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Workshop: Blazing Paths to Observing Stellar and Exoplanet Particle Environments - Part II

June 3 - 7, 2024
California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA 91125

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Workshop Overview:

Building upon the promising ideas sparked at the inaugural Pathways to Observing Particle Environments of Stars and Exoplanets workshop, the second workshop convenes four key working groups focused on

  • Quasi-steady particle fluxes,
  • Transient events,
  • Extrasolar planetary-space weather interactions, and
  • Programmatics.

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    Teams will share the results of their interim studies, offering their findings on open questions and new ideas regarding the observation of elusive particle space weather in the extrasolar planetary context.

    This second workshop will enable the group to build upon its creativity, focused on laying the strategic groundwork for concrete action, including new observations, instrument innovations, and mission concepts and with an eye towards potential funding opportunities. We also will dedicate time to consolidating our collective knowledge into a landmark report, outlining key observational and modeling capabilities needed and the technical steps required to establish them, mapping the pathway to increasing the quantity, quality, and constraining power of stellar space weather observations. Together, workshop participants will pave the way for a deeper understanding of dynamic stellar systems that aims to unlock secrets about extrasolar planetary habitability and the history of our own Solar System.



    Monday, June 3, 2024

    Keck Center - Think Tank, Room 155
    Time
    Event
    Speaker
    8:00 - 8:30

    Institute Opens - FREE THINK TIME
    8:30 - 9:00

    Coffee and Refreshments at Keck Center

    Pick up badge and welcome packet, find seat in the Think Tank
    9:00 - 9:30

    Welcome

    Workshop Logistics & Participant Introductions

    Harriet Brettle

    Janet Seid
    9:30 - 10:00

    Recap of Workshop #1

    		 Parke Loyd
    10:00 - 10:30

    Study Vision, Goals, and Expectations for Workshop #2

    		 Parke Loyd
    10:30 - 11:00

    Break
    11:00 - 12:30

    Presentations on New Developments

    *11:00 - 11:15 Updates from the eclipse - Shadia Habbal

    *11:15 - 11:30 Prominence + Dimming on EK Dra - Kosuke Namekata

    *11:30 -11:45 Simulations of CMEs and angular momentum loss - Yu Xu

    *11:45 - 12:10 Highlights from IAU 388 (Solar & Stellar CMEs) - Karin Dissauer

    *12:10 - 12:30 Open Forum

    Parke Loyd &

    Shadia Habbal

    Kosuke Namekata

    Yu Xu

    Karin Dissauer
    12:30 - 1:45 Lunch at the Athenaeum
    1:45 - 2:00

    Group Photo and Working Group Photos

    KISS staff
    2:00 - 2:30

    Quasi-Steady Presentation

    Alison Farrish &

    Team
    2:30 - 3:15 Quasi-Steady Plenary Session Alison Farrish
    3:15 - 3:45 Break
    3:45 - 4:15 Transients Presentation

    Ivey Davis &

    Team
    4:15 - 5:00 Transients Plenary Ivey Davis
    5:00 - 5:30 Plenary Group Recap, Lightning Talk Votes, Discuss Direction for Day 2 Team Leads
    5:30 Pack up and walk to Athenaeum
    6:00 Dinner at the Athenaeum

    Tuesday, June 4, 2024 - Keck Center - Think Tank, Room 155

    Time
    Event
    Speaker
    8:00 - 8:30

    Institute Opens - FREE THINK TIME
    8:30 - 9:00

    Enjoy coffee and refreshments in the Keck Center courtyard
    9:00 - 9:15

    Logistics and Team Lead Goals for the Day

    Harriet Brettle

    Gregg Hallinan
    9:15 - 9:45

    Exoplanets Presentation

    Laura Neves Ribeiro do Amaral &

    Team
    9:45 - 10:30

    Exoplanets Plenary

    		 Laura Neves Ribeiro do Amaral
    10:30 - 11:00

    Break
    11:00 - 11:30

    Programmatics Presentation

    Jim Green &

    Team
    11:30 - 12:15

    Programmatics Plenary

    		 Jim Green
    12:15 - 1:15 Informal Lunch in the Keck Center Courtyard

    1:15 - 1:30

    Lightning Talk 1:

    What is the largest to smallest uncertainties in extrasolar planetary atmospheric loss?

