CAREER: Prospecting for planets

职业生涯：行星勘探摘要AST-0645416 PI：埃里克Agol博士。Agol将致力于开发三种新的技术，用于探测和确定围绕其他恒星的太阳系外行星的特征：（1）巨行星日食的时间，以探测地球质量的行星;（2）通过多物体径向速度测量发现更大的太阳系外行星样本，并将其用于凌日时间，热辐射探测和太阳系外行星特性的统计特征;（3）日冕望远镜直接成像太阳系外行星的可行性和优化研究。 这项工作将进一步加深我们对行星类型及其宿主恒星的分布、行星性质的多样性的理解，约束其他行星系统的形成机制，并可能揭示我们自己的太阳系的形成。Agol博士将把华盛顿大学天文系天文学预科项目（Pre-MAP）的学生纳入这项研究计划。 Pre-MAP是一个吸引和留住传统上代表性不足的学生到天文学和科学，技术，工程和数学专业（STEM）的计划。 Agol博士将监督该计划，招收学生，并监督学生的研究作为他作为该计划的教师主任的角色的一部分。 Agol博士还将帮助在其他STEM系（华盛顿大学）推广该项目，并将该项目扩大到包括社区学院转学生。该奖项由NSF天文科学部资助

CAREER: Prospecting for planetsAbstractAST-0645416PI: Eric AgolDr. Agol will work to develop three novel techniques for detecting and characterizing extrasolar planets around other stars: (1) the timing of eclipses by giant planets to detect terrestrial-mass planets; (2) finding a much larger sample of extrasolar planets with multi-object radial velocity surveys and using these for transit timing, detection of thermal emission, and statistical characterization of extrasolar planet properties; (3) a feasibility and optimization study of direct imaging of extrasolar planets with coronagraphic telescopes. This work will further our understanding of the distribution of types of planets and their host stars, the diversity of planet properties,constrain the formation mechanism of other planetary systems, and possibly shed light on the formation of our own solar system.Dr. Agol will incorporate students from the University of Washington Astronomy Department's Pre-major in Astronomy Program (Pre-MAP) into this research program. Pre-MAP is a program to attract and retain traditionally underrepresented students to astronomy and science, technology, engineering, and math majors (STEM). Dr. Agol will oversee the program, recruit students, and supervise student research as part of his role as the faculty director of the program. Dr. Agol will also help in replicating this program in other STEM departments (at the University of Washington) and will expand the program to include community-college transfer students.This award is funded by the NSF Division of Astronomical Sciences