My PhD involves thinking about how planet formation depends on the star the planets form around, and what we might learn as more planets orbiting a range of different stars are discovered. I am working with Scott Kenyon of Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, part of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in Cambridge, MA in the USA.
Pieces of my PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics at ANU in Australia are scattered around the place. For temporal things such as paper acceptances and slightly less academic stuff, take a look at blog entries filed under school. More permanent or slowly changing things (like papers) are on this page…
Papers
We have so far published two papers, with a third accepted and to be published soon. There is also a conference proceedings article from the Fifth Stromlo Symposium. These are outlined a bit more in blog posts, links below.
- Planet formation around stars of various masses: Hot super-Earths in the Astrophysical Journal in August 2008 (ApJ v682 p1264) [ ADS | blog entry ]
- Planet formation around stars of various masses: The snow line and the frequency of gas giants appeared in the Astrophysical Journal in January 2008 (ApJ v673 p502) [ ADS | blog entry ]
- Planet formation around M Dwarfs: The moving snow line and super-Earths appeared in Astrophysics and Space Science in August 2007 (Ap&SS v311 p9) [ ADS | blog entry ] (this paper is basically a clearer version of the one below)
- Planet formation around low-mass stars: The moving snow line and super-Earths appeared in the Astrophysical Journal Letters in October 2006 (ApJL v650 p139) [ ADS | blog entry ]
Talks
I have given a number of talks and posters.
- Super-Earth talk at ASA 2008 [ slides | blog entry ]
- Mid-term review at RSAA [ slides ]
- Super-earth talk at the Fifth Stromlo Symposium [ slides ]
- Gas giant frequency poster at ASA 2008 [ poster ]
- Gas giant frequency poster at Origins of Solar Systems Gordon Conference [ poster ]
- Super-earth poster at the Astronomical Society of Australia Annual Meeting [ poster ]
Links
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