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SUMMARY:Detecting and Characterising Giant Planets with Direct Imaging - B
 eth Biller (IfA\, University of Edinburgh)
DTSTART:20161117T160000Z
DTEND:20161117T170000Z
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CONTACT:Simon Hodgkin
DESCRIPTION:Direct detection\, and direct spectroscopy in particular\, hav
 e great potential for advancing our understanding of extrasolar planets.  
 In combinations with other methods of planet detection\, direct imaging an
 d spectroscopy will allow us to eventually: 1) fully map out the architect
 ure of typical planetary systems and 2) study the physical properties of e
 xoplanets (colors\, temperatures\, etc.) in depth. I will discuss in parti
 cular the constraints on the distributions of wide giant exoplanets placed
  by the current generation of direct imaging surveys. Variability attribut
 ed to cloud structure already appears to be a persistent feature for L and
  T type\nfield brown dwarfs\, potentially due to the breakup of thick sili
 cate and iron condensate clouds during the L to T spectral type transition
 . Directly imaged planets occupy the same temperature regime as L and T ty
 pe brown dwarfs and are likely to be equally\nvariable. I will also discus
 s the prospects for detecting and characterising exoplanet weather pattern
 s through monitoring the intrinsic photometric variability of these object
 s.\n
LOCATION:Sackler Lecture Theatre\, IoA (tea at 3:30 pm)
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