Exoplanets and Astrobiology at EPSC
Post date: Sep 25, 2012 3:21:44 PM
These are the presentations related to exoplanets and astrobiology at the European Planetary Science Congress 2012, IFEMA-Feria de Madrid, 23–28 September 2012, Madrid, Spain.
Oral Program EX1
Observations and Modelling of Exoplanetary Atmospheres, Interiors and Orbits
Convener: J. Cho
Co-Conveners: G. Tinetti, C. Agnor
Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012
Room: Saturn
Chairperson: James Cho
14:30–14:45
System Coupling and the Evolution of Short Period Planets
C. B. Agnor and D. N. C. Lin
The tidal response of super-Earths and large icy worlds
G. Tobie, O. Grasset, M. Behounkova, J. Besserer, O. Cadek, G. Choblet, and A. Mocquet
Si chemistry in the atmospheres of extrasolar giant planets
P. Lavvas, T. Koskinen, and R.V. Yelle
Ionisation of gas-giant type exoplanetary atmospheres under stellar radiation
J. Chadney, M. Galand, Y. Unruh, and T. Koskinen
Photo-thermo-chemistry of hot atmospheres
O. Venot, E. Hébrard, M. Agundez, M. Dobrijevic, F. Selsis, F. Hersant, R. Bounaceur, Y. Bénilan, M.-C. Gazeau, N. Fray, and N. Iro
WASP-12b and 4b: closing in on compositions of highly-irradiated exoplanet atmospheres
M. Hollis, G. Tinetti, M. Swain, and P. Deroo
Energetic neutral atom modeling as a tool for upper atmosphere structure characterization
K.G. Kislyakova, H. Lammer, M. Holmström, N.V. Erkaev, and M.L. Khodachenko
14:45–15:00
15:00–15:15
15:15–15:30
15:30–15:40
15:40–15:50
15:50–16:00
Chairperson: Craig Agnor
16:30–16:40
Five Years of Exoplanet Observations with the CoRoT Space Observatory
H.J. Deeg and the CoRoT Exoplanet Science Team (CEST) Team
The CoRoT Exoplanet Program for the next 3 years
J. Cabrera and the CoRoT Scientific Committee Team
The PLATO Mission
H. Rauer
On the Synergy Between Gaia and Transit Surveys
A. Sozzetti
Exoplanetary spectroscopy using unsupervised machine learning
I. P. Waldmann and G. Tinetti
The 0.81 - 4.2 micron ground-based transmission spectra of the hot jupiter HD-189733b
C. Danielski, P. Deroo, G. Tinetti, I. P. Waldmann, and M. Swain
EChO: What are exoplanets made of?
G. Tinetti, P. Drossart, K. Isaak, O. Krause, C. Lovis, G. Micela, M. Ollivier, I. Ribas, I. Snellen, and B. Swinyard
Characterizing the Atmospheres of Transiting Planets with a Dedicated Space Telescop
M. Tessenyi and G. Tinetti
16:40–16:50
16:50–17:00
17:00–17:10
17:10–17:25
17:25–17:35
17:35–17:45
17:45–17:55
Chairperson: Giovanna Tinetti
18:15–18:30
General Circulation and Variability of Close-In Exoplanet Atmospheres
H. T. Thrastarson and P. Chen
Modelling the atmosphere of a template "hot Jupiter" exoplanet
V. L. Bending, S. R. Lewis, and U. Kolb
Intercomparison of General Circulation Models for Hot Extrasolar Planets
I. Polichtchouk, J. Y-K. Cho, C. Watkins, H. Th. Thrastarson, O. M. Umurhan, and M. de la Torre-Juarez
Impact of circulation winds on the atmospheric chemistry of the hot Jupiter HD 209458b
M. Agundez, O. Venot, N. Iro, F. Selsis, F. Hersant, E. Hebrard, and M. Dobrijevic
Long-term photometric monitoring of WASP-3b
M.-T. Eibe, L. Cuesta, A. Ullan, A. Perez-Verde, and J. Navas
Characterizing Super-Mercuries by their infrared orbital photometry
A.-S. Maurin, F. Selsis, F. Hersant, A. Belu, S. N. Raymond, J. Leconte, and M. Delbo
Temperature effects on exoplanetary atmospheric (bio)markers
E. Hébrard, O. Venot, M. Dobrijevic, and F. Selsis
High-resolution spectroscopy of the Earthshine. Metal lines detected in Earth reflection spectrum
