Extrasolar Planets

Klappentext A broad introduction to extrasolar planets for graduate students and research astronomers, first published in 2007. Zusammenfassung This 2007 volume is a balanced and varied introduction to extrasolar planets for research astronomers and graduate students. It covers a wide range of issues! from the state-of-the-art observational techniques! to the characterizations of these planets! and the techniques used in the remote detection of life. Inhaltsverzeichnis Participants; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Extrasolar planet detection methods Laurance R. Doyle; 2. Statistical properties of exoplanets Stéphane Udry; 3. Characterizing extrasolar planets Timothy M. Brown; 4. From clouds to planet systems: formation and evolution of stars and planets Günther Wuchterl; 5. Abundances in stars with extrasolar planetary systems Garik Israelian; 6. Brown dwarfs: the bridge between stars and planets Rafael Rebolo; 7. The perspective: a panorama of the Solar System Agustín Sánchez-Lavega; 8. Habitable planets around the Sun and other stars James F. Kasting; 9. Biomarkers of extrasolar planets and their observability Franck Selsis, Jimmy Paillet and France Allard; Index.

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• Authors: Juan Antonio Aparicio, Hans Deeg, Hans (Instituto De Astrofisica De Canarias Deeg, Hans Belmonte Deeg
• Assisted by: Antonio Aparicio (Editor), Aparicio Antonio (Editor), Juan Antonio Belmonte (Editor), Belmonte Juan Antonio (Editor), Hans Deeg (Editor), Deeg Hans (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.03.2012
• EAN: 9780521155601
• ISBN: 978-0-521-15560-1
• No. of pages: 284
• Series: Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics; Canary Islands Winter School o; Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Solar system: the Sun & planets, Solar system: the Sun and planets, Galaxies & stars, Galaxies and stars, SCIENCE / Space Science / Astronomy