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URL:https://murmitoyen.com/events/vanille/udem/detail/677710-characterizing
 -exoplanet-atmospheres-forward-models-and-future-missions-tyler-robinson-u
 c-santa-cruz
LOCATION:Université de Montréal - Pavillon Roger-Gaudry\, 2900\, chemin d
 e la Tour\, Montréal\, QC\, Canada\, H3T 1J6
SUMMARY:Characterizing Exoplanet Atmospheres: Forward Models and Future Mis
 sions - Tyler Robinson (UC Santa Cruz)
DESCRIPTION:Tyler Robinson\, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics\, UC 
 Santa Cruz
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\nRésumé
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\nAtmospheres are the lens through which w
 e understand other worlds. Molecules in planetary atmospheres carve absorp
 tion features into reflection\, emission\, and transmission spectra\, allo
 wing us to characterize a world’s composition and thermal state.  Atmos
 pheric condensates have a strong influence on the albedos of planets and\,
  thus\, are critical for determining the energy balance of a world. Atmosp
 heres can even control the evolution of worlds\, either through their role
  as the valve through which giant planets and brown dwarfs cool over billi
 ons of years\, or by extinguishing a terrestrial planet’s habitability v
 ia a runaway greenhouse. Thus\, it is particularly exciting that we are en
 tering into (what will likely be) a long era of exoplanet atmospheric char
 acterization. New instruments and missions\, such as the Gemini Planet Ima
 ger and the James Webb Space Telescope\, will gather atmospheric observati
 ons of Jovian to super-Earth planets. The planned addition of an exoplanet
  direct imaging component to the WFIRST mission will enable a broader surv
 ey of the atmospheres of nearby planetary systems like our own. However\, 
 our ability to understand these exoplanet atmospheres will depend critical
 ly on the quality of our forward models\, where progress will increasingly
  rely on collaboration between Solar System planetary scientists and astro
 nomers. This presentation will discuss my current research programs in com
 parative planetology with an emphasis on newly-developed instruments as we
 ll as near- and far-future missions. Importantly\, I will highlight ideas 
 and projects that can help make the next two decades of exoplanet science 
 as amazing as its first two decades.
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