Planetary systems beyond the main sequence
Subtitle: proceedings of the international conference "Planetary Systems Beyond the Main Sequence" ; Bamberg, Germany, 11-14 August 2010
By: editors, Sonja Schuh, Horst Drechsel, Ulrich Heber
Series: AIP conference proceedings -- 1331
Publisher: American Institute of Physics
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Melville, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
ISBN-13: 9780735408869
Subjects: Extrasolar planets; Congresses; Evolution; Stars
Other titles: International conference "Planetary Systems beyond the Main Sequence"
Description: "Fields: Astrophysicists working on extrasolar planets, white dwarfs, giant stars, pulsars, astrobiology. This conference was the first to discuss the fate of a planet and its host star when the star evolves into a red giant and finally ends its life as a white dwarf. Scientists specialised in stellar evolution met experts from the exoplanet field to discuss this interplay"--Publisher's Web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Planets around neutron stars; title: Substellar objects and stellar evolution; title: Planets around giant/massive stars; title: Planets around horizontal branch stars; title: White dwarfs with debris and gasous discs; title: Posters.