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Péter Ábrahám
Studying the initial conditions for planet formation using infrared interferometry

THESIS TOPIC PROPOSAL

Institute: Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest
physics
Doctoral School of Physics

Thesis supervisor: Péter Ábrahám
Location of studies (in Hungarian): Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Abbreviation of location of studies: MTA


Description of the research topic:

Terrestrial, rocky planets are thought to form in the inner zone of the protoplanetary disks surrounding young, pre-main sequence stars. The exceptional angular resolution offered by the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (European Southern Observatory, Paranal, Chile) makes possible the detailed observational exploration of these inner disks. The PhD student's work will start with the scientific analysis of archival data of the mid-infrared MIDI interferometer. Next, from 2018, new data with the MATISSE interferometer will be available on circumstellar disks. A speciality of our interferometry program is the study of time variability in the planet forming zone.

Required language skills: excellent enlgish
Recommended language skills (in Hungarian): not required
Further requirements: 
Good knowledge of the physics of star formation

Number of students who can be accepted: 1

Deadline for application: 2017-05-31


2024. IV. 17.
ODT ülés
Az ODT következő ülésére 2024. június 14-én, pénteken 10.00 órakor kerül sor a Semmelweis Egyetem Szenátusi termében (Bp. Üllői út 26. I. emelet).

 
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