Transiting Planets (IAU S253) (Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521889847 ISBN 13: 9780521889841

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

The discovery of planets around stars other than the Sun within the past 15 years has opened up one of the largest and most exciting new fields in modern astronomy. The transit method of detecting exoplanets has revealed more information about individual planets than any other method of detection. This volume, the proceedings of IAU Symposium 253, contains a description of the latest development in the field of transiting extrasolar planets. Topical reviews and short contributions from more than one hundred authors present the latest results in the field, from the photometric transit searches for transiting planets, through observational studies of these planets, to the consequences for theories of planet formation, evolution and planetary atmospheres. Presenting the latest research, it is an important resource for graduate students and researchers working in astronomy and planetary sciences.

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Book Description

Compiling contemporary research from over one hundred authors, this volume presents full coverage of developments in the field of transiting extrasolar planets. Offering the latest results of photometric transit searches and observational studies, and topical reviews of planetary theory, this is an important resource for graduate students and researchers.

Review

'... this is a beautifully edited and produced volume that all serious libraries will want to possess.' The Observatory

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521889847
• ISBN 13: 9780521889841
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 590
• Editor: Pont Frédéric, Sasselov Dimitar, Holman Matthew J.