ASTROSOMA 2020

School of Modern Astrophysics

​

​

​

16TH SUMMER SCHOOL ON MODERN ASTROPHYSICS

Exoplanets: formation and evolution

Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) and P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute (LPI) announce sixteenth International Summer School of Modern Astrophysics. The school will take place on 6 - 17 July 2020 at the MIPT campus in Dolgoprudny near Moscow, Russia. The school welcomes junior researchers: undergraduate and graduate students, as well as postdocs. The working language is English.
This year the lectures at the school will cover state-of-the-art theory, simulations and observations related to exoplanets - their characteristics, formation and evolution.

​

​

Scientific Organizing Committee:

Vasily S. Beskin (Chair), Mikhail Medvedev,  Alexander Philippov, Roman Rafikov, Alexander Tchekhovskoy

Local Organizing Committee:

Vasily S. Beskin (beskin-at-lpi.ru), Anton Biryukov, Anna Chashkina, Alexander Chernoglazov, Irina Klopova-Saporovskaya

​

The school is supported by Traektoria foundation.

​

DETAILS

Topics:

​

Scott Gaudi (Ohio State University), "Exoplanet discovery and characterization"

Catherine C. Espaillat (Boston University) "Protoplanetary disks"

Planet formation

Disk-planet coupling

Daniel Fabrycky (University of Chicago) "Planetary dynamics"

Jean-Michel Desert (University of Amsterdam), "Atmospheres, interiors"

Important dates:

​

December 15, 2020                  Opening of registration

January 30, 2020                       Application deadline

July, 6-17   2020                        School

​

​

​

​

Registration fee is 5000 RUB  (about 75 USD). It covers coffee breaks, lunches and conference materials.