Event
Exoplanets and the Search for Atmospheric Biosignature Gases| Title of the event | Exoplanets and the Search for Atmospheric Biosignature Gases |
| Series | Astrophysikalisches Kolloquium |
| Organizer | Astrophysik |
| Speaker | Sara Seager |
| Speaker institution | MIT, Cambridge, MA |
| Category | Forschung |
| Registration required | Nein |
| Details | Thousands of exoplanets are known to orbit nearby stars and small rocky planets are established to be common. Driving the field is the study of exoplanet atmospheres, with the goal of detecting a gas that might be indicative of life. A suitable "biosignature gas" is not just one that might be produced by life, but one that: can accumulate in an atmosphere against atmospheric radicals and other sinks; has strong atmospheric spectral features; and has limited abiological false positives. Which gases might be potential biosignature gases in an as yet unknown range of exoplanetary environments? New computer simulations and next-generation telescopes coming online means the ambitious goal of searching for "biosignature gases" in rocky exoplanet atmospheres is within reach. |
| Date | Start: 25.02.2021, 15:00 Uhr Ende: 25.02.2021 , 16:00 Uhr |
| Location |
Fakultät für Physik (Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1) Seminarraum Astrophysik (SR 17, F 05.104) |
| Contact |
Dreizler dreizler@astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de |
| External link | https://www.astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de/acad... |