Exoplanets: Detection, Formation and Dynamics (IAU S249)

The latest theoretical and observational advances in the exciting field of exoplanet research.

Yi-Sui Sun (Edited by), Sylvio Ferraz-Mello (Edited by), Ji-Lin Zhou (Edited by)

9780521874717, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 10 July 2008

544 pages, 50 b/w illus. 33 tables
25.4 x 17.8 x 3.1 cm, 1.21 kg

In the 12 years since the first discovery of an exoplanet around a main sequence star (51 Peg), more than 270 exoplanets have been detected. The proceedings of IAU Symposium 249 present the latest theoretical and observational advances in the field of exoplanet research, including the ongoing and future projects such as CoRoT and Kepler. The volume opens with a review of exoplanet detection and orbital determination techniques, before looking at the physics of gas giant atmospheres and close-in stars. The topics of planet formation, migration and the dynamical evolution of protoplanetary disks and multi-planet systems are also covered in detail. IAU S249 is a useful reference for the graduate students and researchers working in the exciting field of exoplanet study.

Preface
Organizing committee
Conference participants
Part I. Exoplanet Detection
Part II. Physics of Atmospheres and Close-in Planets
Part III. Planet Formation
Part IV. Protoplanetary Disks and Migration
Part V. Dynamics of Multiple Exoplanet Systems
Author index
Object index.

Subject Areas: Solar system: the Sun & planets [PGS]