The (evolving) story of circumbinary planets - real life Tatooines

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• David Martin (Geneva)
• Wednesday 01 June 2016, 16:00-17:00
• Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute.

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Dr B.-O. Demory.

Planets orbiting around two stars – circumbinary planets – are beautiful tools in astrophysics. They shed light on planetary and stellar formation processes, showcase rapid orbital dynamics and provide a pathway to the characterisation of temperate atmospheres. I will show this by analysing the observational trends seen to date and what we can (or cannot) deduce from them. In particular, I will propose an argument to explain why no circumbinary planets have been found orbiting around the tightest binaries (binary period < 7 days).

This talk is part of the Exoplanet Seminars series.

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• Cambridge Astronomy Talks
• Combined External Astrophysics Talks DAMTP
• Cosmology, Astrophysics and General Relativity
• Exoplanet Seminars
• Institute of Astronomy Talk Lists
• LCLU Departmental Talks
• Martin Ryle Seminar Room, Kavli Institute

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