Imaging Planets in their Infancy

艾斯纳博士和他的团队计划使用大型双筒望远镜（Large Binocular Telescope）对行星系统形成的早期阶段进行中红外窄带成像和低分辨率光谱分析。他们将培训两名研究生，并与儿童和老年居民这两个人口群体进行公共宣传。行星的形成对天体物理学和成像婴儿行星至关重要，获得基本的光谱信息对行星形成和演化的早期阶段提供了关键的约束。从这些观测得到的位置、亮度和物理参数将为行星形成的模型提供信息。

Dr. Eisner and his team plan to use the Large Binocular Telescope to do mid-infrared narrow-band imaging and low-resolution spectroscopy of planetary systems in their early stages of formation. They will train two graduate students and do public outreach with two demographic groups: children and older residents. Planet formation is of fundamental importance to astrophysics and imaging infant planets and obtaining basic spectral information provides critical constraints on the early stages of planet formation and evolution. The location, brightness, and physical parameters derived from these observations will inform models of planetary formation.