May 22 - 26, 2023
Vietri sul Mare, Italy

4thAdvanced School on Exoplanetary Science

Astrophysics of Transiting Exoplanets

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Astrophysics of Transiting Exoplanets

The 4th Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science will be held in Vietri sul Mare (Salerno), Italy from 22 to 26 May, 2023. The School - taking place close to the enchanting Amalfi Coast - is aimed to provide a comprehensive, state-of-the-art picture of a variety of relevant aspects of the fast-developing, highly interdisciplinary field of Exoplanet research. The Lecture topics of the 4th edition of the School will be focused on the Astrophysics of Transiting Exoplanet Systems, covering both the theoretical and observational perspectives.

In particular, the following key topics will be covered:

  • The history and frontier of transiting exoplanets demographics
  • Successes as well as astrophysical and methodological challenges in the determination of accurate and precise transiting exoplanet masses and radii
  • Multi-transiting systems as tools for improving our knowledge of the origin and evolution of close-in, compact, high-multiplicity planetary systems
  • Theoretical mechanisms and observations of atmospheric escape from highly irradiated transiting planets
  • Atmospheric characterization of transiting exoplanets

The Lectures will be delivered by five senior researchers to an audience of graduate students and young post-docs.


Lecture Notes of the 1st Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science

Lecture Notes of the 2nd Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science

Lecture Notes of the 3rd Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science


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The 4th Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science is supported by the University of Salerno (UNISA), the Astronomical Observatory of Rome (OAR), the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF), the municipality of Vietri sul Mare and the Campania Region (progetto finanziato con la L.R. n. 7/2003, contributi per la promozione culturale anno 2023).

TOPICS

Statistics of Transiting Exoplanets

history and frontier of transiting exoplanets demographics

Accurate determination of masses and radii

successes and methodological challenges

Transiting Multi-planet Systems

observations, formation and evolution

Transiting Exoplanet Atmospheres

successes, challenges, and prospects

Atmospheric Escape

mechanisms and observations of atmospheric escape

Lecturers

The School is open to graduate students and young post-doctoral researchers, and offers the fascinating possibility to interact with world-class experts engaged in different areas of transiting exoplanetary systems.

Program

The school format will include 5-6 hours of lectures for each topic and a selection of short presentations by School participants on their specific research.

PROGRAM

Pocket-sized program
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10:00 am

Visit of the Archeological Site of Herculaneum

Departure from Lloyd's Baia Hotel

Expected return at 3 pm





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7:00 - 8:00 pm Lloyd's Baia Hotel

Welcome cocktail

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9:00 am Conference Hall

Lecture #1

By Courtney Dressing

Introduction to Planetary Transits

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10:00 am Conference Hall

Lecture #1

By Eric Ford

Geometry of transiting multi-planet systems

11:00 am

Coffee break

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11:30 am Conference Hall

Lecture #1

By Laura Kreidberg

How do we “see” exoplanet atmospheres? I. Methods and techniques

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Lunch and free time

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2:30 pm Conference Hall

Contribution #1

Amy Tuson

Discovery of Long-Period Transiting Exoplanets with TESS and CHEOPS

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2:45 pm Conference Hall

Contribution #2

Mario Basilicata

Detection of Multiple Molecular Species in the atmosphere of the warm-Neptune HAT-P-11b

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3:00 pm Conference Hall

Lecture #1

By James Owen

Overview of atmosphere loss mechanisms

4:00 pm

Coffee break

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4:30 pm Conference Hall

Lecture #1

By Aldo Bonomo

The transit and radial-velocity methods

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5:30 pm Conference Hall

Lecture #2

By Courtney Dressing

Highlights from the Kepler Mission

7:30 pm

Dinner and free time

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9:00 am Conference Hall

Lecture #2

By Eric Ford

Prototypical transiting multi-planet systems

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10:00 am Conference Hall

Lecture #2

By Laura Kreidberg

How do we “see exoplanet atmospheres? II. History and key facilities

11:00 am

Coffee break

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11:30 am Conference Hall

Lecture #2

By James Owen

Theory of hydrodynamic escape from close-in exoplanets

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Lunch and free time

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2:30 pm Conference Hall

Contribution #3

Cyril Gapp

The transmission spectrum of the Ultra-Hot Jupiter WASP-121b with JWST/NIRSpec

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2:45 pm Conference Hall

Contribution #4

Christina Schoettler

Can the Kepler Dichotomy be explained by dynamical interactions in young star clusters?

