The transiting exoplanet community early release science program for JWST

Jacob L. Bean; Kevin B. Stevenson; Natalie M. Batalha; Zachory Berta-Thompson; Laura Kreidberg; Nicolas Crouzet; Björn Benneke; Michael Line; David K. Sing; Hannah R. Wakeford; Heather A. Knutson; Eliza M.R. Kempton; Jean Michel Désert; Ian Crossfield; Natasha E. Batalha; Julien de Wit; Vivien Parmentier; Joseph Harrington; Julianne I. Moses; Mercedes Lopez-Morales; Munazza K. Alam; Jasmina Blecic; Giovanni Bruno; Aarynn L. Carter; John W. Chapman; Leen Decin; Diana Dragomir; Thomas M. Evans; Jonathan J. Fortney; Jonathan D. Fraine; Peter Gao; Antonio García Muñoz; Neale P. Gibson; Jayesh M. Goyal; Kevin Heng; Renyu Hu; Sarah Kendrew; Brian M. Kilpatrick; Jessica Krick; Pierre Olivier Lagage; Monika Lendl; Tom Louden; Nikku Madhusudhan; Avi M. Mandell; Megan Mansfield; Erin M. May; Giuseppe Morello; Caroline V. Morley; Nikolay Nikolov; Seth Redfield; Jessica E. Roberts; Everett Schlawin; Jessica J. Spake; Kamen O. Todorov; Angelos Tsiaras; Olivia Venot; William C. Waalkes; Peter J. Wheatley; Robert T. Zellem; Daniel Angerhausen; David Barrado; Ludmila Carone; Sarah L. Casewell; Patricio E. Cubillos; Mario Damiano; Miguel De Val Borro; Benjamin Drummond; Billy Edwards; Michael Endl; Nestor Espinoza; Kevin France; John E. Gizis; Thomas P. Greene; Thomas K. Henning; Yucian Hong; James G. Ingalls; Nicolas Iro; Patrick G.J. Irwin; Tiffany Kataria; Fred Lahuis; Jérémy Leconte; Jorge Lillo-Box; Stefan Lines; Joshua D. Lothringer; Luigi Mancini; Franck Marchis; Nathan Mayne; Enric Palle; Emily Rauscher; Gaël Roudier; Evgenya Shkolnik; John Southworth; Mark R. Swain; Jake Taylor; Johanna Teske; Giovanna Tinetti; Pascal Tremblin; Gregory S. Tucker; Roy Van Boekel; Ingo P. Waldmann; Ian C. Weaver; Tiziano Zingales

doi:10.1088/1538-3873/aadbf3

The transiting exoplanet community early release science program for JWST

Jacob L. Bean, Kevin B. Stevenson, Natalie M. Batalha, Zachory Berta-Thompson, Laura Kreidberg, Nicolas Crouzet, Björn Benneke, Michael Line, David K. Sing, Hannah R. Wakeford, Heather A. Knutson, Eliza M.R. Kempton, Jean Michel Désert, Ian Crossfield, Natasha E. Batalha, Julien de Wit, Vivien Parmentier, Joseph Harrington, Julianne I. Moses, Mercedes Lopez-MoralesMunazza K. Alam, Jasmina Blecic, Giovanni Bruno, Aarynn L. Carter, John W. Chapman, Leen Decin, Diana Dragomir, Thomas M. Evans, Jonathan J. Fortney, Jonathan D. Fraine, Peter Gao, Antonio García Muñoz, Neale P. Gibson, Jayesh M. Goyal, Kevin Heng, Renyu Hu, Sarah Kendrew, Brian M. Kilpatrick, Jessica Krick, Pierre Olivier Lagage, Monika Lendl, Tom Louden, Nikku Madhusudhan, Avi M. Mandell, Megan Mansfield, Erin M. May, Giuseppe Morello, Caroline V. Morley, Nikolay Nikolov, Seth Redfield, Jessica E. Roberts, Everett Schlawin, Jessica J. Spake, Kamen O. Todorov, Angelos Tsiaras, Olivia Venot, William C. Waalkes, Peter J. Wheatley, Robert T. Zellem, Daniel Angerhausen, David Barrado, Ludmila Carone, Sarah L. Casewell, Patricio E. Cubillos, Mario Damiano, Miguel De Val Borro, Benjamin Drummond, Billy Edwards, Michael Endl, Nestor Espinoza, Kevin France, John E. Gizis, Thomas P. Greene, Thomas K. Henning, Yucian Hong, James G. Ingalls, Nicolas Iro, Patrick G.J. Irwin, Tiffany Kataria, Fred Lahuis, Jérémy Leconte, Jorge Lillo-Box, Stefan Lines, Joshua D. Lothringer, Luigi Mancini, Franck Marchis, Nathan Mayne, Enric Palle, Emily Rauscher, Gaël Roudier, Evgenya Shkolnik, John Southworth, Mark R. Swain, Jake Taylor, Johanna Teske, Giovanna Tinetti, Pascal Tremblin, Gregory S. Tucker, Roy Van Boekel, Ingo P. Waldmann, Ian C. Weaver, Tiziano Zingales

