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Planets and life (Paperback)
Therese Encrenaz, James Lequeux, Fabienne Casoli
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Discovery Miles 37 520
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Over the past ten years, the discovery of extrasolar planets has
opened a new field of astronomy, and this area of research is
rapidly growing, from both the observational and theoretical point
of view. The presence of many giant exoplanets in the close
vicinity of their star shows that these newly discovered planetary
systems are very different from the solar system. New theoretical
models are being developed in order to understand their formation
scenarios, and new observational methods are being implemented to
increase the sensitivity of exoplanet detections. In the present
book, the authors address the question of planetary systems from
all aspects. Starting from the facts (the detection of more than
300 extraterrestrial planets), they first describe the various
methods used for these discoveries and propose a synthetic analysis
of their global properties. They then consider the observations of
young stars and circumstellar disks and address the case of the
solar system as a specific example, different from the newly
discovered systems. Then the study of planetary systems and of
exoplanets is presented from a more theoretical point of view. The
book ends with an outlook to future astronomical projects, and a
description of the search for life on exoplanets. This book
addresses students and researchers who wish to better understand
this newly expanding field of research.
Over the past ten years, the discovery of extrasolar planets has
opened a new field of astronomy, and this area of research is
rapidly growing, from both the observational and theoretical point
of view. The presence of many giant exoplanets in the close
vicinity of their star shows that these newly discovered planetary
systems are very different from the solar system. New theoretical
models are being developed in order to understand their formation
scenarios, and new observational methods are being implemented to
increase the sensitivity of exoplanet detections. In the present
book, the authors address the question of planetary systems from
all aspects. Starting from the facts (the detection of more than
300 extraterrestrial planets), they first describe the various
methods used for these discoveries and propose a synthetic analysis
of their global properties. They then consider the observations of
young stars and circumstellar disks and address the case of the
solar system as a specific example, different from the newly
discovered systems. Then the study of planetary systems and of
exoplanets is presented from a more theoretical point of view. The
book ends with an outlook to future astronomical projects, and a
description of the search for life on exoplanets. This book
addresses students and researchers who wish to better understand
this newly expanding field of research.
The detection and exploration of extrasolar planets is one of the
most exciting and fast moving areas of astronomical research at the
present time. With over forty research programmes ongoing, and just
as many planned, the search for these new worlds has become the
main objective for a new generation of giant ground-based
telescopes as well as many future space missions. Experimental
methods and observational techniques are pushing existing
instruments to their limits. The most exciting possibility offered
by this research is the discovery of Earth-like extrasolar planets,
with a mass comparable to that of Earth, located at the right
distance from its star to host liquid water - in other words, a
place where life could evolve. The authors tackle this challenging
field of research by first looking at early searches for extrasolar
planets, the very first discoveries and the observational
techniques involved. They, then examine the very wide range of
extrasolar planets that have been discovered during the past ten
years and look at what we can learn about such planets by studying
the bodies in our own solar system.The formation of planetary
systems, the way in which such systems may evolve and the final
systems of planets that result are then discussed. Finally, Drs
Casoli and Encrenaz examine the possibilities for life on
extrasolar planets, again using our own solar system as a model,
and look to the plans for future extrasolar planet searches. A
number of Appendices summarise the extrasolar planet discoveries to
date.
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