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DTSTART:20250320T203000Z
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LOCATION:4421 Sterling Hall
SUMMARY:Towards a Unified picture of Planet Formation\, Astronomy Coll
 oquium\, Songhu Wang\, Indiana University
DESCRIPTION:While the exoplanetary field is replete with remarkable di
 scoveries\, perhaps the two most intriguing findings have been the det
 ection of hot Jupiters – giant planets orbiting perilously close to 
 their parent stars\, and the startling abundance of super-Earths – p
 lanets with masses between that of Earth and Neptune. The mere existen
 ce of these worlds was wholly unpredicted based on the expectations gl
 eaned from centuries of observations of our own solar system. This tal
 k will examine the demographics and orbital architectures of these exo
 planets\, discussing how the sheer variety of observed exoplanetary sy
 stems can be explained within a unified theoretical framework.
URL:https://www.physics.wisc.edu/events/?id=9150
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