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Magnetic field and tide of star, planet and moon

September 26, 2024
4:35 PM - 5:05 PM
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Pupin 1402

Seminar by Xing Wei, Beijing Normal University

Magnetic field and tide are of importance for celestial bodies. In the first part, I will discuss convection dynamo in star and precession dynamo in planet. In the second part, I will discuss tidal inflation of hot Jupiter and tidal wave resonance with orbital motion. Then I will discuss the condition where to find exomoons, and finally the disk instability due to self-gravity to interpret high-mass planet formation.

Xing studied PhD at Cambridge and then worked at ETH, Gottingen and Princeton. He is now professor at Beijing Normal University.

Host: Jane Huang