Exoplanets in the Era of Extremely Large Telescopes, Fourth Annual GMT Community Science Meeting
Scientists from around the world will gather on California’s Monterey Peninsula to discuss the current and future status of research on exoplanet detection techniques, characterization, system dynamics, and formation mechanisms and time scales, with a view towards the roles of future observatories and instrumentation in these areas. The conference will include a gala banquet held at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
With the ongoing introduction of new instruments, techniques and theoretical models, and the upcoming addition of extremely large telescopes like the GMT, the TMT, and the E-ELT, and new space missions like TESS, we can expect this boom in the enterprise of studying exoplanets to continue at a rapid pace, leading to a better understanding of our own place in the Universe. At the conference we will explore the following questions:
- What unique roles will ELTs play in precision radial velocity and direct imaging?
- What are the frontiers in determining the diversity of exoplanet atmospheric properties?
- What observable consequences are there of the interior properties of exoplanets?
- How can circumstellar disk observations provide clues to the properties of exoplanetary systems?
- How will planet formation theory benefit from ELT observations?
- What do we need to know or what can we observe about stars to understand exoplanets?
- What unique challenges and opportunities do ELTs present for future instrumentation for exoplanet characterization?
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