Alan Boss, staff scientist at DTM, will give a talk titled "The Shocking Story of the Origin of the Solar System" on Thursday, January 12, 2017, in the Greenewalt Lecture Hall as part of DTM's Weekly Seminar Series.
Boss received his Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1979. His theoretical research includes the formation of binary and multiple stars, triggered collapse of the presolar cloud, mixing and transport processes in protoplanetary disks, including thermal processing of particles during their journeys, and the formation of gas giant and ice giant protoplanets. His observational works centers on the Carnegie Astrometric Planet Search project, which has been underway for the last decade at Carnegie's Las Campanas Observatory in Chile.
Coffee, tea, and a complimentary breakfast will be served before the lecture at 10:30 a.m.