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Abstract

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) presents the opportunity to transform our understanding of planets and the origins of life by revealing the atmospheric compositions, structures, and dynamics of transiting exoplanets in unprecedented detail. However, the high-precision, timeseries observations required for such investigations have unique technical challenges, and prior experience with Hubble, Spitzer, and other facilities indicates that there will be a steep learning curve when JWST becomes operational. In this paper, we describe the science objectives and detailed plans of the Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science (ERS) Program, which is a recently approved program for JWST observations early in Cycle 1. We also describe the simulations used to establish the program. The goal of this project, for which the obtained data will have no exclusive access period, is to accelerate the acquisition and diffusion of technical expertise for transiting exoplanet observations with JWST, while also providing a compelling set of representative data sets that will enable immediate scientific breakthroughs. The Transiting Exoplanet Community ERS Program will exercise the timeseries modes of all four JWST instruments that have been identified as the consensus highest priorities, observe the full suite of transiting planet characterization geometries (transits, eclipses, and phase curves), and target planets with host stars that span an illustrative range of brightnesses. The observations in this program were defined through an inclusive and transparent process that had participation from JWST instrument experts and international leaders in transiting exoplanet studies. The targets have been vetted with previous measurements, will be observable early in the mission, and have exceptional scientific merit. Community engagement in the project will be centered on a twophase Data Challenge that culminates with the delivery of planetary spectra, timeseries instrument performance reports, and open-source data analysis toolkits in time to inform the agenda for Cycle 2 of the JWST mission.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	114402
Journal	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume	130
Issue number	993
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/aadbf3
State	Published - Nov 2018

Keywords

Methods: Observational
Planets and satellites: Atmospheres
Planets and satellites: Individual

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

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Bean, J. L., Stevenson, K. B., Batalha, N. M., Berta-Thompson, Z., Kreidberg, L., Crouzet, N., Benneke, B., Line, M., Sing, D. K., Wakeford, H. R., Knutson, H. A., Kempton, E. M. R., Désert, J. M., Crossfield, I., Batalha, N. E., de Wit, J., Parmentier, V., Harrington, J., Moses, J. I., ... Zingales, T. (2018). The transiting exoplanet community early release science program for JWST. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 130(993), [114402]. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/aadbf3

Bean, JL, Stevenson, KB, Batalha, NM, Berta-Thompson, Z, Kreidberg, L, Crouzet, N, Benneke, B, Line, M, Sing, DK, Wakeford, HR, Knutson, HA, Kempton, EMR, Désert, JM, Crossfield, I, Batalha, NE, de Wit, J, Parmentier, V, Harrington, J, Moses, JI, Lopez-Morales, M, Alam, MK, Blecic, J, Bruno, G, Carter, AL, Chapman, JW, Decin, L, Dragomir, D, Evans, TM, Fortney, JJ, Fraine, JD, Gao, P, Muñoz, AG, Gibson, NP, Goyal, JM, Heng, K, Hu, R, Kendrew, S, Kilpatrick, BM, Krick, J, Lagage, PO, Lendl, M, Louden, T, Madhusudhan, N, Mandell, AM, Mansfield, M, May, EM, Morello, G, Morley, CV, Nikolov, N, Redfield, S, Roberts, JE, Schlawin, E, Spake, JJ, Todorov, KO, Tsiaras, A, Venot, O, Waalkes, WC, Wheatley, PJ, Zellem, RT, Angerhausen, D, Barrado, D, Carone, L, Casewell, SL, Cubillos, PE, Damiano, M, Borro, MDV, Drummond, B, Edwards, B, Endl, M, Espinoza, N, France, K, Gizis, JE, Greene, TP, Henning, TK, Hong, Y, Ingalls, JG, Iro, N, Irwin, PGJ, Kataria, T, Lahuis, F, Leconte, J, Lillo-Box, J, Lines, S, Lothringer, JD, Mancini, L, Marchis, F, Mayne, N, Palle, E, Rauscher, E, Roudier, G, Shkolnik, E, Southworth, J, Swain, MR, Taylor, J, Teske, J, Tinetti, G, Tremblin, P, Tucker, GS, Boekel, RV, Waldmann, IP, Weaver, IC & Zingales, T 2018, 'The transiting exoplanet community early release science program for JWST', Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, vol. 130, no. 993, 114402. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/aadbf3

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AU - Stevenson, Kevin B.

