Séminaire iREx - The Masses, Densities, and Orbital Dynamics of Exoplanets : NOTEZ LA SALLE - D-460
Lauren M. Weiss
Ken & Gloria Levy Fellow, UC Berkeley

We live in a golden era of exoplanet discovery and characterization. In the past few years, the Kepler Mission has discovered over 4000 exoplanets, enabling rich empirical studies of planet occurrence, composition, formation, and evolution. In particular, Kepler's 400 multi-planet systems represent the end-states of planet formation. Their orbital dynamics and planet compositions are fossil records of how the planets arrived at their present configurations. My work involves detailed measurements of the masses, densities, and orbital dynamics of planets in multi-planet systems with the goal of characterizing planet compositions and possible formation and evolution pathways.

Date:	Mercredi, 13 avril 2016
Time:	11:30
Where:	Université de Montréal
	Roger-Gaudry, Local D-460
Contact:	Olivier Hernandez