Extrasolar Planets Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy /

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Cassen, Patrick (Συγγραφέας), Guillot, Tristan (Συγγραφέας), Quirrenbach, Andreas (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Σειρά: Saas-Fee Advanced Course, 31
• Θέματα: Earth sciences.; Planetology.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Space sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

Research on extrasolar planets is one of the most exciting fields of activity in astrophysics. In a decade only, a huge step forward has been made from the early speculations on the existence of planets orbiting "other stars" to the first discoveries and to the characterization of extrasol...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Detection and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets: Methods of Planet Detection
• Planet-Forming Disks
• The Currently Known Extrasolar Planets
• Radial-Velocity Surveys
• Gravitational Microlensing
• Planetary Transits and Searches for Light Reflected by Planets
• The Effects of Atmospheric Turbulence on Astronomical Observations
• Introduction to Optical Interferometry
• Astrometry with Interferometry
• Nulling Interferometry
• Appendix. Physics of Substellar Objects Interiors, Atmospheres, Evolution: Introduction
• Our Giant Planets as a Basis for the Study of Substellar Objects
• Basic Equations, Gravitational Moments and Interior Structures
• Equations of State
• Opacities and Heat Transport
• Interior Structures of our Giant Planets: Numerical Integrations and Results
• Evolution of Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs
• Spectra and Atmosphere
• Pegasi Planets. Protostellar Disks and Planet Formation: Introduction
• Observations of Protostellar Disks
• Theory of Disk Structure and Evolution
• Dust-Gas Dynamcis
• Growth of Planetesimals to Planets
• The Formation of Gas Giant Planets
• Planet Migration.