An
international colloquium
Detection and dynamics of transiting exoplanets
Observatoire
de Haute-Provence, France, 23 - 27
August
2010
Last update:
Alexandre Santerne took a lot of pictures during the week: All have
been uploaded here
And below are the 80 happy attendees !
Colloquium poster : low and high (printable) definition
Conference rationale
In the decade since the first detection of an exoplanetary transit, more
than 60 transiting exoplanets have been discovered and characterized,
using both ground-based and space-based observations. A few systems
including a transiting planet have also been discovered, providing
precise data that can be used for dynamical modelling and for
investigating the processes of planet formation and migration.
Observations of transits provide not only fundamental parameters of the
planet, but also the relative inclination between the orbit and the
stellar rotation axis, which offers additional constraints on formation
and migration scenarios. The Colloquium "Detection and dynamics of
transiting exoplanets" is intended to review all the observed
characteristics of transiting systems, and all theoretical works
related to the measured properties.
Main topics of this colloquium include:
- masses and radii of transiting planets
- internal structure modelling
- observed inclination and eccentricity of transiting systems
- dynamics of systems, links from observations to theory
- formation and migration scenarios
- observations and modelling of transit timing variations
- star-planet interactions in transiting systems: tides, irradiation
- future observational projects
Important dates and deadlines
SOC
G. Bakos, F. Bouchy, A. Cameron, A. Correia, S. Ferraz-Melo, G. Hébrard,
J. Laskar, D. Latham, G. Laughlin, C. Moutou (chair), S. Udry
(co-chair), J. Winn
LOC
L. Arnold, F. Bouchy (chair), N. Bressand, R. Diaz, A.M. Galliano, A.
Laloge (secretary), A. Santerne
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