Exoplanets

Exoplanets [electronic resource] / edited by S. Seager ; with the assistance of Renée Dotson ; with 34 collaborating authors. - Tucson : Houston : University of Arizona Press ; In collaboration with Lunar and Planetary Institute, c2010. - xviii, 526 p. : ill. - The University of Arizona space science series . - University of Arizona space science series. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to exoplanets -- Keplerian orbits and dynamics of exoplanets -- Radial velocity techniques for exoplanets -- Exoplanet transits and occultations -- Microlensing by exoplanets -- Direct imaging of exoplanets -- Astrometric detection and characterization of exoplanets -- Planets around pulsars and other evolved stars: the fates of planetary systems -- Statistical distribution of exoplanets -- Non-Keplerian dynamics of exoplanets -- Tidal evolution of exoplanets -- Protoplanetary and debris disks -- Terrestrial planet formation -- Giant planet formation -- Planet migration -- Terrestrial planet interiors -- Giant planet interior structure and thermal evolution -- Giant planet atmospheres -- Terrestrial planet atmospheres and biosignatures -- Atmospheric circulation of exoplanets.


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Extrasolar planets.


Electronic books.

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