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3:00 pm Conference Hall

Lecture #2

By Aldo Bonomo

Bayesian Inference through MCMC and MultiNest techniques

4:00 pm

Coffee break

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4:30 pm Conference Hall

Lecture #3

By Courtney Dressing

Highlights from the K2 and TESS Missions

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5:30 pm Conference Hall

Lecture #3

By Eric Ford

Transit Timing Variations

7:30 pm

Dinner and free time

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9:00 am Conference Hall

Lecture #3

By James Owen

Direct observations of escape from exoplanets and what they tell us

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10:00 am Conference Hall

Lecture #4

By Courtney Dressing

Demographic Trends in Planet Occurrence Rates

11:00 am

Coffee break

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11:30 am Conference Hall

Lecture #4

By Eric Ford

Near-resonant multi-planet systems

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12:30 pm Conference Hall

Lecture #3

By Laura Kreidberg

What are exoplanet atmospheres made of?

1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Lunch

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3:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Tour of the Amalfi Coast

Visit of Ravello and its villas


7:30 pm - 10:30 pm

Social dinner

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9:00 am Conference Hall

Lecture #4

By Laura Kreidberg

What kind of clouds and hazes do exoplanets have?

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10:00 am Conference Hall

Lecture #4

By James Owen

Impact of escape on exoplanet evolution

11:00 am

Coffee break

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11:30 am Conference Hall

Lecture #3

By Aldo Bonomo

Determination of stellar parameters for accurate (and precise) planet masses and radii

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Lunch and free time

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2:30 pm Conference Hall

Contribution #5

Simone Hagey

Disentangling the Sources of Secular Trends in Exoplanet Orbits

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2:45 pm Conference Hall

Contribution #6

Lorenzo Mugnai

ExoSim 2. The new time-domain simulator applied to the Ariel space mission

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3:00 pm Conference Hall

Lecture #5

By Courtney Dressing

The Compositions and Interior Structures of Exoplanets

4:00 pm

Coffee break

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4:30 pm Conference Hall

Lecture #5

By Eric Ford

Long-term evolution of multi-planet systems

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5:30 pm Conference Hall

Lecture #5

By Laura Kreidberg

What are the climates of exoplanets like?

7:30 pm

Dinner and free time

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9:00 am Conference Hall

Lecture #4

By Aldo Bonomo

Impact of stellar magnetic activity on planet parameters and modeling/mitigation techniques

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10:00 am Conference Hall

Lecture #6

By Courtney Dressing

Future Goals and Opportunities

11:00 am

Coffee break

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11:30 am Conference Hall

Lecture #6

By Eric Ford

Formation of multi-planet systems

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Lunch and free time

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2:30 pm Conference Hall

Contribution #7

Elyar Sedaghati

Constraining planet formation theories from the Rossiter McLaughlin measurements for warm giant exoplanets

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2:45 pm Conference Hall

Contribution #8

Larissa Palethorpe

Delving further into the radius valley through the characterisation of a sub-Neptune

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3:00 pm Conference Hall

Lecture #6

By Laura Kreidberg

Future prospects and the path to biosignatures

4:00 pm

Coffee break

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4:30 pm Conference Hall

Lecture #5

By James Owen

Open questions and future directions

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5:30 pm Conference Hall

Lecture #5

By Aldo Bonomo

Challenges and future prospects for accurate/precise determination of planet parameters

