The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning / McGill University

$50,000.00 CAD

≈ 8 months of average Canadian pay

Department: Canadian Space Agency
Program: Class Grant and Contribution Program to Support Research, Awareness and Learning in Space Science and Technology
Recipient country: Canada
Fiscal year: 2023-2024
Agreement period: January 31, 2024 – June 29, 2025
Reference: csa-asc:003-2023-2024-Q4-00040

Published purpose

Following the JWST ERS and Cycle 2 GO Announcement of Opportunity published on July 6, 2023, the CSA is providing funding via a Grant Agreement to the university to conduct their research using the JWST data. This project will use NIRSpec to conduct phase curve spectroscopy to study the atmospheric structure of Neptune-size exoplanet LTT 9779b. NIRSpec will measure the planet’s global thermal and molecular structure, alongside measuring its cloud properties at all longitudes. This project aims to provide a definitive benchmark for hot-Neptune’s against which to compare the next generation of small exoplanet atmospheric circulation models.

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