Extrasolar Planets Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy /

• Main Authors: Cassen, Patrick (Author), Guillot, Tristan (Author), Quirrenbach, Andreas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Saas-Fee Advanced Course, 31
• Subjects: 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...