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PublisherUniversity of Arizona Press

ISBN-100816529450

ISBN-139780816529452

eBay Product ID (ePID)92484930

Product Key Features

Number of Pages500 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameExoplanets

Publication Year2011

SubjectAstronomy

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience

AuthorSara Seager

SeriesThe University of Arizona Space Science Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight53.5 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width8.7 in

Additional Product Features

Edition Number2

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2010-042822

Dewey Edition22

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal523.2/4

Table Of ContentContents List of Contributing Authors and Scientific Organizing Committee Foreword Preface x PART I: INTRODUCTION Introduction to Exoplanets S. Seager and J. J. Lissauer Keplerian Orbits and Dynamics of Exoplanets C. D. Murray and A. C. M. Correia PART II: EXOPLANET OBSERVING TECHNIQUES Radial Velocity Techniques for Exoplanets C. Lovis and D. Fischer Exoplanet Transits and Occultations J. N. Winn Microlensing by Exoplanets B. S. Gaudi Direct Imaging of Exoplanets W. A. Traub and B. R. Oppenheimer Astrometric Detection and Characterization of Exoplanets A. Quirrenbach Planets Around Pulsars and Other Evolved Stars: The Fates of Planetary Systems A. Wolszczan and M. Kuchner Statistical Distribution of Exoplanets A. Cumming PART III: EXOPLANET DYNAMICS Non-Keplerian Dynamics of Exoplanets D. Fabrycky Tidal Evolution of Exoplanets A. C. M. Correia and J. Laskar PART IV: EXOPLANET FORMATION AND PROTOPLANETARY DISK EVOLUTION Protoplanetary and Debris Disks A. Roberge and I. Kamp Terrestrial Planet Formation J. Chambers Giant Planet Formation G. D'Angelo, R. H. Durisen, and J. J. Lissauer Planet Migration S. H. Lubow and S. Ida PART V: EXOPLANET INTERIORS AND ATMOSPHERES Terrestrial Planet Interiors C. Sotin, J. M. Jackson, and S. Seager Giant Planet Interior Structure and Thermal Evolution J. J. Fortney, I. Baraffe, and B. Militzer Giant Planet Atmospheres A. Burrows and G. Orton Terrestrial Planet Atmospheres and Biosignatures V. Meadows and S. Seager Atmospheric Circulation of Exoplanets A. P. Showman, J. Y-K. Cho, and K. Menou Index

SynopsisFor the first time in human history, we know for certain the existence of planets around other stars. Now the fastest-growing field in space science, the time is right for this fundamental source book on the topic which will lay the foundation for its continued growth. Exoplanets serves as both an introduction for the non-specialist and a foundation for the techniques and equations used in exoplanet observation by those dedicated to the field., For the first time in human history, we are certain of the existence of planets around other stars. Exoplanets serves as both an introduction for the non-specialist and a foundation for the techniques and equations used in exoplanet observation by those dedicated to the field. This volume lays the foundation for the field's continued growth.

LC Classification NumberQB820.E87 2010