Planet Formation within the Inner Regions of Thermally Evolving Disks

This conference talk explores planet formation within the inner regions of thermally evolving disks, presented by Takahiro Ueda from the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Recorded during the "Planets on the Edge" conference at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at UC Santa Barbara in May 2025, the presentation addresses the formation mechanisms of short-period exoplanets discovered by Kepler, TESS, and ground-based telescopes. Learn about Earth-sized rocky planets that orbit close to their host stars—planets with no direct counterparts in our Solar System. The talk contributes to broader conference themes examining the nature of close-in rocky planets and their atmospheres, whether these planets form in situ or migrate inward, parameters that vary between star systems, and why similar planets don't exist around our Sun. The presentation is part of a collaborative effort bringing together experts in exoplanet demographics, protoplanetary disks, planet formation models, and meteoritics to advance understanding of these mysterious inner planetary systems.