WFIRST Formulation Science Working Group Meeting #2

June 13, 2016 - June 15, 2016 at the Arcadia Embassy Suites

Agenda

PDF version of the agenda **last updated 10 June 2016**

Monday June 13

Santa Anita and San Gabriel Rooms Combined

9:30 Welcome (Helou, Cutri)
9:40 Meeting plan (Gehrels, Kasdin, Spergel)
10:00 WFIRST perspective from NASA HQ (Benford)
10:30 WFIRST status update (Gehrels)
10:45 Plan for SRD discussion (Kruk)
10:55 Break
11:10 Project update (Grady - overview, Ruffa - sys engineering, Whipple - WFI, Zhao - CGI, Patterson - OTA)
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Project update cont.
2:20 Deliverable items needed from SITs (Kruk)
2:35 Starshade opportunity (Kasdin - intro, Blackwood - overview, Seager - science opportunity, Shaklin/Lisman - implementation)
3:35 Science Centers update (Carpenter, Cutri, van der Marel)
4:10 Break
4:25 Full FSWG Discussion Session
- Scheduling (Hirata facilitator)
- Data Management (van der Marel, Cutri facilitators)
- Telescope Temperature (Content facilitator)
6:00 Adjourn

6:30 Dinner

Tuesday June 14

9:00am - 5:00pm WFI Breakout (Santa Anita Room)

9:00 SN observing capabilities discussion (Spergel, Perlmutter, Foley)
10:00 Filter discussion (option with extra filter, option with current number) (Kalirai)
11:00 Grism discussions (Rhoads, Content)
wavelength range discussion
grism resolution requirement (resolving H-alpha and NII)
redshift survey spectrophotometric calibration accuracy (is 1% adequate?)
adding extra grism to filter wheel
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Calibrations (observations SITs view as essential) (Kruk, all)
1:50 HLS photo-z requirements for photometry and spectra (Capak)
2:10 DE constraint forecasting tool (Doré)
2:30 Photometric calibration requirements (Scolnic)
2:50 WFI on-board data handling (Kruk, SIT input)
3:10 IFC requirements / design parameters (Perlmutter, Content)
3:30 Detectors - quantity and characterization (Andrews, Rauscher, Bennett)
4:00 Microlensing discussion (Gaudi)
4:30 Simulations requirements (Robertson, Rhodes)
4:50 Astrometry considerations (Sanderson)
5:10 Return to full FSWG

8:45am - 5:00pm CGI Breakout (San Gabriel Room)

8:45 Summary/Status of Action Items from April Meeting
9:15 Project update and Milestones (Feng)
9:45 Post-Processing & Discussion (Bertrand)
10:15 Filter bandpass & Discussion (Mark Marley)
10:45 Break
11:00 Update on polarization study (Wes)
11:30 Requirements and Design Update on IFS (Avi)
12:00 Lunch
1:15 SRD Discussion (Kerri)
2:30 Science Modeling update (Nikole)
3:00 Simulations update (Bruce)
3:30 Operations and Scheduling (Wes)
4:00 Data Challenges and Target Update (Maggie)
4:30 Discussion
5:00 Return to full FSWG

Santa Anita and San Gabriel Rooms Combined

5:00 Full FSWG Discussion (Kasdin, Spergel)
6:00 Adjourn

Wednesday June 15

Santa Anita and San Gabriel Rooms Combined

8:30 WFI & CGI splinter meetings recap and Actions (Spergel, Kasdin)
9:00 SRD and operations concept discussion (Kruk)
10:15 Reports from foreign partners (Dupuis, Yamada, Boccaletti, Henning)
11:15 Break
11:30 Mission and science publication opportunities (Gehrels)
11:45 Future community science meetings and workshops (Spergel, Kasdin, Gehrels)
12:05 Plan forward and discussion (Gehrels, Kasdin, Spergel, Grady)
12:40 Adjourn