Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS April Meeting 2016
Volume 61, Number 6
Saturday–Tuesday, April 16–19, 2016; Salt Lake City, Utah
Session H4: The Physics of ExoplanetsInvited Undergraduate
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Sponsoring Units: DAP Chair: Anna Frebel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Room: Ballroom C |
Sunday, April 17, 2016 8:30AM - 9:06AM |
H4.00001: Dynamical evolution and instability of planetary systems Invited Speaker: Katherine Deck The study of the long-term dynamics of the Solar System has a history which stretches back to Newton and which includes erroneous proofs of the stability of the Solar System as well as the discovery of deterministic chaos. In recent years, this classic problem has been revitalized by the discovery of exoplanet systems. In this talk, I will explain how orbital instability arises, what the possible outcomes are, and review evidence that suggests that some observed exoplanetary systems have undergone past episodes of instability. [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:06AM - 9:42AM |
H4.00002: Exoplanet Habitability: Our Knowledge, Ignorance & Constraints Invited Speaker: David Kipping TBD [Preview Abstract] |
Sunday, April 17, 2016 9:42AM - 10:18AM |
H4.00003: Relativity and Exoplanets: Gravitational Microlensing, Doppler Beaming, and More Invited Speaker: Scott Gaudi Perhaps surprisingly, the theories of both special and general relativity play important roles in several areas of exoplanet research. I will review the most important and intriguing of these applications. The most obvious case is gravitational microlensing, which has become a fairly routine method of finding planets, and is poised to become even more important in the next decade. I will also briefly survey the numerous other areas where relativity plays a role in exoplanet theory and observations, including photometric Doppler beaming, general relativistic precession, transits of compact objects, and even (potentially) gravitational wave experiments. [Preview Abstract] |
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