Advances in recent observations of protoplanetary disc structures and chemistry via ALMA, the VLT and the JWST have significantly changed our understanding of the environment in which planets form. In addition, characterizations of planetary atmospheres via Hubble and JWST and also from the ground (e.g. VLT) give us new unprecedented constraints for planet formation models. Using these constraints in unison is one of the challenges of planet formation theories in the future.

The goal of this session is to bring different communities studying the various aspects of planet formation (disc structure & composition, planet formation & compositions, interior models, and stellar properties) together in order to allow the best interpretation of the data that will come from current and future observations (e.g. ARIEL, ELT, ng-VLA) and path the way for our future understanding of planet formation.

Programme

• What is the chemical composition of protoplanetary discs and how do they related to the outer disc structures?
• How do planets form and how is their formation impacted by discs and how does their formation impact discs?
• How does the atmospheric and interior structure and evolution of planets influence their observational properties?
• How can we relate the properties of stars, and planets and their atmospheres to planet formation models?

Invited speakers

• Vardan Adibekyan (University of Porto)
• Eva-Maria Ahrer (Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy)
• Alice Booth (Center for Astrophysics, Harvard)
• Sofia Savvidou (Max-Planck-Institute for Astronomy)
• Allona Vazan (The Open University of Israel)

Scientific organisers

Contact

Bertram Bitsch (bbitsch @ ucc.ie)