Isotopic Carbon & Oxygen Abundances in Cool Dwarf Stars: Implications for Galactic Chemical Evolution and Giant Exoplanet Formation

  • CART Astrophysics Seminar Series

January 22, 2026 2:00 PM
PAIS 3205

Host:
Diana Dragomir
Presenter:
David Coria
I present a multi-wavelength chemical abundance analysis of 13C- and 18O- bearing isotopologues in cool dwarf stars. I also discuss how the 12C/13C and 16O/18O ratios support efforts to track the production and distribution of planetary building-blocks, to study the chemical composition of giant exoplanet and brown dwarf atmospheres, and better understand how these planets form and evolve into the diverse population observed today.

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