7:30 pm

Dinner and free time

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9:00 am

Hiking on the Path of the Gods

Departure from Lloyd's Baia Hotel

Expected return at 6:30 pm

Registration

The School is open to underdraduated, graduate students and young Post-doc researchers. The registration fee is € 350 (Euro), and includes a conference kit, coffee breaks and social dinner. Registrations are currently open.
PLEASE, REGISTER BY FILLING IN THE ON-LINE FORM ON THE RIGHT-HAND PANEL
The Registration Fee must be settled no later than April 3, 2023, with bank transfer to:
Name of Bank: Banca FIDEURAM
Account Holder: Istituto Internazionale per gli Alti Studi Scientifici (IIASS)
Address: Via G. Pellegrino 19, I-84019 - Vietri sul Mare (Sa) Italy
IBAN: IT02 F032 9601 6010 0006 6131 328
BIC: FIBKITMM
Please indicate your name in the REASON for payment and send a copy of the bank transfer to the organisers (ases4@roma2.infn.it).

Deadline: April 3, 2023


A limited number of participants will have the opportunity to present an oral contribution. If you are interested in doing this, please, send an explicit request to the organisers (ases4@roma2.infn.it), together with your CV, title and abstract of your contribution. Deadline: April 15, 2023

All participants are allowed and encouraged to bring a poster (A1 paper dimensions or smaller).

Grant applications are no longer possible.
















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Venue

The school will take place at the

Lloyd's Baia Hotel

Via Benedetto Croce
84019 - Salerno, Italy
webpage: www.lloydsbaiahotel.it
e-mail: info@lloydsbaiahotel.it
Tel. +39 089 763 3111 google map: map

Social events

Wednesday, May 24 - Tour of the Amalfi coast and social dinner (free). Visit of Ravello and its villas: Villa Rufolo and Villa Cimbrone. The social dinner will be held at the Garden restaurant. Individuals who wish to bring partners or family members to the tour and the social dinner need to pay 100 € per person.
Sunday, May 21 - Visit of the Archeological Site of Herculaneum. From 10:00am to 3:00pm. Participants will have to pay a small fee (additional information will be given soon). The cost includes the transfer from the hotel to Herculaneum (and vice versa) and the entrance ticket. An audio guide service is available through a dedicated App, which can be downloaded on your smartphone. If you are interested in joining the tour, please, contact the organisers (ases4@roma2.infn.it).
Saturday, May 27 - Hiking on the Path of the Gods. From 9:00am to 6:00pm. Transfer from the hotel to Agerola (starting point of the trail) - hiking on the path of the Gods from Agerola to Nocelle (roughly 2 hr) - going downstairs to Positano - visit of Positano and swimming - return to Salerno by ferry. Participants will have to pay a small fee (additional information will be given soon). The cost includes the transfer from the hotel to Agerola and the price of the ticket of the ferry. If you are interested in joining the tour, please, contact the organisers (ases4@roma2.infn.it).

Accommodation

For your stay, we recommend

Lloyd's Baia Hotel

Via Benedetto Croce
84121 - Salerno, Italy
webpage: www.lloydsbaiahotel.it
e-mail: info@lloydsbaiahotel.it
Tel. +39 089 763 3111
google map: map
The Lloyd's Baia Hotel is very close to Vietri sul Mare, a village that is considered as the "first pearl" in the Amalfi Coast. The hotel's location is very strategic in that it allows to reach the centre of Salerno in just a few minutes and to visit the surrounding tourist attractions of the Amalfi Coast.

The arranged price (VAT included) per person per night, in shared triple room is € 65,00.

The arranged price (VAT included) per person per night, in shared double room is € 80,00.

The arranged price (VAT included) per person per night, in single room is € 149,00.

The accommodation includes breakfast and the access to the gym and beach. The Hotel offers a shuttle service to its guests for both arrivals and departures.

Please, in order to book your stay, fill out the Hotel Reservation Form and return it by email to both the Hotel (booking@lloydsbaiahotel.it) and the organisers (ases4@roma2.infn.it).
Accommodation form

Lunch / Dinner

If you want, you can have lunch and/or dinner at the hotel. The price is 35 €.
Otherwise you can easily reach the center of Vietri sul Mare, which is only a 5 minute walk away. In Vietri sul Mare, you will have a wide choice of restaurants and bars with various price ranges. Based on the proximity and judgments read on Tripadvosor, we recommend the following eating places: Pane e Panorama, Fame Zero, Ristorante Pizzeria Da Giufé, Risto Sud Est, Il Principe e la Civetta, Ristorante 34 da Lucia, Ristorante Sesta Stazione.

