the detection, formation, evolution and dynamics of planetary systems /
First Statement of Responsibility
[edited by] B. A. Steves, M. Hendry, A. C. Cameron
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Boca Raton, FL :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
CRC Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
c2011
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xvii, 289 p. :
Other Physical Details
ill., maps ;
Dimensions
25 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Scottish graduate series
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
CONTENTS NOTE
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pt. I. Detection of extra-solar planets : methods and observations. Detection of extra-solar planets in wide-field transit surveys ; The theory of planet detection by gravitational microlensing : blips and dips from the gravitational bending of light ; The practice of planet detection by gravitational microlensing : studying cool planets around low-mass stars ; Modelling spectroscopic and polarimetric signatures of exoplanets -- pt. II. Formation and evolution of planetary systems. Proto-planetary discs - current problems and directions ; Debris discs and planetary environments ; Dynamical evolution of planetary systems ; Late stages of solar system formation and implications for extra-solar systems -- pt. III. Dynamics of planetary systems. A brief account of mutual planetary perturbations ; Fundamentals of regularization in celestial mechanics and linear perturbation theories ; Mechanisms for the production of chaos in dynamical systems ; Extra-solar multiplanet systems ; The stability of terrestrial planets in planetary systems ; Did the two Earth poles move widely 13,000 years ago? An astrodynamical study of the Earth's rotation