B. González-Merino, E. Pallé, and P. Montañes-Rodríguez
18:30–18:45
18:45–19:00
19:00–19:10
19:10–19:20
19:20–19:30
19:30–19:40
19:40–19:50
Oral Program EX2/AB1
Super-Earths and Habitability
Convener: J. L. Grenfell
Co-Convener: L. Kaltenegger
Wednesday, 26 Sep 2012
Room: Venus
Chairperson: John Lee Grenfell
09:00–09:15
Potential Biosignatures in Super-Earth Atmospheres: Photochemical Responses
J. L. Grenfell, S. Gebauer, M. Godolt, K. Palczynski, H. Rauer, J. Stock, P. v. Paris, R. Lehmann, and F. Selsis
EPSC2012-460
Exploring super-Earth atmospheres (withdrawn)
Y. Miguel and L. Kaltenegger
10:00–10:15
09:15–09:30
09:30–09:45
09:45–10:00
Searching for signs of habitability with LOUPE, the Lunar Observatory of Unresolved Polarimetry of Earth
T. Karalidi, D. M. Stam, F. Snik, S. Bagnulo, W.B. Sparks, and C.U. Keller
Climate modeling of Earth-like extrasolar planets around K and F-type stars
M. Godolt, J.L. Grenfell, M. Kunze, U. Langematz, A.B.C. Patzer, and H. Rauer
Thermal Evolution and Habitability of super-Earths
V. Stamenkovic and D. Breuer
Poster Program EX1
Observations and Modelling of Exoplanetary Atmospheres, Interiors and Orbits
Convener: J. Cho
Co-Conveners: G. Tinetti, C. Agnor
Attendance Time: Thursday, 27 Sep 18:15–19:45
Poster Area
Chairperson: Cho, Tinetti, Agnor
P124
Power laws and classification of planets
H. J. Durand-Manterola
Joint Planet Hunting with ASTEP and BEST II T.
T. Pasternacki, T. Fruth, J. Cabrera, S. Czismadia, P. Eigmueller, A. Erikson, H. Rauer, R. Titz-Weider, L. Abe, K. Agabi, N. Crouzet, I. Goncalves, T. Guillot, D. Mekarnia, and J.-P. Rivet
Atmospheric Gravitational Tides on Close-In Extrasolar Giant Planets
C. Watkins and J. Y-K. Cho
Photometric transit search for planets around cool stars from the western Italian Alps: The APACHE survey
P. Giacobbe, M. Damasso, A. Sozzetti, J. M. Christille, D. Cenadelli, L. Lanteri, P. Calcidese, A. Bernagozzi, E. Bertolini, M. G. Lattanzi, and R. Smart
Photometrical observations and time transit variations (TTV) researches of extrasolar planets
E. Sokov, I. Vereshchagina, Yu. Gnedin, A. Devyatkin, D. Gorshanov, E. Romas, V. Kouprianov, A. Ivanov, V. Slesarenko, S. Karashevich, I. Izmailov, E. Grosheva, B. Ermakov, S. Klimanov, A. Bourdanov, K. Ivanov, P. Lake, and A. Ayiomamitis
The search for exoplanets in Kepler stellar light curves using a processing pipeline developed for the space telescope CoRoT
S. Grziwa, J. Korth, and M. Pätzold
Thermospheric emissions of the early Earth
D. Bernard, M. Barthélémy, G. Gronoff, H. Ménager, and J. Lilensten
P125
P126
P127
P128
P129
P130
Oral Program AB3
Astrobiology
Convener: F. Westall
Co-Conveners: F. Foucher, R. Amils
Thursday, 27 Sep 2012
Room: Jupiter Auditorium
Chairperson: F. Foucher
09:00–09:15
When the Viking Missions Discovered Life on the Red Planet
G. Bianciardi, J. D. Miller, P. A. Straat, and G. V. Levin
Life Origination Hydrate hypothesis (LOH-hypothesis): CH4-hydrate matrix as a necessary condition for life origin
E. A. Kadyshevich and V. E. Ostrovskii
Circumpolar water ice patches as possible microhabitats on Mars
A. Kereszturi, Sz. Berczi, A. Horvath, T. Pocs, A. Sik, and E. Szathmary
Lithic microbial communities from a Mars analogue site in Utah desert
L. Rodrigues, B. H. Foing, G. R. Davies, C. Stoker, J. Clarke, A. Correia, and A. Alves
Assessing antibody microarray for space missions: effect of long-term storage, gamma radiation and high energy proton radiation
G. de Diego-Castilla and V. Parro
