The Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Program for JWST

Previous Talks

Summer 2021

In summer 2021, we ran an online ERS Pre-launch Data Hackathon (21-25 June 2021) focused on data analysis and a weekly ERS Theory Webbinar (July + August 2021) focused on theoretical concepts relevant to exoplanet observations with JWST. Talk slides, videos, and tutorials for the Hackathon event are available as links embedded in the agenda. Descriptions of the talks and tutorials from from the ERS Theory Webbinar are available here; videos and tutorial materials for these events are available through the team slack workspace.

Summer 2020

In summer 2020, we ran an Exo-Webbinar: Summer 2020 Online Talk Series for science related to the JWST Transiting Exoplanet Early Release Science program. Topics included atmosphere and/or surface characterization, as well as any future plans or tool development associated with JWST. Our goals for this series were to provide pathways to learn about tools and methods relevant to JWST exoplanet observations, to provide an opportunity to discuss cool new scientific results related to exoplanet atmospheres/surfaces, to provide a venue for early-career scientists to present their new work to the broader community, and to provide an inclusive and welcoming interaction space for scientists working across the world on topics broadly related to exoplanets and JWST. The summer 2020 talks were as follows:

On 24 June 2020, Josh Speagle spoke on "Dynamic Nested Sampling with dynesty" (slides), and Hannah Diamond-Lowe spoke on "Reconnaissance of terrestrial exoplanet atmospheres from the ground in advance of JWST" (slides). Watch/listen here!
On 8 July 2020, Aarynn Carter spoke on "Directly Imaging Exoplanets with JWST" (slides), and Munazza Alam spoke on "A cloud-free atmosphere for WASP-62b: the only giant planet in the JWST Continuous Viewing Zone" (slides). Watch/listen here!
On 22 July 2020, Ryan MacDonald spoke on "Towards Multidimensional Atmospheric Retrievals of Exoplanet Transmission Spectra" (slides), and Megan Mansfield spoke on "Eigenspectra: A Framework for Identifying Spectra from 3D Eclipse Mapping" (slides). Watch/listen here!
On 5 August 2020, Johanna Vos spoke on "Probing Cloudy Atmospheres with Variability Monitoring" (slides), and Daniella Bardalez Gagliuffi spoke on "Binaries or Variables? Disentangling the signatures of blended-light atmospheres" (slides). Watch/listen here!
On 19 August 2020, James Kirk spoke on "Assessing the atmospheric observability of the HIP 41378 multi-planet system with JWST" (slides), and Kristin Showalter Sotzen spoke "On the Taxonomy of Exoplanets using Transit Depth Ratios" (slides). Watch/listen here!