Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xiv, 268 Seiten)
ISBN:
9780511536533
Series Statement:
Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
Content:
This 2007 volume presents the lectures from the sixteenth Winter School of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, which was dedicated to extrasolar planets. Research into extrasolar planets is one of the most exciting fields of astrophysics, and the past decade has seen a research leap from speculations on the existence of planets orbiting other stars to the discovery of around 200 planets to date. The book covers a wide range of issues, from the state-of-the-art observational techniques used to detect extrasolar planets, to the characterizations of these planets, and the techniques used in the remote detection of life. It also looks at the insights we can gain from our own Solar System, and how we can apply them. The contributors, all of high-standing in the field, provide a balanced and varied introduction to extrasolar planets for research astronomers and graduate students, bridging theoretical developments and observational advances
Content:
Overview of extrasolar planet detection methods / Laurance R. Doyle -- Statistical properties of exoplanets / Stéphane Udry -- Characterizing extrasolar planets / Timothy M. Brown -- From clouds to planet systems : formation and evolution of stars and planets Günther Wuchterl -- Abundances in stars with planetary systems / Garik Israelian -- Brown dwarfs : the bridge between stars and planets / Rafael Rebolo -- The perspective : a panorama of the solar system / Agustín Sánchez-Lavega -- Habitable planets around the sun and other stars / James F. Kasting -- Biomarkers of extrasolar planets and their observability / Franck Selsis, Jimmy Paillet and France Allard
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521868082
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521155601
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780521868082
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/CBO9780511536533
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