Finding Earth Twins within 10pc

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Sala Cassini (Rome, ASI HQ)

Sala Cassini

Rome, ASI HQ

Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.
Carmelo Arcidiacono (INAF OA Padova), Elisabetta Tommasi (ASI), Isabella Pagano (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF)), Roberto Ragazzoni (INAF OA Padova)
Description

Aim of the Workshop:

To gather the Italian community in support of a Toliman-like mission to find Earth twins in the very nearby stars, with a strong accent to Alpha Cen.

Scientists and engineers from academia, research institutes, and space industries are welcome!

Participants
  • Adriano Fontana
  • Alberto Krone-Martins
  • Alberto Riva
  • Alessandro Donati
  • Alessandro Sozzetti
  • Amedeo Balbi
  • Andrea Martelli
  • Andreas Stamminger
  • Angelo Zinzi
  • Antonino Francesco Lanza
  • Brunella Nisini
  • brunella pavesi
  • Carolina Aliano
  • Celine Boehm
  • Christian Reuwer
  • Daniele Galuzzo
  • Deborah Busonero
  • Domenico Barbato
  • Eduardo Bendek
  • Elisabetta Tommasi
  • Emanuela D'Aversa
  • Fernando Pedichini
  • Flavia Calderone
  • Francesco Berrilli
  • Francesco Verrecchia
  • Gabriele Impresario
  • Gaetano Scandariato
  • Giampaolo Piotto
  • Gianluca Li Causi
  • Gianluca Polenta
  • Giovanni Bianucci
  • Giovanni Bruno
  • Giuseppe Leto
  • Giuseppe Rondinelli
  • Giuseppe Sindoni
  • Giuseppe Sisinni
  • Giuseppina Micela
  • Isabella Pagano
  • Jeff Kuhn
  • Katia Biazzo
  • Leopoldo Benacchio
  • Luca Giovannelli
  • Luigi Mancini
  • Marco Molina
  • Marco Montuori
  • Marco Stangalini
  • Mario Damasso
  • Mario G. Lattanzi
  • Mario Gai
  • Mario Salatti
  • Massimiliano Mattioli
  • Matteo Pinamonti
  • Mauro Focardi
  • Michael Shao
  • Nour Skaf
  • Olivier Guyon
  • Orietta Lanciano
  • Paolo Giacobbe
  • Paolo Sarra
  • Peter Klupar
  • Peter Tuthill
  • Pino Malaguti
  • Roberto Ragazzoni
  • Rocco Pellegrini
  • Ronaldo da Silva
  • Ruslan Belikov
  • Sergio Mottini
  • Simon Worden
  • Simone Antoniucci
  • Svetlana Berdyugina
  • Teresa Giannini
  • Ummi Abbas
  • Vincenzo Testa
  • Monday, 19 November
    • 09:00 09:45
      Registration 45m
    • 09:45 10:00
      Welcome Sala Cassini

      Sala Cassini

      Rome, ASI HQ

      Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.
    • 10:00 11:30
      Session 1 Sala Cassini

      Sala Cassini

      Rome, ASI HQ

      Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.
    • 11:30 11:50
      Coffee Break 20m Sala Cassini

      Sala Cassini

      Rome, ASI HQ

      Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.
    • 11:50 13:25
      Session 2 Sala Cassini

      Sala Cassini

      Rome, ASI HQ

      Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.
    • 13:25 14:25
      Lunch 1h Lunchroom

      Lunchroom

      Rome, ASI HQ

      Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.
    • 14:25 16:10
      Session 3 Sala Cassini

      Sala Cassini

      Rome, ASI HQ

      Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.
      • 14:25
        Stellar magnetic activity and how it can limit astrometry 25m
        Speaker: Antonino Francesco Lanza (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 14:50
        Detection and characterization of giant planets combining astrometry, radial velocities and transits: the GAIA potential 25m
        Speaker: Paolo Giacobbe (INAF-OATo)
      • 15:15
        Proxima re-reloaded: updates about our closest stellar neighbour from the analysis of an enlarged radial velocity dataset 15m
        Speaker: Mario Damasso (INAF-OATo)
      • 15:30
        Climate and radiative properties of a tidally-locked planet around Proxima Centauri 15m
        Speaker: Luca Giovannelli (Università degli studi di Roma "Tor Vergata")
      • 15:45
        The Breakthrough Watch Initiative: Identifying and Characterizing nearby Habitable Exoplanets 25m
        Speaker: Olivier Guyon (University of Arizona)
    • 16:10 16:30
      Coffee Break 20m Sala Cassini

