Origins of Giant Planets, Volume 1 - Disks, dust, and planetesimals

Origins of Giant Planets is a comprehensive overview of giant planet formation aimed at new researchers in the field. Volume one covers protoplanetary disk theory, dynamics of planet-forming dust and ice, collisional grain growth, and planetesimal formation. The book is a valuable reference for astronomers and planetary scientists who study giant planets, and for graduate students studying exoplanets or planetary science.

About the author

Sarah Dodson-Robinson received her PhD in Astronomy & Astrophysics from University of California at Santa Cruz in 2008, then took a Spitzer Postdoctoral Fellowship at NASA Exoplanet Science Institute. She is now an Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy at University of Delaware. In 2013, she won the American Astronomical Society's Annie Jump Cannon award for her contributions to the study of planet formation. Dr. Dodson-Robinson conducts numerical simulations of the chemical and dynamical evolution of planet-forming disks and participates in observational studies of debris disks. She also develops and tests methods for distinguishing exoplanet discoveries from stellar noise.

Product details

• Authors: Professor Sarah (University of Delaware Dodson-Robinson, Sarah Dodson-Robinson
• Publisher: Institute of Physics Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.12.2021
• EAN: 9780750321341
• ISBN: 978-0-7503-2134-1
• No. of pages: 234
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 626 g
• Illustrations: With figures in colour and in black and white
• Series: Programme: Aas-Iop Astronomy; AAS-IOP Astronomy
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy