Campaign 9 of the K2 Mission: Observational Parameters, Scientific Drivers, and Community Involvement for a Simultaneous Space- and Ground-based Microlensing Survey

Calen B. Henderson; Radoslaw Poleski; Matthew Penny; Rachel A. Street; David P. Bennett; David W. Hogg; B. Scott Gaudi; W. Zhu; T. Barclay; G. Barentsen; S. B. Howell; F. Mullally; A. Udalski; M. K. Szymanski; J. Skowron; P. Mroz; S. Kozlowski; L. Wyrzykowski; P. Pietrukowicz; I. Soszynski; K. Ulaczyk; M. Pawlak; T. Sumi; F. Abe; Y. Asakura; R. K. Barry; A. Bhattacharya; I. A. Bond; M. Donachie; M. Freeman; A. Fukui; Y. Hirao; Y. Itow; N. Koshimoto; M. C. A. Li; C. H. Ling; K. Masuda; Y. Matsubara; Y. Muraki; M. Nagakane; K. Ohnishi; H. Oyokawa; N. Rattenbury; To Saito; A. Sharan; J. Sullivan; P. J. Tristram; A. Yonehara; E. Bachelet; D. M. Bramich; A. Cassan; M. Dominik; R. Figuera Jaimes; K. Horne; M. Hundertmark; S. Mao; C. Ranc; R. Schmidt; C. Snodgrass; I. A. Steele; Y. Tsapras; J. Wambsganss; V. Bozza; M. J. Burgdorf; U. G. Jorgensen; S. Calchi Novati; S. Ciceri; G. D'Ago; D. F. Evans; F. V. Hessman; T. C. Hinse; T. -O. Husser; L. Mancini; A. Popovas; M. Rabus; S. Rahvar; G. Scarpetta; J. Skottfelt; J. Southworth; E. Unda-Sanzana; S. T. Bryson; D. A. Caldwell; M. R. Haas; K. Larson; K. McCalmont; M. Packard; C. Peterson; D. Putnam; L. Reedy; S. Ross; J. E. Van Cleve; R. Akeson; V. Batista; J. -P. Beaulieu; C. A. Beichman; G. Bryden; D. Ciardi; A. Cole; C. Coutures; D. Foreman-Mackey; P. Fouque; M. Friedmann; C. Gelino; S. Kaspi; E. Kerins; H. Korhonen; D. Lang; C. -H. Lee; C. H. Lineweaver; D. Maoz; J. -B. Marquette; F. Mogavero; J. C. Morales; D. Nataf; R. W. Pogge; A. Santerne; Y. Shvartzvald; D. Suzuki; M. Tamura; P. Tisserand; D. Wang; OGLE Project

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Campaign 9 of the K2 Mission: Observational Parameters, Scientific Drivers, and Community Involvement for a Simultaneous Space- and Ground-based Microlensing Survey

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Campaign 9 of the K2 Mission: Observational Parameters, Scientific Drivers, and Community Involvement for a Simultaneous Space- and Ground-based Microlensing Survey

Calen B. Henderson, Radoslaw Poleski, Matthew Penny, Rachel A. Street, David P. Bennett, David W. Hogg, B. Scott Gaudi, W. Zhu, T. Barclay, G. Barentsen, …

Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol.128(970), p.124401

12/01/2016

DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/128/970/124401

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K2's Campaign 9 (K2C9) will conduct a similar to 3.7 deg(2) survey toward the Galactic bulge from 2016 April 22 through July 2 that will leverage the spatial separation between K2 and the Earth to facilitate measurement of the microlens parallax pi(E) for greater than or similar to 170 microlensing events. These will include several that are planetary in nature as well as many short-timescale microlensing events, which are potentially indicative of free-floating planets (FFPs). These satellite parallax measurements will in turn allow for the direct measurement of the masses of and distances to the lensing systems. In this article we provide an overview of the K2C9 space-and ground-based microlensing survey. Specifically, we detail the demographic questions that can be addressed by this program, including the frequency of FFPs and the Galactic distribution of exoplanets, the observational parameters of K2C9, and the array of resources dedicated to concurrent observations. Finally, we outline the avenues through which the larger community can become involved, and generally encourage participation in K2C9, which constitutes an important pathfinding mission and community exercise in anticipation of WFIRST.

