Judit Szulágyi: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2024 |
| Name | Dr. Judit Szulágyi |
| Address | Brüggliäcker 25 8050 Zürich SWITZERLAND |
| Telephone | 0764658665 |
| URL | https://szulagyi-group.ethz.ch/ |
| Department | Physics |
| Relationship | Assistant Professor |
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| 402-0355-00L | Planet Formation  | 4 credits | 2V | J. Szulágyi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | This course reviews the formation processes of terrestrial- and gaseous planets, and their moons. It provides a basic understanding on how our Solar System came to be, and how other planetary systems form, as well as how/when planets & moons can be habitable places for life. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Learning objective | Overview the state of the art planet- and moon formation models and identify open questions in the field. Understanding the formation process of planetary systems, and the formation of habitable worlds. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Content | 1) Planet types 2) The Solar System planets 3) Extrasolar Planets 4) The protoplanetary disk where planets are forming. The initial conditions for planet formation. 5) The formation of the building blocks of planets (so-called “planetesimals”) 6) Terrestrial Planet formation 7) Formation models of giant planets 8) Formation of moons 9) Evolution of planetary systems, orbital evolution of planets, resonances, planet-disk interactions 10) Origin of life, habitability, astrobiology | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Literature | Astrophysics of Planet Formation Armitage, Philip J. ; Second edition – 2020 https://eth.swisscovery.slsp.ch/permalink/41SLSP_ETH/lshl64/alma99117212978705503 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites / Notice | No prerequisites. Max. 20 participants. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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