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When this book was published in 2006, it had been just over ten years since the first planet outside our solar system was detected. Since then, much work has focused on understanding how extrasolar planets may form, and discovering the frequency of potentially habitable Earth-like planets. This volume addresses fundamental questions concerning the formation of planetary systems in general, and of our solar system in particular. Drawing from advances in observational, experimental and theoretical research, it summarises our understanding of the planet formation processes, and addresses major open questions and research issues. Chapters are written by leading experts in the field of planet formation and extrasolar planet studies. The book is based on a meeting held at Ringberg Castle in Bavaria, where experts gathered together to present and exchange their ideas and findings. It is a comprehensive resource for graduate students and researchers, and is written to be accessible to newcomers to the field.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Series-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Historical notes on planet formation
- 2 The Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: placing our Solar System in context
- 3 Destruction of protoplanetary disks by photoevaporation
- 4 Turbulence in protoplanetary accretion disks: driving mechanisms and role in planet formation
- 5 The origin of solids in the early Solar System
- 6 Experiments on planetesimal formation
- 7 Dust coagulation in protoplanetary disks
- 8 The accretion of giant-planet cores
- 9 Planetary transits
- 10 The core accretion–gas capture model for gas-giant planet formation
- 11 Properties of exoplanets: a Doppler study of 1330 stars
- 12 Giant-planet formation: theories meet observations
- 13 From hot Jupiters to hot Neptunes . . . and below
- 14 Disk–planet interaction and migration
- 15 The brown dwarf–planet relation
- 16 Exoplanet detection techniques – from astronomy to astrobiology
- 17 Overview and prospective in theory and observation of planet formation
- References
- Index