The experiment BOSS on EXPOSE R-2, Mission Preparation Tests for Biofilm Organisms Surfing Space
C. Panitz, P. Rettberg, E. Rabbow, A. Bauermeister, S. Barczyk, D. Billi, Ch. Cockell, H.K. Flemming, H. Stan-Lotter, and K. Venkateswaran
09:15–09:30
09:30–09:45
09:45–10:00
10:00–10:15
10:15–10:30
Chairperson: F. Foucher
11:00–11:15
Exoplanets, extremophiles and habitability
E. Janot Pacheco and L. Bernardes
The limits of extremophilic life expanded under extraterrestrial environment-simulated experiments
C. Lage, G. Dalmaso, L. Teixeira, I. Paulino-Lima, E. Janot-Pacheco, X. Abrevaya, A. Azúa-Bustos, V. Pelizzari, and A. Rosado
Assessing the influence of astronomical phenomena on the Earth's biosphere
F. Feng and C. A. L. Bailer-Jones
Development of geological processes on the Earth and their impact on the early biosphere
E. Sharkov
Astrobiology Road Mapping (AstRoMap): A new FP7 program
F. Gómez, N. Walter, G. Horneck, C. Muller, P. Rettberg, and M.T. Capria
Is there life out there? - A new series for the ESA's Web TV
J. F. Clervoy, F. Coliolo, A. Brack, and G. G. Ori
11:15–11:30
11:30–11:45
11:45–12:00
12:00–12:15
12:15–12:30
Poster Program AB3
Astrobiology
Convener: F. Westall
Co-Conveners: F. Foucher, R. Amils
Attendance Time: Thursday, 27 Sep 18:15–19:45
Poster Area
Chairperson: F. Foucher
P131
The investigation of microfossils in ancient rocks: the comparison of different techniques
M. Astafieva
Analytical techniques for direct identification of biosignatures and microorganisms
C. Cid, L. Garcia-Descalzo, E. Garcia-Lopez, M. Postigo, A. Alcazar, and F. Baquero
Detection of biosignatures in silicified rocks using Raman spectroscopy
F. Foucher and F. Westall
Mineralogical characterization of Los Escullos (Cabo de Gata) using spectroscopic techniques
F. Rull, G. Klingelhöfer, G. Venegas, J. Medina, and J. Martínez-Frías
Raman study of mineralogical precipitation sequence of Rio Tinto (Mars analog)
G. Venegas, J. Guerrero, A. Sansano, A. Sanz, and F. Rull
Spectroscopy studies of bioinduced carbonates and the search for life on Mars
A. Blanco, M. D’Elia, S. Fonti, V. Orofino, A. Mastandrea, A. Guido, F. Russo, and F. Tosti
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) for identifying traces of adenine in different mineral and rock samples
B. Lafuente, R. Navarro, A. Sansano, and F. Rull
Searching for organic matter on Mars by immunological assays: Detection of mellitic acid in the surface and subsurface of the Atacama Desert terrestrial analog
Y. Blanco, L.A. Rivas, M. Ruiz-Bermejo, and V. Parro
First report on the survival of cyanobacteria in Mars simulation chamber in a Hungarian-DLR cooperation
S. Dulai, A. Kereszturi, J.-P. deVera, L. Koncz, A. Lorek, M. Marschall, D. T. Möhlmann, and T. Pocs
Oxidoreductase mimic activity of natural pyrrhotite
A. L. Ibáñez de Aldecoa, F. Velasco, and C. Menor-Salván
Molecular self-assembly on surfaces
E. Mateo-Marti and C. M. Pradier
Peptide bond formation of alanine on silica and alumina surfaces as a catalyst
M. Sánchez Arenillas and E. Mateo Martí
IR spectroscopic signatures of solid glycine and alanine in astrophysical ices
y. rodriguez
A theoretical investigation into the trapping of volatiles by clathrates in Lake Vostok, Antartica
A. Lakhlifi, O. Mousis, S. Picaud, E. Chassefière, and M. Pasek
From simple to complex prebiotic chemistry in a carbon-rich universe
C. Lage, E. Janot-Pacheco, A. Domiciano de Souza, O. Suárez, P. Bendjoya, and D. A. Gadotti
P132
P133
P134
P135
P136
P137
P138
P139
P140
P141
P142
P143
P144
P145
