Grant: Canada Research Chairs
Bishop's University
$75,000.00
Canada Research Chair in Exoplanet Astrophysics
FY 2017-18
Summary
The next phase of exoplanet research is understanding the growing knowledge of the composition
and structure of both the atmosphere and interior of planets outside our solar system; are these
planets scaled down versions of Neptune or scaled versions of Earth? or of a completely different
nature? State of the art facilities available to the Canadian community will be used to measure the
mass, radius, atmosphere, incident flux, composition and evolution of transiting extrasolar planets.
The main objective of the program is to measure, compare and interpret fundamental properties of
extrasolar planets to determine the diversity of exoplanets.
Program
Canada Research Chairs
Recipient
Location
Quebec, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
1000231393-2016
Name nom
Rowe, Jason
Department département
Department of Physics
Organization id
45
Institution établissement
Bishop's University
Province en
Québec
Province fr
Québec
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2017
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
75000
Program id
CRC
Program name en
Canada Research Chairs
Program name fr
Chaires de recherche du Canada
Group en
Discovery grants programs
Group fr
Programmes de subventions à la découverte
Committee code
9998
Committee name en
Canada Research Chair Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection des Chaires de recherche du Canada
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
3200
Research subject group en
Astronomy and astrophysics
Research subject group fr
Astronomie et astrophysique
Research subject en
Astronomy and astrophysics
Research subject fr
Astronomie et astrophysique
Partie
0
Application title
Canada Research Chair in Exoplanet Astrophysics
Keyword
CRC
Application summary
The next phase of exoplanet research is understanding the growing knowledge of the composition
and structure of both the atmosphere and interior of planets outside our solar system; are these
planets scaled down versions of Neptune or scaled versions of Earth? or of a completely different
nature? State of the art facilities available to the Canadian community will be used to measure the
mass, radius, atmosphere, incident flux, composition and evolution of transiting extrasolar planets.
The main objective of the program is to measure, compare and interpret fundamental properties of
extrasolar planets to determine the diversity of exoplanets.
