45th Saas-Fee Course
From Protoplanetary Disks to Planet Formation

45th "Saas-Fee Advanced Course" of the Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (SSAA)

 

From Protoplanetary Disks to Planet Formation

15-20 March 2015, Les Diablerets, Switzerland

 

The course will cover the theoretical and observational properties of protoplanetary disks leading to the formation of planets.

Twenty-four lectures in English will be given by three international experts in their fields.

Topic 1:
Processes in protoplanetary disks
Prof. Philip J. Armitage (University of Colorado)

Topic 2:
Observational properties of protoplanetary disks
Dr. Leonardo Testi (ESO)

Topic 3:
Planet formation and disk-planet interactions
Prof. Wilhelm Kley (University of Tübingen)

Organizing committee : Marc Audard (UNIGE), Yann Alibert (UNIBE), Michael R. Meyer (ETHZ), Martine Logossou (UNIGE)

Publication: The lecture book will be published by Springer-Verlag in its Saas-Fee series.

Contact: e-mail

Sponsors: Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy (SSAA)
  Swiss Academy of Sciences (SCNAT)
  Société Académique de Genève (SAG)
  NCCR PlanetS

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