LRP2020: The Opportunity of Young Nearby Associations with the Advent of the Gaia Mission
Jonathan Gagn\'e, Joel Kastner, Semyeong Oh, Jacqueline K. Faherty,, John Gizis, Adam Burgasser, Evgenya L. Shkolnik, Trevor J. David, Jinhee Lee,, Inseok Song, David Lafreni\`ere, Stanimir Metchev, Ren\'e Doyon, Adam, Schneider, \'Etienne Artigau

TL;DR
This white paper highlights the potential for Canada to lead in stellar association and exoplanet research by leveraging Gaia data and Canadian spectroscopic facilities, fostering scientific advancement and personnel training.
Contribution
It proposes a strategic plan for Canada to utilize Gaia data and existing facilities to advance research in stellar associations and exoplanets, establishing leadership and training opportunities.
Findings
Gaia data has revolutionized stellar kinematics with precise measurements for 1.3 billion stars.
Over 900 new young low-mass stars have been identified, some hosting exoplanets.
Canadian facilities can rapidly characterize these stars and their exoplanets, enhancing research capabilities.
Abstract
This white paper proposes leveraging high-quality Gaia data available to the worldwide scientific community and complement it with support from Canadian-related facilities to place Canada as a leader in the fields of stellar associations and exoplanet science, and to train Canadian highly qualified personnel through graduate and post-graduate research grants. Gaia has sparked a new era in the study of stellar kinematics by measuring precise distances and proper motions for 1.3 billion stars. These data have already generated more than 1700 scientific papers and are guaranteed to remain the source of many more papers for the upcoming decades. More than 900 new age-calibrated young low-mass stars have already been discovered as a direct consequence of the second Gaia data release. Some of these may already be host stars to known exoplanet systems or may become so with the progress of…
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Taxonomy
TopicsMagnetic and Electromagnetic Effects · Astro and Planetary Science · Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
