A Journey to Alpha Centauri - Christian Marois (SETI Talks 2017)
Δημοσιεύτηκε στις 17 Μαρ 2017
The
Alpha Centauri star system is ideal to search for habitable planets by
various observing techniques due to its proximity and wide range of
stellar masses. Following the recent discovery of an Earth-size planet
candidate located inside the Proxima Centauri habitable zone, Dr. Marois
will discuss this remarkable discovery and the planet’s potential to
find life. He will also present our current instrument project for the
Gemini South observatory, TIKI, to discover similar planets around the
two Sun-like pair located 15,000 AU from Proxima Centauri. The Alpha
Centauri system is the prime target of the Breakthrough Starshot
program, a project to send small quarter-size probes to take resolve
images of these new worlds, and to prepare for Humanity’s first step
into a new star system.
Dr Marois completed his Ph.D. at the
Université de Montréal in 2004. The main topic of his thesis work was to
understand the limits in exoplanet imaging and to design innovating
observing strategies. After his thesis, he did postdoctoral researches
at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Univ. of California
Berkeley and NRC. In 2008, while at NRC, he led the team that took the
first image of another planetary system (HR 8799) using the Keck and
Gemini telescopes. He is currently pursuing his research at the NRC
Herzberg where he is part of the Gemini Planet Imager campaign, and
leading the development of instruments for imaging Earth-like planets at
Gemini South and at the TMT.
Alpha Centauri star system is ideal to search for habitable planets by
various observing techniques due to its proximity and wide range of
stellar masses. Following the recent discovery of an Earth-size planet
candidate located inside the Proxima Centauri habitable zone, Dr. Marois
will discuss this remarkable discovery and the planet’s potential to
find life. He will also present our current instrument project for the
Gemini South observatory, TIKI, to discover similar planets around the
two Sun-like pair located 15,000 AU from Proxima Centauri. The Alpha
Centauri system is the prime target of the Breakthrough Starshot
program, a project to send small quarter-size probes to take resolve
images of these new worlds, and to prepare for Humanity’s first step
into a new star system.
Dr Marois completed his Ph.D. at the
Université de Montréal in 2004. The main topic of his thesis work was to
understand the limits in exoplanet imaging and to design innovating
observing strategies. After his thesis, he did postdoctoral researches
at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Univ. of California
Berkeley and NRC. In 2008, while at NRC, he led the team that took the
first image of another planetary system (HR 8799) using the Keck and
Gemini telescopes. He is currently pursuing his research at the NRC
Herzberg where he is part of the Gemini Planet Imager campaign, and
leading the development of instruments for imaging Earth-like planets at
Gemini South and at the TMT.
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