AU - Batalha, Natalie M.

AU - Berta-Thompson, Zachory

AU - Kreidberg, Laura

AU - Crouzet, Nicolas

AU - Benneke, Björn

AU - Line, Michael

AU - Sing, David K.

AU - Wakeford, Hannah R.

AU - Knutson, Heather A.

AU - Kempton, Eliza M.R.

AU - Désert, Jean Michel

AU - Crossfield, Ian

AU - Batalha, Natasha E.

AU - de Wit, Julien

AU - Parmentier, Vivien

AU - Harrington, Joseph

AU - Moses, Julianne I.

AU - Lopez-Morales, Mercedes

AU - Alam, Munazza K.

AU - Blecic, Jasmina

AU - Bruno, Giovanni

AU - Carter, Aarynn L.

AU - Chapman, John W.

AU - Decin, Leen

AU - Dragomir, Diana

AU - Evans, Thomas M.

AU - Fortney, Jonathan J.

AU - Fraine, Jonathan D.

AU - Gao, Peter

AU - Muñoz, Antonio García

AU - Gibson, Neale P.

AU - Goyal, Jayesh M.

AU - Heng, Kevin

AU - Hu, Renyu

AU - Kendrew, Sarah

AU - Kilpatrick, Brian M.

AU - Krick, Jessica

AU - Lagage, Pierre Olivier

AU - Lendl, Monika

AU - Louden, Tom

AU - Madhusudhan, Nikku

AU - Mandell, Avi M.

AU - Mansfield, Megan

AU - May, Erin M.

AU - Morello, Giuseppe

AU - Morley, Caroline V.

AU - Nikolov, Nikolay

AU - Redfield, Seth

AU - Roberts, Jessica E.

AU - Schlawin, Everett

AU - Spake, Jessica J.

AU - Todorov, Kamen O.

AU - Tsiaras, Angelos

AU - Venot, Olivia

AU - Waalkes, William C.

AU - Wheatley, Peter J.

AU - Zellem, Robert T.

AU - Angerhausen, Daniel

AU - Barrado, David

AU - Carone, Ludmila

AU - Casewell, Sarah L.

AU - Cubillos, Patricio E.

AU - Damiano, Mario

AU - Borro, Miguel De Val

AU - Drummond, Benjamin

AU - Edwards, Billy

AU - Endl, Michael

AU - Espinoza, Nestor

AU - France, Kevin

AU - Gizis, John E.

AU - Greene, Thomas P.

AU - Henning, Thomas K.

AU - Hong, Yucian

AU - Ingalls, James G.

AU - Iro, Nicolas

AU - Irwin, Patrick G.J.

AU - Kataria, Tiffany

AU - Lahuis, Fred

AU - Leconte, Jérémy

AU - Lillo-Box, Jorge

AU - Lines, Stefan

AU - Lothringer, Joshua D.

AU - Mancini, Luigi

AU - Marchis, Franck

AU - Mayne, Nathan

AU - Palle, Enric

AU - Rauscher, Emily

AU - Roudier, Gaël

AU - Shkolnik, Evgenya

AU - Southworth, John

AU - Swain, Mark R.

AU - Taylor, Jake

AU - Teske, Johanna

AU - Tinetti, Giovanna

AU - Tremblin, Pascal

AU - Tucker, Gregory S.

AU - Boekel, Roy Van

AU - Waldmann, Ingo P.

AU - Weaver, Ian C.

