A decade of extrasolar planets around normal stars : proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute symposium, held in Baltimore, Maryland, May 2-5, 2005 / edited by Mario Livio, Kailash Sahu, Jeff Valenti.

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TextSeries: Space Telescope Science Institute symposium series ; 19.Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2008Description: 1 online resource (xi, 183 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)Content type:

text

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9780511536304 (ebook)

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QB820 .S68 2005

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1. Extrasolar planets: past, present, and future / A.P. Boss -- 2. The quest for very low-mass planets / M. Mayor, F. Pepe, C. Lovis, D. Queloz and S. Udry -- 3. Extrasolar planets: a galactic perspective / I.N. Reid -- 4. The Kepler Mission: Design, expected science results, opportunities to participate / W.J. Borucki, D. Koch, G. Basri, T. Brown, D. Caldwell, E. Devore, E. Dunham, T. Gautier, J. Geary, R. Gilliland, A. Gould, S. Howell, J. Jenkins and D. Latham -- 5. Observations of the atmospheres of extrasolar planets / T.M. Brown, R. Alonso, M. Knölker, H. Rauer and W. Schmidt -- 6. Planetary migration / P.J. Armitage and W.K.M. Rice -- 7. Observational constraints on dust disk lifetimes: implications for planet formation / L.A. Hillenbrand -- 8. The evolution of gas in disks / J. Najita -- 9. Planet formation / J.J. Lissauer -- 10. Core accretion-gas capture model for gas giant planet formation / O. Hubickyj -- 11. Gravitational instabilities in protoplanetary disks / R.H. Durisen -- 12. Conference summary: the quest for new worlds / J.E. Pringle.

Summary: Humans have long thought that planetary systems similar to our own should exist around stars other than the Sun, yet the search for planets outside our Solar System has had a dismal history of discoveries that could not be confirmed. However, this all changed in 1995, after which astonishing progress can be seen in this field; we now know of more than 200 extrasolar planets. These findings mark crucial milestones in the search for extraterrestrial life - arguably one of the most intriguing endeavors of modern science. These proceedings from the 2005 Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium on Extrasolar Planets explore one of the hottest topics in astronomy. Discussions include the Kepler mission, observational constraints on dust disk lifetimes and the implications for planet formation, and gravitational instabilities in protoplanetary disks. With review papers written by world experts in their fields, this is an important resource on extrasolar planets.

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Humans have long thought that planetary systems similar to our own should exist around stars other than the Sun, yet the search for planets outside our Solar System has had a dismal history of discoveries that could not be confirmed. However, this all changed in 1995, after which astonishing progress can be seen in this field; we now know of more than 200 extrasolar planets. These findings mark crucial milestones in the search for extraterrestrial life - arguably one of the most intriguing endeavors of modern science. These proceedings from the 2005 Space Telescope Science Institute Symposium on Extrasolar Planets explore one of the hottest topics in astronomy. Discussions include the Kepler mission, observational constraints on dust disk lifetimes and the implications for planet formation, and gravitational instabilities in protoplanetary disks. With review papers written by world experts in their fields, this is an important resource on extrasolar planets.

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A decade of extrasolar planets around normal stars : proceedings of the Space Telescope Science Institute symposium, held in Baltimore, Maryland, May 2-5, 2005 / edited by Mario Livio, Kailash Sahu, Jeff Valenti.