Title: Planet formation : theory, observations and experiments /
Authors: Klahr, Hubert.; Brandner, Wolfgang, 1966-
Publisher: Cambridge University Press,
Year: 2006
Subjects: Planets Origin
Abstract: This volume addresses fundamental questions concerning the formation of planetary systems in general, and of our solar system in particular. It draws from recent advances in observational, experimental and theoretical research.
Contents: Historical notes on planet formation / Peter Bodenheimer -- The formation and evolution of planetary systems : placing our solar system in context / Jeroen Bouwman [and others] -- Destruction of protoplanetary disks by photoevaporation / Sabine Richling, David Hollenbach and Harold W. Yorke -- Turbulence in protoplanetary accretion disks : driving mechanisms and role in planet formation / Hubert Klahr [and others] -- The origin of solids in the early solar system / Mario Trieloff and Herbert Palme -- Experiments on planetesimal formation / Gerhard Wurm and Jürgen Blum -- Dust coagulation in protoplanetary disks / Thomas Henning [and others] -- The accretion of giant planet cores / Edward W. Thommes and Martin J. Duncan -- Planetary transits : a first direct vision of extrasolar planets / Alain Lecavelier des Etangs and Alfred Vidal-Madjar -- The core accretion-gas capture model for gas-giant planet formation / Olenka Hubickyj -- Properties of exoplanets : a Doppler study of 1330 stars / Geoffrey Marcy [and others] -- Giant planet formation : theories meet observations / Alan Boss -- From hot Jupiters to hot Neptures ... and below / Christophe Lovis, Michel Mayor and Stéphane Udry -- Disk-planet interaction and migration / Frederic Masset and Wilhelm Kley -- The brown dwarf-planet relation / Matthew R. Bate -- Exoplanet detection techniques : from astronomy to astrobiology / Wolfgang Brandner -- Overview and prospective in theory and observation of planet formation / Douglas N.C. Lin.