    		 Dave Brain
    1:30 - 1:45

    Review of KISS Breakout Sessions Format

    Janet Seid &

    Leads
    1:45 - 3:00

    Breakout #1:

    Topic: Short term ideas: What ideas sparked by our discussion should we start working together on now?

     

    Group 1: Observational Inputs to Planetary Atmosphere models? (Impact on Planet Spectra)

     

    Group 2: Non-Solar Sources for Particles - Impacting Planets?

     

    Group 3: What Can We Learn From Existing Data Sets? "Data Fusion"

     

    Group 4: Glossary

    		 Evgenya Shkolnik
    3:00 - 3:30 Break
    3:30 - 4:30 Breakout #1 Report Outs & Discussion Evgenya Shkolnik
    4:30 - 5:00

    Lightning Talks:

    Observational Signatures of Confinement (Julián)

    Overviews of Gradual vs. Impulsive SEPs (Christina)

    Evgenya Shkolnik

    Julián Alvarado-Gómez

    Christina Cohen
    5:00 - 5:30 Plenary Group Recap, Out of the Box Ideas and vote, Discuss Direction for Day 3 Team Leads
    5:30

    Pack up for the day

    Study Team Leads tag up with KISS

    All

    Team Leads
    6:00 Dinner on your own

    Wednesday, June 5, 2024 - Keck Center - Think Tank, Room 155

    Time
    Event
    Speaker
    8:00 - 8:30

    Institute Opens - FREE THINK TIME
    8:30 - 9:00

    Enjoy coffee and refreshments in the Keck Center courtyard
    9:00 - 9:15

    Logistics and Team Lead Goals for the Day

    Harriet Brettle

    Evgenya Shkolnik
    9:15 - 10:15

    Group Pulse: "Taking Away" & "Want to Accomplish Yet"

    		 Evgenya Shkolnik
    10:15 - 10:45

    Break
    10:45 - 11:45

    Breakout #2:

    Topic: Escaping the Sun: What differences between the Sun, its planets, and its environment and other stars could we leverage to constrain stellar space weather?

     

    Groups:

    Breakout Group #1: The star itself (Think Tank)

    Breakout Group #2: Orbiting objects (planets, disks, ...) - (Oort Cloud)

    Breakout Group #3: Its environment and everything else (Black Hole Conf Room)

    		 Gregg Hallinan
    11:45 - 12:30

    Breakout #2 Report Outs & Discussion

    		 Gregg Hallinan
    12:30 - 1:45 Lunch at the Athenaeum
    1:45 - 2:45

    Lightning Talks & Blue Sky Pitches

    *Far side radio telescope for exoplanet auroral radio emissions

    *Array of small optical telescopes combined for 5m-class dedicated ZDI

    *All-singing, all-dancing Self-Consistent Model from Stellar corona to Planetary Thermosphere

    *12 Cubesats for High-Resolution Mapping Solar Ecliptic and Monitor Storms (a.k.a. STEREO on Steroids)

    Evgenya Shkolnik

     

    Jim Green

    Gregg Hallinan

    Dave Brain

    Shannon Curry
    2:45 - 3:15 On the wall: Review of ideas and next steps Team Leads
    3:15 - 4:15

    Plenary Session - Workshop Findings and Report outline

    Importance of Illustrations - KISS Gallery

    Parke Loyd

    Janet Seid
    4:15 - 4:30 Plenary Group Recap, Discuss Direction for Day 4 Team Leads
    4:30 - 5:00

    Pack up and walk to the Lecture Hall for Jim's Lecture

    Refreshments at Lecture Hall Location

    Study Team Leads tag up with KISS

    All

     

    Team Leads & KISS
    5:00 - 6:00 Jim Green Lecture  
    6:00 Optional: Group Dinner at Green Street Restaurant - seating at 6:15

    Thursday, June 6, 2024 - Keck Center - Think Tank, Room 155

    Time
    Event
    Speaker
    8:00 - 8:30

    Institute Opens - FREE THINK TIME
    8:30 - 9:00

    Enjoy coffee and refreshments in the Keck Center courtyard
    9:00 - 9:15

    Logistics and Team Lead Goals for the Day

    Janet Seid

    Joe Lazio
    9:15 - 9:45

    Presentation: Developing a Mission Concept

    		 John Zeimer
    9:45 - 11:00

    Breakout #3:

    Topic: Mission Concepts: What are some ideas for future missions to observe stellar space weather?

