Planets Outside the Solar System: Theory and Observations - NATO Science Series C 1999 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Planets Outside the Solar System: Theory and Observations, Cargese, Corsica, France, May 5-15, 1998--T.p. verso.; Published in cooperation with NATO Scientific Affairs Division.. Table of Contents: Preface. Jean-Marie Mariotti (1955/1998). List of Participants. Part I: Theory and Modeling. The Unfinished History of Plant Searches; M. Harwit. Latest Stages of Star Formation and Circumstellar Environment of Young Stellar Objects; A. Dutrey. Infalling Material on Young Stars; V. P. Grinin. Protostellar Discs and Planet Formation; J. C. B. Papaloizou, et al. Zodiacal Dust in the Earth Sciences; B. Olsson. Circumstellar Disks and Outer Planet Formation; A. Lecavelier des Etangs. Dynamical Interaction of Planets in the Circumstellar Disk; P. Artymowicz. The New Planetary Systems; D. Queloz. Extrasolar Giant Planet and Brown Dwarf Theory; A. Burrows. From the Interstellar Medium to Planetary Atmospheres via Comets; T. Owen, A. Bar-Nun. Giant Planet Formation: Formation and Growth of Massive Envelopes; G. Wuchterl. Extra-Solar Planets: Atmospheres; J. Kasting. Part II: Observational Methods. Astrometric Techniques; M. M. Colavita. Searching for Unseen Planets via Occultation and Microlensing; P. D. Sackett. Indirect Searches: Doppler Spectroscopy and Pulsar Timing; D. Queloz. Frequency analysis and Extrasolar Planets; M. Konacki, A. J. Maciejewski. Direct Searches: Imaging, Dark Speckle and Coronography; A. Labeyrie. Direct Searches: Interferometric Methods; J.-M. Mariotti. Large Ground-Based Telescopes with High Order Adaptive Optics for Imaging Faint Objects and Extra-Solar Planets; M. Langlois, et al. Reflected Light from Close-in Extrasolar Giant Planets; D. Charbonneau. Strategies for Space Programs; P. Y. Bely. Part III: Astrobiology. Biological Foundations of Life; M.-C. Maurel. The Contributions of ISO to Exoplanetary Systems Research and Astrobiology; P. Claes. Are We Alone in the Cosmos? T. C. Owen. Strategies for Remote Detection of Life; A. Leger. Scenery of Extra-Solar Planet Search, from an Extragalactic Viewpoint; D. Alloin. Subject Index."Publisher Marketing: The observation and understanding of extra-solar planetary systems has become a topic that poses challenges to many fields of human knowledge. A few years after the first observational evidence of planets outside the Solar System, this field of research has experienced spectacular developments. One of the characteristics of the field is that it draws together researchers from a variety of fields such as astrophysics, geophysics and biochemistry and opens up new areas for their interactions. This work sets out a synthesis of the advances and points of view of this adventure."