Speaker(s): Re’em Sari
How do planets form and how long does it take?Why are their orbits circular and coplanar?What set the number of planets in our solar system?We address these fundamental questions providing acoherent story on the formation of our solar system.
Junior and senior physics majors attend our biweekly colloquium series, held on Tuesday afternoons at 4:30 p.m. in Shanahan B460. The talks are open to all students and to the public, and are frequently attended by scientists from the other Claremont Colleges, Cal Poly Pomona, and others. The series features speakers from a broad range of institutions and fields of physics.