EXOHOST: EU Twinning project

EU Twinning project Anna Aret UT Tartu Observatory Estonia 25 April 2024 Ariel Mission Consortium meeting Building Excellence in Spectral Characterisation of Exoplanet Hosts and Other Stars Horizon Europe Twinning project 2023–2025 Anna Aret – UT Tartu Observatory – exohost.ut.ee Main objectives ➢Strengthen research capacity in stellar astronomy at UT TO ➢Enhance international visibility and attractiveness of UT ➢Lay the foundation for long-term cooperation between partners ➢Improve research culture and practices ➢Enhance research management capacity ➢Foster gender balance and cultivate a diverse research environment EXOHOST Consortium Building Excellence in Spectral Characterisation of Exoplanet Hosts and Other Stars Horizon Europe Twinning project 2023–2025 EXOHOST Consortium Main research objectives ➢Implement innovative projects in stellar characterisation related to exoplanets, planet-forming discs, and chemical peculiarities ➢Actively exploit UT TO new echelle spectrograph ➢Contribute to the ESA Ariel Mission Anna Aret – UT Tartu Observatory – exohost.ut.ee Anna Aret Mihkel Kama Luca Fossati Eric Stempels Credit: Mihkel Kama Building Excellence in Spectral Characterisation of Exoplanet Hosts and Other Stars Horizon Europe Twinning project 2023–2025 Anna Aret – UT Tartu Observatory – exohost.ut.ee Building Excellence in Spectral Characterisation of Exoplanet Hosts and Other Stars Horizon Europe Twinning project 2023–2025 Anna Aret – UT Tartu Observatory – exohost.ut.ee Building Excellence in Spectral Characterisation of Exoplanet Hosts and Other Stars Horizon Europe Twinning project 2023–2025 Current research projects ➢Determination of parameters and chemical composition of hot stars and fast rotators in the Ariel sample ➢Improvement of exoplanet ephemerides ➢Studies of CHNOPS elements in diskand planeet-hosting stars ➢Tracing accretion signatures in the spectra of young hot stars ➢Evaporation of planets around hot stars ➢Development of a planet population synthesis model ➢Developing and applying a Bayesian fitting tool with the Zeeman stellar spectral synthesis code for analysing stellar spectra Anna Aret – UT Tartu Observatory – exohost.ut.ee Building Excellence in Spectral Characterisation of Exoplanet Hosts and Other Stars Horizon Europe Twinning project 2023–2025 Planet formation and populations EXOHOST summer school 16-20 September 2024 Tartu Observatory, Estonia exoplanets2024.ut.ee Registration open until 30 April Anna Aret – UT Tartu Observatory – exohost.ut.ee Credit: Viljo Allik