AU - Zingales, Tiziano

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Vía Láctea s/n, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain 8Universidad de La Laguna, Dept. de Astrofísica, E-38206 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain 9Département de Physique, Université de Montréal, Montreal, H3T 1J4, Canada 10School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 871404, Tempe, AZ 85287-1404, USA 11Physics and Astronomy, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, University of Exeter, EX4 4QL, UK 12Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA 13Department of Physics, Grinnell College, 1116 8th Avenue, Grinnell, IA 50112, USA 14Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA 15Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam, Science Park 904, 1098 XH Amsterdam, The Netherlands 16Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, 37-241, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA 17Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA 18Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, LAM, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Marseille, France 19Planetary Sciences Group, Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 32816-2385, USA 20Space Science Institute, 4750 Walnut St, Suite 205, Boulder, CO 80301, USA 21New York University, Abu Dhabi, UAE 22Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, USA 23Instituut voor Sterrenkunde, KU Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven, Belgium 24Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA 25Department of Astronomy, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA 26Zentrum für Astronomie und Astrophysik, Technische Universität Berlin, D-10623 Berlin, Germany 27Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queens University Belfast, Belfast BT7 1NN, UK 28University of Bern, Center for Space and Habitability, Gesellschaftsstraβe 6, CH-3012, Bern, Switzerland 29European Space Agency, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore MD 21218, USA 30Department of Physics, Box 1843, Brown University, Providence, RI 02904, USA 31IPAC, MC314-6, California Institute of Technology, 1200 E. California Boulevard, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA 32Irfu, CEA, Universit Paris-Sacaly, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France 33Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Schmiedlstraβe 6, A-8042, Graz, Austria 34Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK 35Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB3 0HA, UK 36Solar System Exploration Division, NASAs Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA 37Department of Geophysical Sciences, University of Chicago, 5734 S. Ellis Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA 38Department of Astronomy, University of Michigan, 1085 S. University, 311 West Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA 39Astronomy Department and Van Vleck Observatory, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT 06459, USA 40Steward Observatory, 933 North Cherry Avenue, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA 41Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT, UK 42Laboratoire Interuniversitaire des Systèmes Atmosphériques, UMR CNRS 7583, Université Paris Est Créteil (UPEC) et Université Paris Diderot (UPD), Institut Pierre Simon Laplace (IPSL), Créteil, France 43Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern, Gesellschaftsstrasse 6, 3012 Bern, Switzerland 44Blue Marble Space Institute of Science, 1001 4th Avenue, Suite 3201, Seattle, Washington 98154, USA 45Depto. 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N2 - The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) presents the opportunity to transform our understanding of planets and the origins of life by revealing the atmospheric compositions, structures, and dynamics of transiting exoplanets in unprecedented detail. However, the high-precision, timeseries observations required for such investigations have unique technical challenges, and prior experience with Hubble, Spitzer, and other facilities indicates that there will be a steep learning curve when JWST becomes operational. In this paper, we describe the science objectives and detailed plans of the Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science (ERS) Program, which is a recently approved program for JWST observations early in Cycle 1. We also describe the simulations used to establish the program. The goal of this project, for which the obtained data will have no exclusive access period, is to accelerate the acquisition and diffusion of technical expertise for transiting exoplanet observations with JWST, while also providing a compelling set of representative data sets that will enable immediate scientific breakthroughs. The Transiting Exoplanet Community ERS Program will exercise the timeseries modes of all four JWST instruments that have been identified as the consensus highest priorities, observe the full suite of transiting planet characterization geometries (transits, eclipses, and phase curves), and target planets with host stars that span an illustrative range of brightnesses. The observations in this program were defined through an inclusive and transparent process that had participation from JWST instrument experts and international leaders in transiting exoplanet studies. The targets have been vetted with previous measurements, will be observable early in the mission, and have exceptional scientific merit. Community engagement in the project will be centered on a twophase Data Challenge that culminates with the delivery of planetary spectra, timeseries instrument performance reports, and open-source data analysis toolkits in time to inform the agenda for Cycle 2 of the JWST mission.

AB - The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) presents the opportunity to transform our understanding of planets and the origins of life by revealing the atmospheric compositions, structures, and dynamics of transiting exoplanets in unprecedented detail. However, the high-precision, timeseries observations required for such investigations have unique technical challenges, and prior experience with Hubble, Spitzer, and other facilities indicates that there will be a steep learning curve when JWST becomes operational. In this paper, we describe the science objectives and detailed plans of the Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science (ERS) Program, which is a recently approved program for JWST observations early in Cycle 1. We also describe the simulations used to establish the program. The goal of this project, for which the obtained data will have no exclusive access period, is to accelerate the acquisition and diffusion of technical expertise for transiting exoplanet observations with JWST, while also providing a compelling set of representative data sets that will enable immediate scientific breakthroughs. The Transiting Exoplanet Community ERS Program will exercise the timeseries modes of all four JWST instruments that have been identified as the consensus highest priorities, observe the full suite of transiting planet characterization geometries (transits, eclipses, and phase curves), and target planets with host stars that span an illustrative range of brightnesses. The observations in this program were defined through an inclusive and transparent process that had participation from JWST instrument experts and international leaders in transiting exoplanet studies. The targets have been vetted with previous measurements, will be observable early in the mission, and have exceptional scientific merit. Community engagement in the project will be centered on a twophase Data Challenge that culminates with the delivery of planetary spectra, timeseries instrument performance reports, and open-source data analysis toolkits in time to inform the agenda for Cycle 2 of the JWST mission.

KW - Methods: Observational

KW - Planets and satellites: Atmospheres

KW - Planets and satellites: Individual

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The transiting exoplanet community early release science program for JWST

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