MEMBERS OF OUR K2 TEAM HAVE COLLABORATED SUCCESSFULLY ON SEVERAL MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDING THE FOLLOW?UP PRO…

Assistance award details

Assistance award identifier

ASST_NON_80NSSC18K1653_080

FAIN

80NSSC18K1653

Recipient

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Awarding agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Funding agency

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Assistance listing (CFDA)

43.001

Total obligated

$40,852

Period

Sep 13, 2018 – Sep 12, 2021

Fiscal year

2018

Place of performance state

CA

Source file

FY2018_All_Assistance_Full_20261006.zip

Description

MEMBERS OF OUR K2 TEAM HAVE COLLABORATED SUCCESSFULLY ON SEVERAL MAJOR PROJECTS INCLUDING THE FOLLOW?UP PROGRAM OF THE KEPLER MISSION ADDITIONAL CAMPAIGNS TO MEASURE PRECISE PLANET MASSES GROUND?BASED OBSERVATIONAL CAMPAIGNS (>100 NIGHTS) TO CHARACTERIZE PLANET HOST STARS SPACE?BASED TRANSIT PHOTOMETRY ATMOSPHERIC TRANSIT SPECTROSCOPY AND MORE. FOR THIS K2 COLLABORATION WE HOLD WEEKLY TELECONS AND USE ON?LINE COLLABORATIVE TOOLS TO SHARE PLANET SEARCH RESULTS VETTING DIAGNOSTICS PLANET CATALOGS AND OBSERVING PRODUCTS. WE COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOP SOFTWARE IN GITHUB REPOSITORIES. DATA PRODUCTS INCLUDING PLANET CANDIDATES AND OBSERVATIONAL DATA ARE STORED IN AN ONLINE DATABASE MANY OF OUR FALSE POSITIVES ARE ALREADY SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY ON THE NEXSCI EXOFOP WEBSITE. WE LEVERAGE SEVERAL COMPUTING RESOURCES INCLUDING PERSONAL LAPTOPS PI HOWARD'S 120?CORE CLUSTER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA'S HIGH?PERFORMANCE COMPUTING FACILITY AND AWARDED TIME AT THE NATIONAL ENERGY RESEARCH SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING CENTER.