Dr. Christian Ginski
Postdoctoral Research Associate
API Amsterdam

Abstract:

Resolved imaging is a powerful tool to study the processes that govern planet formation, but also to observe the resulting planetary systems. Gas-rich young disks, the birthplaces of planets, show a wealth of sub-structure when observed at high angular resolution. In the DESTINYS (Disk Evolution Study Through Imaging of Nearby Young Stars) large program we explore how the appearance of disks in scattered light can be linked to their evolution throughout the class II stage. I will introduce the program and show first observational result obtained in late 2019. At the same time we are conducting a dedicated search for planets, specifically around sun-like stars. In the Young Suns Exoplanet Survey (YSES) we use a snapshot approach to detected the thermal radiation of young, wide-orbit, super Jupiters. The survey strategy was recently validated by the detection of the multi planet system around the young solar analog TYC 8998-760-1. I will discuss the system and other results from the YSES survey. 

Kontakt Veranstaltungslink/Event:  markus.mugrauer (at) uni-jena.de