      Sala Cassini

      Rome, ASI HQ

      Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.
    • 16:30 18:05
      Session 4 Sala Cassini

      Sala Cassini

      Rome, ASI HQ

      Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.
      • 16:30
        Push Technogical Development for Exoplanet Search in Italy 25m
        Speaker: Roberto Ragazzoni (INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Padua)
      • 16:55
        Exoplanets in Italy 25m

        The main scientific projects involving the Italian exoplanets community will be presented with review of specific results and highlight of competences and expertises.
        The aim is giving an overview from the current to future space and ground based programs.

        Speaker: Isabella Pagano (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 17:20
        Lessons from the Sun for precision Alpha Centauri astrometry experiments 25m
        Speaker: Jeff Kuhn (Institute for Astronomy)
      • 17:45
        Leonardo electro-optical capabilities for astronomical and exploration missions (Leonardo SpA) 20m
        Speaker: Marco Molina (Leonardo Company)
    • 20:00 22:30
      Social dinner 2h 30m
  • Tuesday, 20 November
    • 09:20 11:05
      Session 5 Sala Cassini

      Sala Cassini

      Rome, ASI HQ

      Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.
      • 09:20
        Astrometry in Italy 25m
        Speaker: Alessandro Sozzetti (INAF-OATo)
      • 09:45
        Recent history and thoughts on Narrow angle astrometry Error sources at the uas level. 25m
        Speaker: Michael Shao (JPL - NASA)
      • 10:10
        Spacecraft Capability for Astrometry Mission (EnduroSat) 20m
        Speaker: Giuseppe Sisinni (EnduroSat)
      • 10:30
        Monitoring stellar optical centroid variations due to magnetic activity for astrometric detection of exoplanets: Lessons from the Gravity Probe B mission 15m
        Speaker: Svetlana Berdyugina (Leibniz Institut fuer Sonennphysik (KIS), Freiburg, Germany)
      • 10:45
        Hunting Earth-like planets: a long roadmap supported by ThalesAlenia Space 20m
        Speakers: Andrea Martelli (Thales Alenia Space Italia), Sergio Mottini (Thales Alenia Space Italia)
    • 11:05 11:35
      Coffee Break 30m Sala Cassini

      Sala Cassini

      Rome, ASI HQ

      Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.
    • 11:35 13:35
      Session 6 Sala Cassini

      Sala Cassini

      Rome, ASI HQ

      Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.
    • 13:35 14:35
      Lunch 1h
    • 14:35 16:15
      Session 7 Sala Cassini

      Sala Cassini

      Rome, ASI HQ

      Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.
      • 14:35
        Exoplanet occurrences statistics 25m

        (remote)

        Speaker: Ruslan Belikov (NASA Ames Research Center)
      • 15:00
        Astrometric Gravitation Probe 15m
        Speaker: Alberto Riva (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 15:15
        SHARK-VIS at LBT: pushing the limits of visible AO-assisted imaging for exoplanets 15m
        Speaker: Fernando Pedichini (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 15:30
        Recurrence Quantification Analysis as a Post-processing technique in Adaptive Optics High Contrast Imaging 15m
        Speaker: Marco Stangalini (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 15:45
        Fast-cadence high-contrast imaging: the Speckle-Free ADI (SFADI) method 15m
        Speaker: Gianluca Li Causi (Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
      • 16:00
        The ASI SSDC infrastructure and expertise for exoplanetary sciences 15m
        Speaker: Angelo Zinzi (SSDC - ASI)
    • 16:15 16:30
      Conclusions Sala Cassini

      Sala Cassini

      Rome, ASI HQ

      Viale del Politecnico s.n.c.