Events at Physics |
Events on Wednesday, December 7th, 2022
- Physics Department Colloquium
- Moons, Planets, and Suns in Context: Environments & Evolutionary Pathways
- Time: 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
- Place: Sterling 4421 or zoom:
- Speaker: Melinda Soares-Furtado, UW Madison
- Abstract: In early December we will be interviewing our very own Melinda Soares-Furtado for a tenure-track faculty position in the Departments of Astronomy and Physics. As part of the interview process, we have scheduled a special talk by Melinda as follows:
Moons, Planets, and Suns in Context: Environments & Evolutionary Pathways
The growing population of exoplanets and the expanding repertoire of instruments and analysis techniques make it possible to examine moons, planets, and suns within the context of their environments and evolutionary history. In this talk, I discuss how my team leverages stellar evolutionary models, observational survey data, and statistical methods to probe the interactions and evolution of moons, planets, and suns. More specifically, I present the effects of planetary collision, accretion, and engulfment on stellar hosts, identifying the ingestion-derived signatures that make it possible to detect such events. In the second part of my talk, I focus on my team’s investigations of young stars in co-moving groups and clusters. Since stellar systems are more dynamically active at early times, these environments offer important test beds to explore star-planet interactions. I present the results of my team’s efforts to characterize star-planet systems at early stages of evolution (< 500 Myr) and the value these data offer to the broader scientific community. Looking forward, infrared space-based missions will soon make it possible to detect transiting exomoons orbiting young (<5 Myr), free-floating planets. Such observations will help to constrain the formation pathways and dynamical histories of these extraordinary systems. In the last part of my talk, I discuss my team’s efforts to identify and characterize exosatellite populations and the broader implications of our anticipated results.
The talk will be at 2pm on Wednesday December 7th, in Sterling 4421.
Coffee and cookies will be served at 1:45pm. - Astronomy Talk: Melinda Soares-Furtado
- Moons, Planets, and Suns in Context: Environments & Evolutionary Pathways
- Time: 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
- Place: 4421 Sterling Hall
- Speaker: Melinda Soares-Furtado, University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Abstract: The growing population of exoplanets and the expanding repertoire of instruments and analysis techniques make it possible to examine moons, planets, and suns within the context of their environments and evolutionary history. In this talk, I discuss how my team leverages stellar evolutionary models, observational survey data, and statistical methods to probe the interactions and evolution of moons, planets, and suns. More specifically, I present the effects of planetary collision, accretion, and engulfment on stellar hosts, identifying the ingestion-derived signatures that make it possible to detect such events. In the second part of my talk, I focus on my team’s investigations of young stars in co-moving groups and clusters. Since stellar systems are more dynamically active at early times, these environments offer important test beds to explore star-planet interactions. I present the results of my team’s efforts to characterize star-planet systems at early stages of evolution (< 500 Myr) and the value these data offer to the broader scientific community. Looking forward, infrared space-based missions will soon make it possible to detect transiting exomoons orbiting young (<5 Myr), free-floating planets. Such observations will help to constrain the formation pathways and dynamical histories of these extraordinary systems. In the last part of my talk, I discuss my team’s efforts to identify and characterize exosatellite populations and the broader implications of our anticipated results.
- Host: Richard Townsend
- GREAT IDEAS DEI Reading Group
- GREAT IDEAS Excursion to Sifting & Reckoning Exhibit
- Time: 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
- Place: Meet in Chamberlin lobby to walk to Chazen museum
- Abstract: This will be a special GREAT IDEAS event, which will be an excursion to the Chazen Museum's Sifting and Reckoning exhibit (https://chazen.wisc.edu/exhibitions/sifting-reckoning-uw-madisons-history-of-exclusion-and-resistance/) as a group, followed by a short discussion. More details to be announced soon!
GREAT IDEAS stands for Group for Reading, Educating, And Talking about Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, & Advocacy in Science. It is a multimedia reading group dedicated to amplifying the experiences of underrepresented groups in science and academia in order to become better advocates for our peers. GREAT IDEAS is open to everyone (students/ faculty/ staff/ etc), and all are welcome and encouraged to engage with the material and contribute to the discussions. To keep a welcoming and safe environment for everyone, we ask that everyone understand and adhere to our community guidelines for the discussions. If you would like to submit an article for a future GREAT IDEAS discussion, you can do so on this form. - Host: GMaWiP and Climate and Diversity Committee (contact Jessie Thwaites or R. Sassella with questions)