Astronomy Seminar : Dr. Ben Hord
Abstract: I will be discussing my previous search for nearby companion planets to hot Jupiters, the calculation of their occurrence rates, and the implications of the formation pathways of these systems. I will also bookend the life of hot Jupiters with a discussion on the orbital decay of hot Jupiters into their host stars and the new possibilities emerging to detect this phenomenon. Time permitting, I will also present my efforts to identify and statistically validate the best-in-class targets for atmospheric characterization with JWST and future missions.
Abstract:
I will be discussing my previous search for nearby companion planets to hot Jupiters, the calculation of their occurrence rates, and the implications of the formation pathways of these systems. I will also bookend the life of hot Jupiters with a discussion on the orbital decay of hot Jupiters into their host stars and the new possibilities emerging to detect this phenomenon. Time permitting, I will also present my efforts to identify and statistically validate the best-in-class targets for atmospheric characterization with JWST and future missions.
Astronomy Seminars
Astronomy/Astrophysics seminars are held (roughly) weekly on Fridays at 2 pm (ET) on campus in Washington DC.
The seminar is fairly casual, and the audience is mostly astronomers, with some cosmochemists or geophysicists occasionally. The seminar will be hosted in a Hybrid format for Spring 2023.
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Exploring outer space to find distant planets and understand their origin.
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