Exoplanets : detection, formation, properties, habitability /

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Imprint:Berlin ; New York : Springer, in association with Praxis Pub., Chichester, UK, c2008.
Description:1 online resource (xx, 314 p.) : ill. (some col.)
Language:English
Series:Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences
Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8886908
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Other authors / contributors:Mason, John (John W.)
ISBN:9783540740087
3540740082
6611862137 (electronic bk.)
9786611862138 (electronic bk.)
3540740074 (Cloth)
9783540740070
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Summary:This edited, multi-author volume will be an invaluable introduction and reference to all key aspects in the field of exoplanet research. The reviews cover: Detection methods and properties of known exoplanets, Detection of extrasolar planets by gravitational microlensing. The formation and evolution of terrestrial planets in protoplanetary and debris disks. The brown dwarf-exoplanet connection. Formation, migration mechanisms and properties of hot Jupiters. Dynamics of multiple exoplanet systems. Doppler exoplanet surveys. Searching for exoplanets in the stellar graveyard. Formation and habita.
Other form:Print version: Exoplanets. Berlin ; New York : Springer, in association with Praxis Pub., Chichester, UK, c2008 3540740074 9783540740070