Title: Discovering the Cold Extrasolar Planets with Gravitational Microlensing

Speaker: Professor Shude Mao (Tsinghua University)

Time: 15:30pm, November 16, 2022

Location: 3-302, PMO Xianlin Campus

Abstract: Microlensing has become a powerful method to detect cold extrasolar planets beyond the snowline and free-floating planets. In this talk, I will first introduce the basic concepts of gravitational microlensing, review some of the recent discoveries with ongoing surveys, and then finish with a discussion of the future outlook of the field.