Science Working Group

PFI

 
The PFI Science Working Group (SWG) is lead by the Project Scientist (Stefan Kraus/Exeter) 
and comprises sub-groups on the following topics: 1.) Protoplanetary Disk Structure & Physics (coordinator: Neal Turner/JPL) 2.) Planet Formation Signatures in PMS Disks (coordinator: Stefan Kraus/Exeter) 3.) Protoplanet Properties & Detection (coordinator: Catherine Espaillat/Boston) 4.) Late Stages of Planetary System Formation (coordinator: Johan Olofsson/Antofagasta) 5.) Planetary System Architecture (coordinator: Christoph Mordasini/Bern) 6.) Planet Formation in Multiple Systems (coordinator: Gaspard Duchene/Berkeley) 7.) Star Forming Regions / Target Selection (coordinator: Keivan Stassun/Vanderbilt) 8.) Secondary Science Case: Exoplanet-related Science (coordinator: Gautam Vasisht/JPL) 9.) Secondary Science Case: Stellar Astrophysics (coordinator: Claudia Paladini/ULB Brussels) 10.) Secondary Science Case: Extragalactic Science (coordinator: Sebastian Hoenig/Southampton)