Proto-Planetary Disks: Where Do Baby Solar Systems Come From?

When Feb 11, 2016
from 07:30 PM to 08:30 PM
Where Natural Science 112
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Speaker: Gerard Williger

Abstract: We will see a guided tour through the steps of the formation of a solar system, from a giant gas cloud to a spinning disk to the formation of proto-planets, courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope, the Atacama Large Millimeter Array and other instruments.