ITC Colloquium - Leslie Rogers (Chicago)

Date: 

Thursday, March 28, 2019, 11:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Phillips
Journey to the Center of the Super-Earth

Sub-Neptune, super-Earth size exoplanets are a new planet class. Though absent from the Solar System, they are found by microlensing, radial velocity, and transit surveys to be common around distant stars. In this talk, I'll review both recent developments and outstanding puzzles in our understanding of the nature and origin of these enigmatic planets.