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April 2016
Exoplanet Imaging: Recent results, and Future Prospects
Exoplanet Imaging: Recent results, and Future Prospects Speaker: Dr. Sasha Hinkley, Exeter The ETH-Hoenggerberg Astrophysical Colloquium takes place in HIT H 42, on Tuesdays, at 16:15 (unless otherwise specified). Tea with the Speaker is served at 15:45 in HIT J 43.1
The Chelyabinsk Airburst
20.04.2016 Dr. Olga Popova, Institute for Dynamics of Geospheres RAS, Moscow, Russia
Board Meeting #9
Venue University of Bern Parkterrasse 14 Room 323 3012 Bern Restaurant At 13:00 we will have lunch and Coffee at the Mensa, Gesellschaftstrasse 2, 3012 Bern. With your University Card you will get the reduced price for the “natürlich vegi” and the “einfach gut” Menu.
Frontiers of Exoplanet Atmosphere Characterization with the Hubble Space Telescope
Laura Kreidberg (University of Chicago, Department of Astronomy, U.S.A.)
May 2016
Simulations and Possible Observations of Circumplanetary Disks
04.05.2016 Dr. Judit Szulagyi, ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Chemical exchanges between a global ocean and an atmosphere on early Titan
11.05.2016 Dr. Nadejda Marounina, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique, Nantes, France
Atmospheric Chemistry and Biosignatures of Exoplanets
18.05.2016 CSH Dr. Renyu Hu (Caltech, Department of Astronomy, U.S.A.)
SNF Site Visit 2
Geneva Observatory Chemin des Maillettes 51, 1290 Versoix Programme: You can find the programme of the second Site Visit below. The first day will be dedicated to achievements and science and the second day will deal with management aspects. All of you (in particular PhD students, postdocs and senior scientists) are supposed to be there on the first day, Tuesday 24 May. For the second day, Wednesday 25 May, only project/platform leaders, the programme office, and people from platforms have…
The Dynamical Evolution of Giant Planets and the Delivery of Atmophile Elements during Terrestrial Planet Formation
25.05.2016 Dr. Soko Matsumura, Division of Physics, Dundee, UK
June 2016
Venus Missions: Past, Present, Planned and Pretend
01.06.2016* Dr. David Grinspoon, Planetary Science Institute, Arizona, U.S.A.
Public Talk: “Listening to Venus” by Dr. David Grinspoon
Astrobiologist Dr. David Grinspoon will give a public talk on Venus, which includes a “live” performance of songs he wrote, on 3rd June 2016 (Friday) at UniS A003 from 18.00-19.00. Flyer
Circumplanetary Disk Workshop (PlanetS interproject meeting)
A workshop on Circumplanetary Disks and their role in the planet formation process (perhaps helping to shape the planet mass function). Agenda: 9:30-10:00 COFFEE 10:00-10:15: Michael Meyer Initial Conditions where Planets Form 10:15-10:30: Yann Alibert Planet Population Synthesis Models (CSD+CPD) 10:30-10:45: DISCUSSION 10:45-11:05: Christoph Mordasini Population Synthesis: Evolution and Structure of Planets 11:05-11:25: Ravit Helled Structure and Evolution Theory 11:25-12:00: DISCUSSION 12:00-13:30: LUNCH 13:30-13:50: Judit Szulagyi Hydro Simulations – Core Accretion CPDs 13:50-13:55: Lucio Mayer Hydro Simulations –…
Geophysical habitability of Earth-like planets
ETH Zürich Astronomy, 09.06.2016, 14:00, HIT J 43.1, Prof. Stephen J. Mojzsis, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA (http://isotope.colorado.edu/~mojzsis/) What makes an Earth-like planet geophysically habitable? The chemical makeup of a planet is as important to its habitable potential as its proximity to the “habitable zone”. Planetary elemental abundances govern mantle processes, and thus the nature of crust, atmosphere and hydrosphere. For example, without plate tectonics dictated by internal heat and mineral composition (translated into rheology), and liquid water, a sustained…
GFD Seminar by Eric Gaidos
How well do we really know the masses and radii of exoplanets? Eric Gaidos (Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa) ETHZ Zentrum, NO Building, E51.1, Sonnegstr.5, 8092 Zürich
CHEOPS Science Workshop
The CHaracterizing ExOPlanet Satellite (CHEOPS) will be dedicated to search for transits by means of ultrahigh precision photometry on bright stars already known to host planets. It is the first S-class mission from ESA. CHEOPS will have a nominal lifetime of 3.5 years, with launch-readiness targeted for end 2017. The purpose of this fourth CHEOPS science workshop is to bring together the community interested in the mission, providing information about its current status and preparing its scientific exploitation. A focus…
July 2016
Congress: Exoplanets I
The astronomical community is in an expansion phase of exoplanet science, especially with several American and European space missions (TESS, CHEOPS, PLATO, JWST) on the horizon (2017 to 2024). The new Exoplanets conference series aims to consolidate all aspects of exoplanet science and strike a balance between: Exoplanet theory, observations and instrumentation; Exoplanet discovery and atmospheric characterisation; Transiting and directly imaged exoplanets; Ground- and space-based surveys/missions; American and European participation. We aim to expand upon the “Planets” in the “Protostars…
September 2016
Seminar by Visiting Scholar Hilke Schlichting
“Crash, Boom, Bang: Impacts & the Formation of Planets at home and abroad” Prof. Hilke Schlichting 1.September 2016, 16.15, ETH Zentrum, NO C44
Visit/Session Prof. D. Stevenson
We are pleased to welcome Prof. David Stevenson from Caltech (https://www.gps.caltech.edu/content/david-j-dave-stevenson) for a Planet-Z meeting at UniZH on 20th September. Stevenson is a renowned planetary scientist who investigates planet formation and planetary interiors. In particular, he works on applying fluid mechanics and magnetohydrodynamics to understand the internal structure and evolution of planets and moons. Stevenson will give a talk in the morning of 20th September entitled: “Jupiter’s Core (and why you should care)”. Everyone involved in PlanetS is invited…
Rosetta Finale
Date Friday, September 30th 2016, 11:00 – ca. 13:10 Venue The meeting will take place in Meeting Room 099 at the ExakteWissenschaften(ExWi), Sidlerstrasse12 (refer to map) near the train station. Restaurant At 13:10 we will have a small meal at the Eingang UG A + EG, UniversitätBern, ExakteWissenschaften(ExWi), Sidlerstrasse12, 3012 Bern. Travel Bern is accessible from both Zurich and Geneva. Train tickets can be purchased at www.sbb.ch. Directions to Exakte Wissenschaften building (ExWi) Bern Tourism About On Friday, September 30, 2016, the…
January 2017
Physik am Freitag: Ein neuer Planet im Sonnensystem? Planetenkandidat 9 und seine entfernten Verwandten
Ein neuer Planet im Sonnensystem? Planetenkandidat 9 und seine entfernten Verwandten Datum 20.01.2017 Zeit 16:30 Uhr Ort ExWi, 099 Dozent Christoph Mordasini http://www.unibe.ch/fak_naturwis/b_paw/a_fphyast/content/ueber_uns/aktuell/physik_am_freitag/index_ger.html
