Microlensing Support at the NASA Exoplanet

Science Institute’s (NExScI) Exoplanet Archive

Charles Beichman, Rachel Akeson, David Ciardi, Jessie Christiansen, Solange Ramirez,

Julian van Eyken Sebastiano Calchi Novati, Calen Henderson, Yossi Shvartzvald NASA Exoplanet Science Institute

(CalTech/JPL)

NASA Exoplanet Science Institute• Sagan Fellowship and Summer Workshop

– Summer 2016---”Is there a Planet in my data?” • Foster Community Interaction

– Host/co-host exoplanet conferences, e.g. K2 Science Conference, 16th microlensing Conference

– Co-Host Community Astrophysics with WFIRST Conference in Pasadena in Feb.-March 2016

• Support NASA Mission Science Ops– Keck observing for science & mission support– Keck Observatory Archive (KOA)– Community follow-up for Kepler, K2, TESS

• Provide Access to Exoplanet Data– Exoplanet archive including Kepler pipeline

products, microlensing light curves for exoplanets

– Data and tools for Kepler and other transit projects

NASA Exoplanet Archive: Data on Confirmed Planets

• Collects parameter values and data from the literature.

• An interactive table and plotting tools to work with the exoplanet data including time series data.

• Available microlensing datasets include OGLE and Spitzer light curves for published exoplanets.

The ExoFOP Website• The ExoFOP website is

designed to optimize resources and facilitate collaboration in follow-up studies of exoplanet candidates.

• The site currently supports Kepler and K2.

• A site for K2C9 microlensing campaign support is under development

http://exofop.ipac.caltech.edu

K2 Campaign 9 ExoFOP• The Exoplanet Archive is working

with the K2 Campaign 9 Science Team to prepare microlensing-specific tools and archives to support K2 observations.

• These will include near-real time links to public ground-based microlensing alerts, images of fields from a variety of telescopes, and information on host stars as they become available.

Keck ToO Observations During K2• Keck AO imaging will fill in data for short-lived events due to free-

floating planets. • 4 ToO opportunities to measure system during amplification and

back at baseline limit to any stellar host <0.2 M• Subsequent K2 data would provide “satellite parallax” providing

more definitive data on planet mass

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IPAC/NExScI Science Center for WFIRST• IPAC will share science

center responsibilities with STScI and GSFC

• Specific assignments still being developed

• Between these three groups and with your help, we hope to build a strong community to help the microlensing community take full advantage of WFIRST

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