Extra-solar planets : the detection, formation, evolution and dynamics of planetary systems /: the detection, formation, evolution and dynamics of planetary systems. (©2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Extrasolar planets
• Further Information: Note: [edited by] B.A. Steves, M. Hendry, A.C. Cameron.
• Other Names: Steves, Bonnie A; Hendry, M (Martin); Cameron, A. C
• Contents: Pt. I. Detection of extra-solar planets : methods and observations. Detection of extra-solar planets in wide-field transit surveys ; The theory of planet detection by gravitational microlensing : blips and dips from the gravitational bending of light ; The practice of planet detection by gravitational microlensing : studying cool planets around low-mass stars ; Modelling spectroscopic and polarimetric signatures of exoplanets -- pt. II. Formation and evolution of planetary systems. Proto-planetary discs -- current problems and directions ; Debris discs and planetary environments ; Dynamical evolution of planetary systems ; Late stages of solar system formation and implications for extra-solar systems -- pt. III. Dynamics of planetary systems. A brief account of mutual planetary perturbations ; Fundamentals of regularization in celestial mechanics and linear perturbation theories ; Mechanisms for the production of chaos in dynamical systems ; Extra-solar multiplanet systems ; The stability of terrestrial planets in planetary systems ; Did the two Earth poles move widely 13, 000 years ago? An astrodynamical study of the Earth's rotation.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (xvii, 289 pages), (illustrations, maps)
• Subjects: 523.24 E969; Extrasolar planets; SCIENCE -- Astronomy; Extrasolar planets; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781420083453; 1420083457
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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