler Robinson)

a. Biomarkers and False Positives (Vikki Meadows)
b. Habitability (Nick Cowan)
c. Planet Diversity (Leslie Rogers)

E. Technology (David Redding & Dimitri Mawet)

3:30 PM to 4:00 PM

Coffee Break

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Reports from Breakout Sessions

5:00 PM to 5:30 PM

How Do the LUVOIR and HabEx STDTs Work Together in the Future? (Scott Gaudi & Aki Roberge)

5:30 PM to 6:00 PM

Wrap-up and Next Steps (STDT chairs)

6:30 PM

Group Dinner