Title: Progress on Exoplanet Detection and Formation

Speaker: Jilin Zhou (Nanjing University)

Time & Place: Thursday, 3.00pm, May 23rd, Lecture Hall, 3rd floor

Abstract: Exoplanet detection has become one of the most active area in astronomy. With more than 880 exoplanet being detected by various methods, statistics of exoplanets has become more clear. In lecture, I will first review the most recent progress on exoplanet deception, then focus on the various orbital architectures of the revealed planet systems, where we proposed a tentative classification of exoplanet systems and related problems. Finally we give a brief discussion on some future exoplanet detection projects.