Dr. Becky | The plan for JWST's second year of observations! | Cycle 2 successful science proposals @DrBecky | Uploaded 1 year ago | Updated 3 hours ago
Go to brilliant.org/drbecky to get a 30-day free trial and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. This week's video is a little insight into the astrophysics community and what we've all been waiting for: the decisions on who got time on JWST! In this video I pick out 3 proposals I'm particularly excited to see the data and results from. Plus go through some of the stats around the proposal process. #jwst #astrophysics #science
The successful proposals in Cycle 2 (click on the proposal number and then "public PDF" to see details): https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/science-execution/approved-programs/general-observers/cycle-2-go
The statistics on Cycle 2: https://www.stsci.edu/files/live/sites/www/files/home/jwst/science-execution/approved-programs/general-observers/cycle-2-go/_documents/cycle2-tac-summary.pdf
Proposal 2757 (GTO program) - "Understanding the origin of Boyajian's Star occultations" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/2757.pdf
Proposal 3315 (GO program) - "Measuring the Interior Composition of a Terrestrial Planet" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/3315.pdf
Proposal 3073 (GO program) - "Spectroscopic confirmation of an unexpected population of bright galaxies at cosmic dawn" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/3073.pdf
Proposal 3507 (GO program) - "When does the IMF become bottom heavy?" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/3507.pdf
Proposal 3777 (GO program) - "The LAHst of Us: a Sub-kiloparsec View Into The Origins Of a Strongly Lensed Lyman Alpha Halo at z=3" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/3777.pdf
Proposal 3079 (GO program) - "BEES: Black hole Extended Emission Search" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/3079.pdf
Proposal 4403 (GO survey) - "The MIRI survey for Exoplanets Orbiting White-dwarfs (MEOW)" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/4403.pdf
Proposal 3516 (GO program) - "All the Little Things: Pop III Signatures & the Ionizing Photon Budget of Dwarf Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/3516.pdf
Boyajian et al. (2015; discovery of Boyajian's WTF star) - academic.oup.com/mnras/article/457/4/3988/2589003
Sanchis-Ojeda et al. (2015; discovery of K2-22b) - iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/812/2/112/pdf
Schlawin et al. (2021; mass loss rate for K2-22b) - iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac0b41/pdf
00:00 - Introduction
00:58 - How much time is available on JWST to apply for?
04:02 - HIGHLIGHT 1: Boyajian's WTF star
06:56 - HIGHLIGHT 2: The interior of an exoplanet?!
09:39 - HIGHLIGHT 3: Confirming the distance to the most distant candidate galaxies
13:22 - Honourable mentions
14:52 - STATS FOR NERDS LIKE ME
19:12 - Brilliant
20:23 - Bloopers
Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV
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👩🏽💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
http://drbecky.uk.com
rebeccasmethurst.co.uk
Go to brilliant.org/drbecky to get a 30-day free trial and the first 200 people will get 20% off their annual subscription. This week's video is a little insight into the astrophysics community and what we've all been waiting for: the decisions on who got time on JWST! In this video I pick out 3 proposals I'm particularly excited to see the data and results from. Plus go through some of the stats around the proposal process. #jwst #astrophysics #science
The successful proposals in Cycle 2 (click on the proposal number and then "public PDF" to see details): https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/science-execution/approved-programs/general-observers/cycle-2-go
The statistics on Cycle 2: https://www.stsci.edu/files/live/sites/www/files/home/jwst/science-execution/approved-programs/general-observers/cycle-2-go/_documents/cycle2-tac-summary.pdf
Proposal 2757 (GTO program) - "Understanding the origin of Boyajian's Star occultations" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/2757.pdf
Proposal 3315 (GO program) - "Measuring the Interior Composition of a Terrestrial Planet" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/3315.pdf
Proposal 3073 (GO program) - "Spectroscopic confirmation of an unexpected population of bright galaxies at cosmic dawn" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/3073.pdf
Proposal 3507 (GO program) - "When does the IMF become bottom heavy?" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/3507.pdf
Proposal 3777 (GO program) - "The LAHst of Us: a Sub-kiloparsec View Into The Origins Of a Strongly Lensed Lyman Alpha Halo at z=3" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/3777.pdf
Proposal 3079 (GO program) - "BEES: Black hole Extended Emission Search" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/3079.pdf
Proposal 4403 (GO survey) - "The MIRI survey for Exoplanets Orbiting White-dwarfs (MEOW)" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/4403.pdf
Proposal 3516 (GO program) - "All the Little Things: Pop III Signatures & the Ionizing Photon Budget of Dwarf Galaxies in the Epoch of Reionization" - https://www.stsci.edu/jwst/phase2-public/3516.pdf
Boyajian et al. (2015; discovery of Boyajian's WTF star) - academic.oup.com/mnras/article/457/4/3988/2589003
Sanchis-Ojeda et al. (2015; discovery of K2-22b) - iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0004-637X/812/2/112/pdf
Schlawin et al. (2021; mass loss rate for K2-22b) - iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-3881/ac0b41/pdf
00:00 - Introduction
00:58 - How much time is available on JWST to apply for?
04:02 - HIGHLIGHT 1: Boyajian's WTF star
06:56 - HIGHLIGHT 2: The interior of an exoplanet?!
09:39 - HIGHLIGHT 3: Confirming the distance to the most distant candidate galaxies
13:22 - Honourable mentions
14:52 - STATS FOR NERDS LIKE ME
19:12 - Brilliant
20:23 - Bloopers
Video filmed on a Sony ⍺7 IV
---
📚 My new book, "A Brief History of Black Holes", out NOW in hardback, e-book and audiobook (which I narrated myself!): http://hyperurl.co/DrBecky
---
📚 "The Year In Space" celebrating all things space in 2022 from me and the rest of the Supermassive Podcast team: geni.us/jNcrw
---
👕 My new merch, including JWST designs, are available here (with worldwide shipping!): dr-becky.teemill.com
---
🎧 Royal Astronomical Society Podcast that I co-host: podfollow.com/supermassive
---
🔔 Don't forget to subscribe and click the little bell icon to be notified when I post a new video!
---
👩🏽💻 I'm Dr. Becky Smethurst, an astrophysicist at the University of Oxford (Christ Church). I love making videos about science with an unnatural level of enthusiasm. I like to focus on how we know things, not just what we know. And especially, the things we still don't know. If you've ever wondered about something in space and couldn't find an answer online - you can ask me! My day job is to do research into how supermassive black holes can affect the galaxies that they live in. In particular, I look at whether the energy output from the disk of material orbiting around a growing supermassive black hole can stop a galaxy from forming stars.
http://drbecky.uk.com
rebeccasmethurst.co.uk
