Past Colloquia
Small Stars with Small Planets and Big Consequences
Cody Hall
Phil Muirhead (Caltech)
January 25, 2012
15:00 - 16:00
The field of extrasolar planets is rapidly evolving. The quest to discover ever-more and ever-smaller exoplanets has pushed the field in two primary detections: (1) toward a comprehensive assessment of the frequency and statistics of various types of exoplanets–used as a guide for planet formation…
“Retired” Planet Hosts: Not So Massive, Maybe Just Portly After Lunch
Cody Hall
James P. Lloyd (Cornell University)
January 20, 2012
14:00 - 15:00
Studies of the planet abundance as a function of stellar mass have suggested a strong increase in the frequency of planet occurrence around stars more massive than 1.5 Msun, and that such stars are deficit in short period planets. These planet searches have relied on…
The Origins of Planetary Systems – Constraints from Protoplanetary Disks
Cody Hall
Ilaria Pascucci (University of Arizona)
January 13, 2012
14:00 - 15:00
What is the origin of the Solar System and other planetary systems? We are living in an exciting era where the history of the Solar System is being revealed by in-situ measurements and sample returns from solar system objects, laboratory analysis of meteorites, and by…
The Origins of Planetary Systems – Constraints from Protoplanetary Disks
Cody Hall
Ilaria Pascucci (University of Arizona)
January 13, 2012
14:00 - 15:00
What is the origin of the Solar System and other planetary systems? We are living in an exciting era where the history of the Solar System is being revealed by in-situ measurements and sample returns from solar system objects, laboratory analysis of meteorites, and by…
Colloquium with Alison Sills
Cody Hall
Prof. Alison Sills, McMaster University
January 01, 1970
2:00pm - 3:00pm
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