[Baps] Laughlin talk: Extrasolar Planets, Th 4pm

Sun Oct 1 11:41:50 EDT 2006

Harvard Astronomy Colloquium

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 4:00 PM

"Extrasolar Planets"

Dr. Gregory Laughlin

University of California, Santa Cruz.

Preceded by tea at 3:30 pm. Phillips Auditorium.

  Abstract:   This   talk   will   describe  recent  results  from  four
  interconnected  research  projects  involving extrasolar planets. I'll
  start by describing the Systemic collaboration, a public-participation
  project  to  improve  the  characterization  of the galactic planetary
  census.  I  will  then  describe  recent  results  from hydrodynamical
  modeling  of  the  flow  patterns  on the surfaces of irradiated giant
  planets.  I'll  wrap  up by describing two observational projects that
  can  potentially  detect  habitable,  Earth-mass  worlds around nearby
  stars from the ground and for a very modest cost.
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