Exoplanets
Language: English
Published by Springer, 2008
- Hardcover
- New
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- Title
- Exoplanets
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 3540740074
- ISBN 13
- 9783540740070
- Series
- Book 185 of 408: Springer Praxis Books
This edited, multi-author volume will be an invaluable introduction and reference to all key aspects in the field of exoplanet research. The reviews cover: Detection methods and properties of known exoplanets, Detection of extrasolar planets by gravitational microlensing. The formation and evolution of terrestrial planets in protoplanetary and debris disks. The brown dwarf-exoplanet connection. Formation, migration mechanisms and properties of hot Jupiters. Dynamics of multiple exoplanet systems. Doppler exoplanet surveys. Searching for exoplanets in the stellar graveyard. Formation and habitability of extra solar planets in multiple star systems. Exoplanet habitats and the possibilities for life. Moons of exoplanets: habitats for life.
Contributing authors:
Rory Barnes David P. Bennett Jian Ge
Nader Haghighipour Patrick Irwin Hugh Jones
Victoria Meadows Stanimir Metchev I. Neill Reid
George Rieke Caleb Scharf Steinn Sigurdsson
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From the reviews:
"Editor Mason has done a superb job in organizing the 11 sections of this multi authored work to give a cohesive overview of a cutting-edge field that shows the interconnectiveness of star, planets, and life. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above." (T. Barker, Choice, Vol. 46 (3), November, 2008)
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