Interdisciplinary Seminar by Dr Craig Stark
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Interdisciplinary seminar by Dr Craig Stark (University of Glasgow)
Topic: Brown dwarf & exoplanetary atmospheres: a laboratory for plasma physics
Abstract: Brown dwarfs are fascinating astrophysical objects, straddling the awkward transition from low-mass stars to gas giant exoplanets. As a result, brown dwarfs exhibit overlapping properties such as strong magnetic fields, dust cloud formation, complex atmospheric chemistry and electrical activation (lightning!) leading to atmospheric plasmas. I will discuss how such substellar atmospheres exhibit plasma behaviour and how that impacts their evolution.
- Speaker
- Dr Craig Stark
- Venue
- Meston 311