ISBN: 9781108419772
Editorial: Cambridge University Press
Autor: Perryman, Michael
Año de edición: 2018
N° Paginas: 999
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: With the discovery of planets beyond our solar system 25 years ago, exoplanet research has expanded dramatically, with new state-of-the-art ground-based and space-based missions dedicated to their discovery and characterisation. With more than 3,500 exoplanets now known, the complexity of the discovery techniques, observations and physical characterisation have grown exponentially. This Handbook ties all these avenues of research together across a broad range of exoplanet science. Planet formation, exoplanet interiors and atmospheres, and habitability are discussed, providing in-depth coverage of our knowledge to date. Comprehensively updated from the first edition, it includes instrumental and observational developments, in-depth treatment of the new Kepler mission results and hot Jupiter atmospheric studies, and major updates on models of exoplanet formation. With extensive references to the research literature and appendices covering all individual exoplanet discoveries, it is a valuable reference to this exciting field for both incoming and established researchers. Críticas Praise for the first edition: 'The Exoplanet Handbook by Michael Perryman is an exhaustive reference for the techniques, facts and theory of exoplanet science. An excellent and objective resource for novice and expert alike, this compendium is destined for the libraries of all serious students of the art.' Adam Burrows, Princeton University, New Jersey'This book is an abridgement of all things extrasolar planets. With a thorough revamp, it is now more than twice as long not counting the appendices where lists of extrasolar planets by methods of detection can be found; references that include back references i.e. where to find them in the text; subject index and object index. The meat of the book ... is ... a collection of papers that have been rewritten and reorganised in such a way to convey only the take-home messages ... With thousands of papers on the subject, weeding out the best of them is no mean feat. ... This is basically an encyclopaedia on extrasolar planets; useful to serious readers. Barring anything that happens after its publication, this book is up-to-date.' B. Ishak, Contemporary Physics'This is a new edition of Perryman's excellent Exoplanet Handbook which was published in 2011. The first edition quickly became a favourite with researchers: in my view this version will become the bible. The second edition is the same format as the original but contains more than twice as many pages ... The first port of call when thinking about a new project. Perryman has painstakingly searched all the discovery and analysis techniques commonly used and presented his conclusions in a concise way whilst retaining sufficient detail to make them useful for research scientists ... The breadth of work and Perryman's ability to digest the results and put it in context is just remarkable.' Don Pollacco, The Observatory'This is now the bible of the field and should be on the bookshelf of everyone who wants to view our planet and its history from a more realistic perspective than the old anthropocentric. The breadth of the work is impressive, and Perryman covers in detail and authoritatively everything from the basics of the field, such as observational techniques, classification of the stars hosting the exoplanets, formation and evolution of the planets, and what we know about their interiors and atmospheres. ... The content is encyclopedic, with many concepts explained in small text boxes or explanatory figures carefully chosen from the literature. But unlike an encyclopedia, the information appears in a meaningful context, not in alphabetical order ... Everything is laid out in a very 'user-friendly' way.' Birger Schmitz, Meteoritics & Planetary SciencePraise for the first edition: '... an excellent, startlingly complete snapshot of the current state of knowledge regarding extrasolar planets ... Like any good encycloped
- Idioma: Inglés
- Autor: Perryman, Michael
- Editorial: Cambridge University Press
- N° Paginas: 999
- Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
- Envío: Desde EE.UU.