In the evening, you can also choose to go to the Vietri area near the beach (Marina di Vietri; 25 minute walk away from the Hotel), where there are other restaurants and bar lounges with music. Another good option is to go to the historical downtown of Salerno (35 minute walk away from the Hotel; 10 minutes by bus), which offers many solutions for having lunch and/or dinner or just for a drink.

Getting there

By air:

The best way to arrive at the Lloyd's Baia Hotel is from the airport of Naples (code NAP). On Sunday, May 21, two shuttles will be organised to take the participants from the airport of Naples to the Lloyd's Baia Hotel. One shuttle will leave at 12pm, the other at 6pm. Please, communicate your arrival times to the organisers (ases4@roma2.infn.it). If you prefer to come and leave at your time, please read the information on the right-hand panel.

Another way to arrive in Vietri sul Mare is from the airport of Rome. Read information below.

Route A

A1) Land at Rome Airport Fiumicino (FCO).
A2) From the Railway Station of the Airport, catch a train to Rome Railway Station (Leonardo Express).
A3) From Rome Railway Station, catch a train to Salerno Railway Station (TRENITALIA).
A4) From Salerno Railway Station catch bus n. 4 or n. 9 to Vietri (tickets cost € 1,00 at authorized retailers; Busitalia). See this google map.

By train:

Arrive at the Salerno Railway Station and then follow A4.

Links:

Rome Airport Fiumicino (FCO)
Naples Airport Capodichino (NAP)
Bus connections map to/from Naples airport
Alibus Naples-Airport Bus Company
Naples Railway Station
Salerno Public Transportation
TRENITALIA






From Naples Airport Capodichino to Vietri sul Mare follow Route B

Route B

B1) Land at Naples Airport Capodichino (NAP). After your arrival, you have different ways to reach Salerno.
B2) From the airport you can take a bus for € 3,00 (called Alibus) to Naples central railway station; get off here for connections to Salerno via train and then follow A4. You can buy your ticket on the Alibus, and you can get it by walking right out of the airport terminal to the bus stop, which is less than 20 metres from the airport terminal exit.
B3) From Naples Airport there is a SITA bus running directly to Salerno (Euros 7). This bus runs only 4 times a day, and not on Sunday. You have to walk 300 meters to reach the bus. Once you arrive in Salerno, follow A4.

