UV Science and Instrumentation Workshop
On the Way to the NASA Habitable Worlds Observatory and Beyond
Dates: May 7-9*, 2024
*Optional Tour of JPL on May 10.
In-Person Location: von Karman Auditorium, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Virtual participation is made possible.
UV instruments will be part of the instrument suite of HWO. In addition, there will be opportunities to develop instruments for other astrophysics missions, even before HWO. Within that context, the goals of this workshop are:
- Discuss potentially driving science cases for UV instruments, including cross disciplinary applications, with experts in the field.
- Provide an opportunity for the broad discussion of potential instrument architectures.
- Develop a common understanding of the technological bottlenecks and potential solutions.
The workshop will generate and publish a peer-reviewed final report.
Science Organizing Committee
- Shouleh Nikzad, Convener, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Anahita Alavi, California Institute of Technology/IPAC
- Rachael Beaton, Space Telescope Science Institute
- Brad Cenko, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
- Kevin France, University of Colorado-Boulder
- Erika Hamden, University of Arizona
- Lynne Hillenbrand, California Institute of Technology
- Bethan James, Space Telescope Science Institute
- Evgenya Shkolnik, Arizona State University
- Allison Youngblood, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Local Organizing Committee
- David Ardila, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Chas Beichman, NExScI
- Bertrand Mennesson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
- Leonidas Moustakas, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Deadline to register was Sunday, March 31, 2024. Registration is now closed. Contact UVWorkshop@jpl.nasa.gov with any questions.
This workshop is in part supported by the Cosmic Origins and the Exoplanet Exploration Program Offices.
Workshop Presentations
Day 1 Presentations
Three roads to UV Astrophysics at NASA [Kurczynski]
Report on Mind the Gap Session [McCandliss]
The Ultraviolet Hardware Path to HWO [Tuttle]
Day 2 Presentations
The multiphase CGM through UV-colored glasses [Faerman]
HI and UV galaxy morphometrics [Cook & Holwerda]
The MANTIS CubeSat: Unveiling the ultraviolet lives of exoplanet host stars [Wilson]
Power of UV+X-ray high-resolution spectroscopy for probing AGN outflows [Mehdipour]
Day 3 Presentations
Ultraviolet Insights into Supermassive Black Hole Growth [Brandt]
Direct Detection of Ionizing Radiation with HWO [McCandliss]
UV observations of atmospheric escape in exoplanets [Dos Santos]