Perryman The Exoplanet Handbook

2. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-108-33110-4
Verlag: Cambridge University Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

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With the discovery of planets beyond our solar system 25 years ago, exoplanet research has expanded dramatically, with new state-of-the-art ground-based and space-based missions dedicated to their discovery and characterisation. With more than 3,500 exoplanets now known, the complexity of the discovery techniques, observations and physical characterisation have grown exponentially. This Handbook ties all these avenues of research together across a broad range of exoplanet science. Planet formation, exoplanet interiors and atmospheres, and habitability are discussed, providing in-depth coverage of our knowledge to date. Comprehensively updated from the first edition, it includes instrumental and observational developments, in-depth treatment of the new Kepler mission results and hot Jupiter atmospheric studies, and major updates on models of exoplanet formation. With extensive references to the research literature and appendices covering all individual exoplanet discoveries, it is a valuable reference to this exciting field for both incoming and established researchers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Perryman, Michael

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Astronomische Beobachtung: Observatorien, Instrumente, Methoden
• Naturwissenschaften Astronomie Sonnensystem: Sonne und Planeten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Radial velocities; 3. Astrometry; 4. Timing; 5. Microlensing; 6. Transits; 7. Imaging; 8. Host stars; 9. Brown dwarfs and free-floating planets; 10. Formation and evolution; 11. Interiors and atmospheres; 12. The Solar System; Appendix A. Numerical quantities; Appendix B. Notation and acronyms; Appendix C. Radial velocity exoplanets; Appendix D. Transiting exoplanets; Appendix E. Lensing exoplanets; Appendix F. Imaging exoplanets; References; Subject index; Object index.

Über Autor(innen)

Perryman, Michael
Michael Perryman has had a thirty-year career with the European Space Agency (ESA), initially as the scientific leader of the Hipparcos astrometry mission. He was the co-originator (with Lennart Lindegren) of the Gaia astrometry mission, a project expected to make an important contribution to many areas, including exoplanet science, in the coming years. He was ESA's project scientist for Gaia from 1995–2008, establishing the payload concept, technical feasibility, operational and data analysis principles, its organisational structure, and coordinating its scientific case. He chaired the Gravitational Observatory Advisory Team for the implementation of ESA's LISA gravitation wave mission (2014–2016) and has previously held positions as Professor of Astronomy at Universiteit Leiden (1993–2009) and Bohdan Paczynski Visiting Professor at Princeton University, New Jersey (2013).