Infrared Interferometric Imaging and the Prospects for Resolving the Circumstellar and Circumplanetary Accretion Geometry

A 19-minute conference talk exploring infrared interferometric imaging techniques and their potential for resolving circumstellar and circumplanetary accretion geometry, presented by Stefan Kraus from the University of Exeter. Recorded during the "Planets on the Edge" conference at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at UC Santa Barbara in May 2025. Learn about cutting-edge observational methods that help scientists understand planet formation processes, particularly focusing on how to visualize the complex environments where planets form around stars. This presentation contributes to the conference's broader goals of synthesizing knowledge about close-in rocky planets, their formation mechanisms, and the properties of inner protoplanetary disks. The conference brings together experts from various fields including exoplanet demographics, protoplanetary disk studies, planet formation modeling, and meteoritics to address fundamental questions about Earth-sized planets in inner protoplanetary disks.