Planetary Group Seminar: On the characterization of exoplanets with optical phase curves (A. García Muñoz)

  • Datum: 27.04.2016
  • Uhrzeit: 14:00 - 15:00
  • Vortragende(r): Dr. Antonio García Muñoz
  • Zentrum für Astronomie und Astrophysik Technische Universität Berlin
  • Ort: MPS
  • Raum: Auditorium
  • Gastgeber: Urs Mall
Planetary Group Seminar: On the characterization of exoplanets with optical phase curves (A. García Muñoz)

Recent years have seen a rapid advancement in the characterization of exoplanets with phase curves at optical wavelengths. This progress has been enabled by the high precision achieved from space by MOST, CoRoT and Kepler, and has resulted in valuable constraints on the temperature, albedo and wind dynamics for a number of close-in exoplanets. Here, I will summarize some of that recent work, which combines techniques from astronomy and atmospheric sciences, and offer a personal perspective on what can be expected in the near future.

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