High-precision planet radii obtained via asteroseismology reveal a slope in the planet radius bimodality. Van Eylen+ 2017 See talks by Thompson, Lundkvist, Montet, Kjeldsen, Chaplin, Huber, Chontos, and others.
to constrain the timescales of inward planet migration. Rizzuto+ in prep Mann+ 2017 and others 1 10 100 1000 Age (Myr) 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 Relative Planet Occurence (P < 20 d) Migration? Kepler Upper Scorpius Pleiades Hyades & Praesepe Close-in planets appear to be less common around young stars
spin down in a radically different way Also: Rebull+ 2016a,b, 2017, Somers+ 2017, Barnes+ 2016, Stauffer+ 2016, Nardiello+ 2015, Scholz+ 2015, and others.
processing. cf. https://keplerscience.arc.nasa.gov/k2-uniform-global-reprocessing-underway.html K2’s re-processing will ensure that all Campaigns benefit from a high-quality, uniform calibration Work led by Jeff Coughlin (@JeffLCoughlin)
Young open clusters (1-10 Myr) Taurus, Upper Sco, rho Ophiuchus, Lagoon (NGC 6530). • Moderately young open clusters (0.1-1 Gyr) Pleiades, Hyades, M35, M44 (Beehive), NGC 1647, NGC 1746, NGC 1750, NGC 1758, NGC 1817. • Middle-aged clusters M67, Ruprecht 147, NGC 2158. • Globular clusters M4, M9, M19, M80, Terzan 5. NGC 5897, NGC 6293, NGC 6355. Campaigns 5, 16, & 18 overlap => M67 & M44 were observed for 3 x 80 days (3-yr baseline)
becoming computationally tractable. Foreman-Mackey+ 2017 Ambikasaran+ 2015 + talk by Pereira Opportunity: who wants to trial this method on K2’s 2,000 short cadence targets? Gaussian Processes
stars enables the investigation of bright stars, including OB- type supergiants. Pope+ 2016 White+ 2017 Aerts+ 2017 Aerts+ 2018 See talks by White & Aerts HD 188209 (O9.5Iab) rho Leo (B1Iab) Creative analyses enable the study of stars brighter than ~5th magnitude
to an unprecedented precision A new measurement apparatus was designed which uses small spots of light across a range of wavelengths. Vorobiev+ in prep => opens the door towards high-precision PSF-fitting photometry with Kepler