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Directly Imaging Planet-Forming Disks and Protoplanets with SCExAO

Carnegie Earth & Planets Laboratory via YouTube

Overview

Join a detailed scientific talk where Dr. Thayne Currie from NASA/Subaru explores direct imaging observations of young planetary systems using the Subaru Coronagraphic Extreme Adaptive Optics (SCExAO) project. Discover groundbreaking findings about the disk surrounding the solar-mass star LkCa 15, including a reassessment of its previously proposed protoplanets. Learn about evidence supporting jovian planet formation at wide separation around AB Aurigae, potentially demonstrating planet formation through disk instability. Explore the future of planet formation studies with SCExAO's new wavefront sensor upgrade, which enables observation of structured protoplanetary disks around optically-faint, low-mass stars. Gain insights into the birth locations of jovian protoplanets and their formation mechanisms through this comprehensive 58-minute presentation hosted by Dr. Alan Boss of Carnegie Science.

Syllabus

SCEXAO Direct Imaging of Planet-Forming Disks and Protoplanets
Motivation: Imaging Planet Formation
Talk Outline
VAMPIRES H-alpha imaging: Tracing Accretion from Protoplanets
AB Aurigae: Long considered a planet formation laboratory...
AB Aur b: Evidence for Orbital Motion
Explaining AB Aur b's Appearance
Future Directions: Subaru Upgrades in 2022
Extreme AO for Optically Faint Stars
Exploring Planet Formation Around Low-Mass Stars
Thank you (and Support your Subaru Observatory Staff!)

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Carnegie Earth & Planets Laboratory

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