[Astronomy seminar] Astronomy seminar TODAY @ 10:30 FC61: Ernst de Mooij

[Astronomy seminar announcements]

On 2019-04-23 11:38 , Alexis Brandeker wrote:
> Astronomy seminar
>
> Time & location: Friday April 26, 10:30 in FC61
>
> Speaker: Ernst de Mooij (Dublin University)
>
> Title: Characterising the Atmospheres and Circumplanetary Environment 
> of Exoplanets
>
> Abstract:
> Since the discovery of the first planet outside our solar-system 
> almost 25 years ago, the field of exoplanet research has made a lot of 
> progress. Not only has the number of known exoplanets increased to 
> over 3000, the atmospheres for a number of exoplanets have been 
> detected. These atmospheric studies have mainly been made for 
> transiting planets. For these planets is not only possible to study 
> their atmosphere in emission/reflection during the secondary eclipse 
> and through their phase-curve, but also in transmission during the 
> transit. I will show that ground-based telescopes can be used to reach 
> the high precision required to detect the atmospheric signatures, 
> while long-term monitoring with space-based telescopes allows us to 
> start and probe dynamics in the atmospheres of alien worlds. Finally, 
> I will show how we can use high-resolution spectroscopy to search for 
> rings around exoplanets.
>
> 26/4 (Fri) @ 13:00: PhD defence of Tine Libbrecht in FB52
> 3/5 (Fri) @ 10:30: Michelle Collins (Surrey)
> 10/5 (Fri) @ 10:30: Open slot, NO SEMINAR scheduled (yet)
> 17/5 (Fri) @ 10:30: Karin Lind (MPIA)
> 24/5 (Fri) @ 10:30: Dainis Dravins (Lund University)
>
> All welcome! Alexis Brandeker (Astronomy seminar organiser VT 2019)
>