Participants

Registered

Andrew Allan Leiden Observatory, Leiden University Netherlands
Ahlam Alqasim UCL Mullard Space Science Lab UK
Fabio Aratore University of Salerno Italy
Rosa Arenales Lopes LMU - USM Germany
Reza Ashtari Johns Hopkins University USA
Giulia Ballabio Imperial College London UK
Mario Basilicata University of Rome "Tor Vergata" Italy
Francesco Biagiotti Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology Italy
Federico Biassoni Università degli Studi dell'Insubria Italy
Andrea Bocchieri "Sapienza" University of Rome Italy
Ryan Boukrouche Stockholm University Sweden
Alexandru Căliman University of Namur Belgium
Gloria Canocchi Stockholm University Sweden
Aritra Chakrabarty Data Observatory & Universidad Adolfo Ibanez Chile
Priyanka Chaturvedi TLS, Tautenburg Germany
Ana Rita Costa Silva Universidade do Porto Portugal
Maurizio D'Addona University of Salerno / INAF-AOC Italy
Mattia D'Arpa INAF-OAPa / University of Palermo Italy
Charline Dardenne Namur Institute for Complex Systems Belgium
Yasmin Davis University of Birmingham UK
Manuel Mallorquín Díaz Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Spain
Dwaipayan Dubey Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Germany
Emma Esparza Borges Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Spain
Elise Evans University of Edinburgh UK
Mohammad Farhat IMCCE - Observatoire de Paris - CNRS France
Simone Filomeno INAF - Rome Astronomical Observatory Italy
Stefano Fiscale Parthenope University of Naples Italy
Alix Freckelton University of Birmingham UK
Viktória Fröhlich Konkoly Thege Miklós Astronomical Institute Hungary
Pavol Gajdos Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice Slovakia
Cyril Gapp Max Planck Institute for Astronomy Germany
Elisa Goffo University of Turin / TLS Tautenburg Italy / Germany
Paula Gorrini Universität Göttingen Germany
Salomé Grouffal Aix-Marseille University France
Fabian Grübel LMU Munichy Germany
Gloria Guilluy INAF - Turin Astrophysical Observatory Italy
Simone Hagey University of British Columbia Canada
Laura Inno Parthenope University of Naples Italy
Veruska Lamberti University of Salerno Italy
Pietro Leonardi University of Trento / University of Padova Italy
Jozef Lipták Astronomical Institute of Charles University in Prague Czech Republic
Christian Magliano University of Naples Italy
Cathal Maguire Trinity College Dublin Ireland
Yana Markus Pavol Jozef Safarik University in Kosice Slovakia
Francesco Mocciaro University of Salerno Italy
Morgan Mitchell University of Warwick UK
Mateusz Mróz University of Warsaw Poland
Lorenzo Mugnai Cardiff University UK
Luca Naponiello University of Rome "Tor Vergata" Italy
Larissa Palethorpe University of Edinburgh UK
Léna Parc Observatory of Geneva Switzerland
Matteo Pinamonti INAF - Turin Astrophysical Observatory Italy
Anna Chiara Rescigno University of Salerno Italy
Paolo Rota University of Salerno Italy
Alessandro Ruggieri University of Padova Italy
Simone Sacquegna University of Salento Italy
Vito Saggese University of Naples Italy
Laura Salmeri University of Salerno Italy
Carmen San Nicolas Martinez Universidad Complutense de Madrid Spain
Christina Schoettler Imperial College London UK
Ethan Schreyer Imperial College London UK
Paul Schwarz Georg-August-University of Göttingen Germany
Elyar Sedaghati European Southern Observatory Chile
Denitza Stoeva Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski" Bulgaria
Matthew Swayne Keele University UK
Mohammad Talafha Sharjah Academy of Astron., Space sciences & Tech. United Arab Emirates
Amy Tuson University of Cambridge UK
Valentina Vaulato University of Geneva Switzerland
Jingxuan Yang University of Oxford UK
Jiri Zak ESO - Garching Germany


Our Sponsors

The 4th Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science is supported by the University of Salerno (UNISA), the Astronomical Observatory of Rome (OAR), the National Institute of Astrophysics (INAF), the municipality of Vietri sul Mare and the Campania Region (progetto finanziato con la L.R. n. 7/2003, contributi per la promozione culturale anno 2023).

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Organisers

The event is organised by

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Katia Biazzo
INAF - Astronomical Observatory of Rome
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Valerio Bozza
Department of Physics, University of Salerno
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Luigi Mancini
Department of Physics, University of Rome Tor Vergata
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Alessandro Sozzetti
INAF - Astrophysical Observatory of Turin

Previous Lecturers

Lecturers of the previous editions of the Advanced School on Exoplanetary Science

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Artie P. Hatzes
Thuringian State Observatory, Germany
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Andrew C. Cameron
University of St Andrews, UK
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Andrew Gould
Ohio State University, USA
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Riccardo Claudi
Astronomical Observatory of Padova, Italy
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Jonathan Fortney
University of California, USA
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David Sing
University of Exeter, UK
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Jonathan Tennyson
University College London, UK
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Davide Grassi
INAF - IAPS, Italy
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B. Scott Gaudi
Ohio State University, USA
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Alessandro Morbidelli
Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur, France
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Andrew Howard
California Institute of Technology, USA
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Sean Raymond
Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, France
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Antonino Lanza
INAF - Catania Astrophysical Observatory, Italy

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