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OverviewThis volume contains the invited talks from the 1995 Boulder conference on the Search for Extra-Solar Planets. It describes the scientific basis, technological options, and programmatic implications of large-scale efforts to find and study Earth-like planets outside the Solar System, and is targeted at astronomers, planetary scientists, engineers, and graduate students. Full Product DetailsAuthor: J.M. Shull , Harley A. Thronson Jr. , S. Alan SternPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Edition: Reprinted from ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE, 241:1, 1997 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.910kg ISBN: 9780792344742ISBN 10: 079234474 Pages: 156 Publication Date: 31 March 1997 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface.- Planetary Atmosphere Evolution: Do Other Habitable Planets Exist and Can we Detect Them?.- Ways that Our Solar System Helps Us Understand the Formation of Other Planetary Systems and Ways that it Doesn’t.- Photometric Search for Extrasolar Planets.- Radial Velocity Searches for Other Planetary Systems: Current Status and Future Prospects.- Demonstration of Photon-Noise Limit in Stellar Radial Velocities.- Aspects of Astrometric Searches for Other Planetary Systems.- Astrometric Detection of Earth-Like Planets with OSI.- Astrometry from Space: GAIA and Planet Detection.- Ground-Based Interferometry.- FRESIP: A Mission to Determine the Character and Frequency of Extra-Solar Planets Around Solar-Like Stars.- The Darwin Project.- Public Involvement in Extra-Solar Planet Detection.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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