Formation and evolution of exoplanets
By: edited by Rory Barnes
Publisher: Wiley-VCH
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Weinheim
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9783527408962
Subjects: Extrasolarer Planet; Extrasolar planets
Description: This coherent review of the theory of planet formation systematically covers all significant aspects. With a chapter on observation, careful referencing, and elaborate end-of-chapter bibliographies, it is indispensable reading for researchers, theorists, and observers alike.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Exoplanet observations  -- Jacob L. Bean -- 2.; title: Pinpointing planets in circumstellar disks  -- Alice C. Quillen -- 3.; title: Planet-planet interactions  -- Rory Barnes -- 4.; title: Formation via disk instability  -- Lucio Mayer -- 5.; title: Core-accretion model  -- Olenka Hubickyj -- 6.; title: Formation of terrestrial planets  -- Sean N. Raymond -- 7.; title: Brown dwarfs  -- Kevin L. Luhman -- 8.; title: Exoplanet chemistry  -- Katharina Lodders -- 9.; title: Migration and multiplicity effects during giant planet formation  -- Edward W. Thomas -- 10.; title: Planets in mean-motion resonance  -- Wilhelm Kley -- 11.; title: Planet-planet gravitational scattering  -- F. Marzari -- 12.; title: Tides and exoplanets -- Brian Jackson, Rory Barnes, and Richard Greenberg.