What’s Feeding Terrestrial Planets? JWST Observations of Protoplanetary Disk
Dr. Abygail Waggoner
University of Wisconsin-Madison

The formation of terrestrial, or earth-like, planets is thought to occur in the inner few au of protoplanetary disks, but what is the composition of the dust and gas that forming-planets may inherit? In this talk, we’ll discuss how the James Webb Space Telescope can be used to measure the chemical composition of protoplanetary disk gas and how models can be used to understand the evolution of material throughout planet formation.

Physics Colloquium - Lulu Agazie, UWM Physics Presentation title and abstract will be announced when they are available.