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Title: Subtitle: Campaign 9 of the K2 Mission: Observational Parameters, Scientific Drivers, and Community Involvement for a Simultaneous Space- and Ground-based Microlensing Survey
Creators: Calen B. Henderson - California Institute of Technology
Radoslaw Poleski - The Ohio State University
Matthew Penny - The Ohio State University
Rachel A. Street - Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
David P. Bennett - Goddard Space Flight Center
David W. Hogg - New York University
B. Scott Gaudi - The Ohio State University
W. Zhu - The Ohio State University
T. Barclay - Ames Research Center
G. Barentsen - Ames Research Center
S. B. Howell - Ames Research Center
F. Mullally - Ames Research Center
A. Udalski - University of Warsaw
M. K. Szymanski - University of Warsaw
J. Skowron - University of Warsaw
P. Mroz - University of Warsaw
S. Kozlowski - University of Warsaw
L. Wyrzykowski - University of Warsaw
P. Pietrukowicz - University of Warsaw
I. Soszynski - University of Warsaw
K. Ulaczyk - University of Warsaw
M. Pawlak - University of Warsaw
T. Sumi - Osaka University
F. Abe - Nagoya University
Y. Asakura - Osaka University
R. K. Barry - Goddard Space Flight Center
A. Bhattacharya - University of Notre Dame
I. A. Bond - Massey University
M. Donachie - University of Auckland
M. Freeman - University of Auckland
A. Fukui - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
Y. Hirao - Osaka University
Y. Itow - Nagoya University
N. Koshimoto - Osaka University
M. C. A. Li - University of Auckland
C. H. Ling - Massey University
K. Masuda - Nagoya University
Y. Matsubara - Nagoya University
Y. Muraki - Nagoya University
M. Nagakane - Osaka University
K. Ohnishi - National Institute of Technology, Nagano College
H. Oyokawa - Osaka University
N. Rattenbury - University of Auckland
To Saito - Tokyo Metropolitan Coll Aeronaut, Tokyo 1168523, Japan
A. Sharan - University of Auckland
J. Sullivan - Victoria Univ, Sch Chem & Phys Sci, Wellington, New Zealand
P. J. Tristram - St John New Zealand
A. Yonehara - Kyoto Sangyo University
E. Bachelet - Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network
D. M. Bramich - Qatar Foundation
A. Cassan - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
M. Dominik - University of St Andrews
R. Figuera Jaimes - University of St Andrews
K. Horne - University of St Andrews
M. Hundertmark - University of Copenhagen
S. Mao - Tsinghua University
C. Ranc - UPMC Univ Paris 6, Sorbonne Univ, 98 Bis Bd Arago, F-75014 Paris, France
R. Schmidt - Heidelberg University
C. Snodgrass - The Open University
I. A. Steele - Liverpool John Moores University
Y. Tsapras - Heidelberg University
J. Wambsganss - Zentrum Univ Heidelberg ZAH, Astron Rechen Inst, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
V. Bozza - University of Salerno
M. J. Burgdorf - Universität Hamburg
U. G. Jorgensen - University of Copenhagen
S. Calchi Novati - NASA Exoplanet Science Institute
S. Ciceri - Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
G. D'Ago - IIASS, Via G Pellegrino 19, I-84019 Vietri Sul Mare, SA, Italy
D. F. Evans - Keele University
F. V. Hessman - University of Göttingen
T. C. Hinse - Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute
T. -O. Husser - University of Göttingen
L. Mancini - Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
A. Popovas - University of Copenhagen
M. Rabus - Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
S. Rahvar - Sharif University of Technology
G. Scarpetta - University of Salerno
J. Skottfelt - University of Copenhagen
J. Southworth - Keele University
E. Unda-Sanzana - University of Antofagasta
S. T. Bryson - Ames Research Center
D. A. Caldwell - Ames Research Center
M. R. Haas - Ames Research Center
K. Larson - Ball Aerosp & Technol, Boulder, CO 80301 USA
K. McCalmont - Ball Aerosp & Technol, Boulder, CO 80301 USA
M. Packard - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
C. Peterson - Ball Aerosp & Technol, Boulder, CO 80301 USA
D. Putnam - Ball Aerosp & Technol, Boulder, CO 80301 USA
L. Reedy - Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics
S. Ross - Ball Aerosp & Technol, Boulder, CO 80301 USA
J. E. Van Cleve - Ames Research Center
R. Akeson - NASA Exoplanet Science Institute
V. Batista - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
J. -P. Beaulieu - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
C. A. Beichman - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
G. Bryden - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
D. Ciardi - NASA Exoplanet Science Institute
A. Cole - University of Tasmania
C. Coutures - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
D. Foreman-Mackey - University of Washington
P. Fouque - Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope
M. Friedmann - Tel Aviv University
C. Gelino - Kyoto Sangyo University
S. Kaspi - Tel Aviv University
E. Kerins - University of Manchester
H. Korhonen - University of Copenhagen
D. Lang - University of Toronto
C. -H. Lee - National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
C. H. Lineweaver - Australian National University
D. Maoz - Tel Aviv University
J. -B. Marquette - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
F. Mogavero - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
J. C. Morales - Institute of Space Sciences
D. Nataf - Australian National University
R. W. Pogge - The Ohio State University
A. Santerne - Institute of Astrophysics and Space Sciences
Y. Shvartzvald - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
D. Suzuki - Goddard Space Flight Center
M. Tamura - The University of Tokyo
P. Tisserand - Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris
D. Wang - New York University
OGLE Project
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Vol.128(970), p.124401
Publisher: Iop Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1538-3873/128/970/124401
ISSN: 0004-6280
eISSN: 1538-3873
Number of pages: 22
Grant note: NASA K2 Guest Observer Program MAESTRO 2014/14/A/ST9/00121 / National Science Centre, Poland National Aeronautics and Space Administration under Exoplanet Exploration Program 11333003; 11390372 / National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) ST/P002218/1 / Science and Technology Facilities Council; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC) Regione Campania from POR-FSE Campania 2016-1-832-01 / KASI grant XDB09000000 / Strategic Priority Research Program "The Emergence of Cosmological Structures" of the Chinese Academy of Sciences NASA; National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA) ST/L000733/1 / STFC; UK Research & Innovation (UKRI); Science & Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Language: English
Date published: 12/01/2016
Academic Unit: Physics and Astronomy
Record Identifier: 9984701728902771

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