E-Book, Englisch, Band 35, 258 Seiten
Reihe: Saas-Fee Advanced Course
Jewitt / Morbidelli / Rauer Trans-Neptunian Objects and Comets
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-540-71958-8
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Saas-Fee Advanced Course 35. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy
E-Book, Englisch, Band 35, 258 Seiten
Reihe: Saas-Fee Advanced Course
ISBN: 978-3-540-71958-8
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
The study of the Solar system, particularly of its newly discovered outer parts, is one of the hottest topics in modern astrophysics with great potential for revealing fundamental clues about the origin of planets and even the emergence of life. The three lecturers of the 35th Saas-Fee Advanced Course, which have been updated and collected in this volume, cover the field from observational, theoretical and numerical perspectives.
David Jewitt is professor at the University of Hawaii and joint discoverer (with Jane Luu) of the first trans-Neptunian object, 1992 QB1. Alessandro Morbidelli is researcher at Nice Observatory and winner of the Urey Prize of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society in 2000. Heike Rauer is professor at the Free University of Berlin and staff scientist at the DLR institute for Planetary Research. She is joint discoverer of the sodium tail of comet Hale-Bopp.
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1;Preface;5
2;Contents;6
3;List of Previous Saas-Fee Advanced Courses;9
4;Kuiper Belt and Comets: An Observational Perspective;11
4.1;1 Preamble;11
4.2;2 The Modern Solar System;15
4.3;3 Cometary Nuclei;36
4.4;4 Kuiper Belt;57
4.5;References;82
5;Comets and Their Reservoirs: Current Dynamics and Primordial Evolution;89
5.1;1 The Trans-Neptunian Population;90
5.2;2 The Dynamics of Comets;111
5.3;3 The Formation of the Oort Cloud;127
5.4;4 The Primordial Sculpting of the Kuiper Belt;137
5.5;5 Origin of the Late Heavy Bombardment of the Terrestrial Planets;149
5.6;6 Building a Coherent View of Solar System History: Perspectives for Future Work;161
5.7;References;164
6;Comets;174
6.1;1 Introduction;174
6.2;2 Sublimation Processes;177
6.3;3 Coma and Tail Dynamics;191
6.4;4 Emission Excitation in the Gas Coma;217
6.5;5 Chemical Processes in the Coma;225
6.6;6 Gas Production Rates;233
6.7;7 Dust Particles;242
6.8;8 Outlook;249
6.9;References;251
7;Acknowledgments;264
7.1;Kuiper Belt and Comets: An Observational Perspective;264
7.2;Comets and Their Reservoirs: Current Dynamics and Primordial Evolution;264
7.3;Comets;265
8;Index;266
