Astrophysics Seminars

All seminars are held on Thursdays at 11:00 am (unless otherwise noted). They will be held in Bloomberg Lecture Hall and virtually through zoom. If an event was recorded, you can find it posted at ias.edu/videos under Natural Sciences.

For questions please contact Rebecca Diesing, Uddipan Banik, or Amanda Cenker.

Astrophysics Seminar Archives

Nov

2024

Institute for Advanced Study Astrophysics Seminar

Tidal Sculpting of Short-Period Exoplanets

Sarah Millholland

11:00am|Bloomberg Lecture Hall

A large fraction of exoplanetary systems contain planets that orbit very close to their host stars. With orbital periods in the range of days to weeks, tidal forces become important and lead to significant orbital and physical effects on the planets...

Dec

2024