Exoplanets: Detection, Formation and Dynamics (IAU S249)
Exoplanets: Detection, Formation and Dynamics (IAU S249)
Sylvio Ferraz-Mello, Universidade de São Paulo
Ji-Lin Zhou, Nanjing University, China
£84.00
GBPIn the 12 years since the first discovery of an exoplanet around a main sequence star (51 Peg), more than 270 exoplanets have been detected. The proceedings of IAU Symposium 249 present the latest theoretical and observational advances in the field of exoplanet research, including the ongoing and future projects such as CoRoT and Kepler. The volume opens with a review of exoplanet detection and orbital determination techniques, before looking at the physics of gas giant atmospheres and close-in stars. The topics of planet formation, migration and the dynamical evolution of protoplanetary disks and multi-planet systems are also covered in detail. IAU S249 is a useful reference for the graduate students and researchers working in the exciting field of exoplanet study.
- Complete and authoritative, IAU S249 covers all aspects of exoplanet research, both theoretical and observational
- Explains how exoplanets are found, how they were formed and their dynamical evolution
- Includes updates on current and future exoplanet search missions
Product details
July 2008Hardback
9780521874717
544 pages
254 × 178 × 31 mm
1.21kg
50 b/w illus. 33 tables
Out of stock in print form with no current plan to reprint
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Organizing committee
- Conference participants
- Part I. Exoplanet Detection
- Part II. Physics of Atmospheres and Close-in Planets
- Part III. Planet Formation
- Part IV. Protoplanetary Disks and Migration
- Part V. Dynamics of Multiple Exoplanet Systems
- Author index
- Object index.
