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CFA Colloquium: Roman Rafikov (Princeton)

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Speaker: Roman Rafikov (Princeton) Title: Metal-rich white dwarfs as signposts of planet formation Abstract: Recent Spitzer observations have revealed presence of near-IR excesses in spectra of more than a dozen of metal-rich white dwarfs. These excesses...

CFA Colloquium: Dan Fabrycky (UC Santa Cruz)

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Title:New Views on Extrasolar Planetary Systems from Kepler Abstract:Kepler is a time-domain survey of unprecedented photometric precision, constantly measuring the flux from 150,000 stars for 3.5 years in search of Earth-like planets transiting them...

Astronomy Colloquium: Brenda Matthews

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Speaker: Brenda Matthews (Herzberg Institute) Title: Results from the Herschel DEBRIS Survey Abstract: Debris disks are second-generation dusty disks observed around main sequence stars. They are generated by ongoing collisions between larger planetesimal...