Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems: Lectures Held at the Astrophysics School XI Organized by the European Astrophysics Doctoral Network (EADN) in The Burren, Ballyvaughn, Ireland, 7–18 September

ISBN-13: 9783540425595 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 258 str.

I.P. Williams;N. Thomas

Opis

Both the high level of activity in worldwide space exploration programmes and the discovery of extrasolar planets have spurred renewed interest in the physics and evolution dynamics of solar systems. This work has grown out of a set of lectures by experts in the field within the framework of the EADN summer schools. It addresses primarily graduate students and young researchers but should be equally useful for scientists in search of a comprehensive tutorial account that goes beyond the material found in standard textbooks.

Spis treści

— Solar and Extra-Solar Planetary Systems.- The Solar System: An Overview.- Setting the Scene: A Star Formation Perspective.- Extrasolar Planets: A Review of Current Observations and Theory.- The Giant Planets.- The Formation of Planets.- Dynamics of the Solar System.- Photometry of Resolved Planetary Surfaces.- Mercury — Goals for a Future Mission.- Physical Processes Associated with Planetary Satellites.- Light Scattering in the Martian Atmosphere: Effects on Surface Photometry.- The Small Bodies of the Solar System.- Dust in the Solar System and in Other Planetary Systems.- Meteors, Meteor Showers and Meteoroid Streams.

Blurb

Both the high level of activity in worldwide space exploration programmes and the discovery of extra-solar planets have spurred renewed interest in the physics and evolution dynamics of solar systems. The present book has grown out of a set of lectures by leading experts in the field within the framework of the well-known EADN summer schools. It addresses primarily graduate students and young researchers but will be equally useful for scientists in search of a comprehensive tutorial account that goes beyond the material found in standard textbooks.