     

    Groups:

    Breakout Group #1: Blown Away (Quasi-Steady Winds)

    Breakout Group #2A: What Just Happened? (Explosive and Eruptive Phenomena [a.k.a. CMEs])

    Breakout Group #2B: Or Not 2B (Explosive and Eruptive Phenomena [a.k.a. CMEs])

    Breakout Group #3: Encounters of Type III (Solar/Stellar Energetic Particles [SEPs])

    		 Joe Lazio
    11:00 - 11:30

    Break
    11:30 - 12:30

    Breakout #3 Report Outs & Discussion

    		 Joe Lazio
    12:30 - 2:00 

    Lunch on your own
    2:00 - 3:00 Plenary Group Discussion: Path Forward for Collaboration, Discussion on future projects

    		Parke Loyd
    3:00 - 3:30

    Break
    3:30 - 3:45

    KISS Outputs - Final Report and Stakeholders

    		 Bethany Ehlmann
    3:45 - 4:30

    Small Working Groups

    Team Leads

    All
    4:30 - 5:30

    Plenary Next Steps Following the Workshop

    -Report structuring and section assignments

    		 Joe Lazio
    5:30

    Pack up and walk to the Athenaeum

    Study Team Leads tag up with KISS

    		 All
    Team Leads
    6:00 Dinner at the Athenaeum

    Friday, June 7, 2024 - Keck Center - Think Tank, Room 155
    Time
    Event
    Speaker
    8:00 - 8:30

    Institute Opens - FREE THINK TIME
    8:30 - 9:00

    Enjoy coffee and refreshments in the Keck Center courtyard
    9:00 - 9:10

    Logistics and Team Lead Goals for the Day

    Janet Seid

    Parke Loyd
    9:10 - 9:30

    Discussion of Final Report Imagery

    Janet Seid

    Team Leads
    9:30 - 10:30

    Breakout Sessions - Final Report Illustrations

    Breakout Group Activity:

    Finalize Final Report Illustrations Details

    Parke Loyd
    10:30 - 11:00 Break
    11:00 - 12:15

    Continuation of working group breakouts -- Figures/Report

    		 Team
    12:15 - 12:30 Workshop Highlights & Summary Janet Seid
    12:30 - 1:30

    Informal lunch in the Keck Center Courtyard
    1:30 - 2:30

    Report Writing

    		 Team
    2:30 - 3:00 Report Review Team
    3:00 - 3:30

    Break
    3:30 - 5:00 Small Group Collaborations to Develop Ideas and Write Report Groups/Individuals
    5:00 Workshop Concludes

    List of Attendees

    Workshop Participants:

    • Julián Alvarado-Gómez – Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (AIP)
    • Dave Brain – University of Colorado Boulder
    • Bin Chen – New Jersey Institute of Technology 
    • Christina Cohen – Caltech
    • Shannon Curry – University of Colorado Boulder 
    • Ivey Davis – Caltech
    • Karin Dissauer – NorthWest Research Associates
    • Arika Egan – Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
    • Alison Farrish - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
    • James Green – NASA (Retired) 
    • Guillaume Gronoff – SSAI/NASA Langley Research Center 
    • Shadia Habbal – University of Hawai'i 
    • Gregg Hallinan – Caltech 
    • Meng Jin – Lockheed Martin Solar & Astrophysics Lab
    • Joseph Lazio – – Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology 
    • R.O. Parke Loyd– Eureka Scientific, Inc. 
    • James Mason – Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
    • Ruth Murray-Clay – University of California, Santa Cruz 
    • Kosuke Namekata – National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ) 
    • Laura Neves Ribeiro do Amaral – Arizona State University
    • Rachel Osten – Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI)
    • Antígona Segura – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
    • Evgenya Shkolnik – Arizona State University 
    • Astrid Veronig – University of Graz
    • Maurice Wilson – National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) 
    • Yu Xu – Peking University




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