DDP
12 August 2009 to 18 December 2009
Ever since the discovery in 1995 of an object with half the mass of Jupiter in a four-day orbit around the star 51 Pegasi, it has been clear that the dynamics of extrasolar planetary systems can be quite different from that of our solar system. More than 200 extrasolar planets have now been found, including at least 20 systems with multiple planets, some in resonant configurations. Their diversity must originate in the properties of the protoplanetary disc of dusty gas out of which they form, the dynamics of the formation of the planetary core, and the subsequent interaction of the planet with the surrounding disc, with other planets, and with the central star.
Over the past decade, there has been significant progress on the theoretical aspects of the planet formation process. Two viable models of planet formation have been explored, core accretion (growth of dust into planets through mutual collisions) and gravitational instability in the disc, and several modes of angular momentum exchange between planet and disc have been identified which may explain the proximity of the 51 Peg planet to its star. However, many of the stages of planet formation remain poorly understood. In part this is because of a lack of knowledge of the physical nature of protoplanetary discs, although this has increased dramatically in recent years owing both to observations of the gaseous and dusty components of the discs of pre-main-sequence stars and to computational modelling of their (magneto-) hydrodynamics. The outcome of planet formation is also becoming more tightly constrained, through the growing number of systems known to have either extrasolar planets or planetesimal belts analogous to the asteroid and Kuiper belts. The discovery of planetesimals and dwarf planets in the Kuiper belt beyond Neptune is also leading to a revision in our understanding of the formation and evolution of the outer solar system. The wide array of phenomena seen in all systems is opening up new areas of celestial mechanics.
This programme will bring together world-leading researchers in disciplines including accretion disc theory, planet formation, planet-disc interaction and solar system dynamics. With such a group we seek to provide a firm theoretical basis for our understanding of extrasolar planetary systems and their formation in protoplanetary discs. The programme encompasses three themes: (1) dynamics of astrophysical discs and the numerical and analytical methods used to study them (i.e. the study of gaseous accretion discs); (2) dynamics specific to discs in which planets are forming including that formation process (i.e. the study of how solid material interacts with gaseous discs); (3) dynamics that is relevant once planets have formed (i.e. the study of solid body interactions).
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17 August 2009 to 21 August 2009
28 September 2009 to 30 September 2009
9 November 2009 to 11 November 2009
15 December 2009 to 15 December 2009
Thursday 27th August 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 16:30 |
Richard Nelson Queen Mary University of London |
Room 2 |
Tuesday 1st September 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 16:30 | Room 1 |
Thursday 3rd September 2009 | |||
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11:30 to 13:00 | Room 2 | ||
14:30 to 16:30 | Room 1 |
Wednesday 9th September 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 16:00 |
Andrew Youdin University of Toronto |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 10th September 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 16:00 |
Sebastian Wolf Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel |
Room 1 |
Wednesday 16th September 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 15:30 |
Henrik Latter CNRS - Ecole Normale Superieure Paris |
Room 1 |
Thursday 17th September 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 15:30 |
Yoram Lithwick University of Toronto |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 23rd September 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 16:00 |
Sylvio Ferraz-Mello Universidade de São Paulo |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 24th September 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 16:00 |
Shantanu Basu University of Western Ontario |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 6th October 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 16:00 | Room 1 |
Thursday 15th October 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 15:30 |
Alexander Krivov Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena |
Room 2 |
Friday 23rd October 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 16:00 |
Shigeru Ida Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Room 1 | |
Thursday 29th October 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 15:30 |
Nader Haghighipour University of Hawaii |
Room 1 | |
Friday 30th October 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 15:30 |
Clement Baruteau University of California, Santa Cruz |
Room 2 |
Tuesday 3rd November 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 15:30 |
Matthew Bate University of Exeter |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 24th November 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 15:30 |
Cathie Clarke University of Cambridge |
Room 1 | |
Wednesday 25th November 2009 | |||
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14:00 to 15:00 |
Pavel Ivanov Lebedev Physical Institute |
Room 2 |
Thursday 26th November 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 15:30 |
Rosemary Mardling Monash University |
Room 1 | |
Tuesday 1st December 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 15:30 |
Hubert Klahr Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg |
Discussion Room |
Thursday 3rd December 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 15:30 |
Moritz Fragner Queen Mary University of London |
Room 1 |
Tuesday 8th December 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 15:30 |
Alice Quillen University of Rochester |
Discussion Room |
Thursday 10th December 2009 | |||
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14:30 to 15:30 |
Sean Raymond University of Colorado |
Room 1 | |
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