Extra-Solar Planets: The Detection, Formation, Evolution and Dynamics of Planetary Systems

ISBN-13: 9780367383237 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 307 str.

Bonnie Steves; Martin Hendry; Andrew C. Cameron

Opis

Written by internationally-renowned scientists at the forefront of the field, Extra-Solar Planets presents powerful analytical tools and methods for investigating extra-solar planetary systems. It discusses new theories on planetary migration and resonant capture that elucidate the existence of "hot Jupiters." It also examines the astrophysical mechanisms required to assemble gas giant planets close to their parent star. In addition, the expert contributors describe how mathematical tools involving periodicity, chaos, and resonance are used to study the diversity and stability of observed planetary systems.

Spis treści

Detection of Extra-Solar Planets: Methods and Observations. Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems. Dynamics of Planetary Systems. Index.

O autorze

B.A. Steves is a professor of mathematical astronomy and director of the Graduate School at Glasgow Caledonian University. Her research interests include celestial mechanics, solar system dynamics, stability and chaotic behavior of stellar clusters, extra-solar planets, and other few body systems.

M. Hendry is a senior lecturer in astronomy at the University of Glasgow. His main research interests involve the precise determination of the size and age of the Universe, testing theories for the formation and evolution of galaxies, and new applications of gravitational lensing.

A.C. Cameron is a professor of astronomy at the University of St. Andrews. His research encompasses the areas of extra-solar planets and cool stars.