Lecture notes on the formation and early evolution of planetary systems
Abstract
These notes provide an introduction to the theory of the formation and early evolution of planetary systems. Topics covered include the structure, evolution and dispersal of protoplanetary disks; the formation of planetesimals, terrestrial and gas giant planets; and orbital evolution due to gas disk migration, planetesimal scattering, planet-planet interactions, and tides.
- Publication:
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arXiv e-prints
- Pub Date:
- January 2007
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/0701485
- arXiv:
- arXiv:astro-ph/0701485
- Bibcode:
- 2007astro.ph..1485A
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- Based on lectures given at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Last revised February 2017. Published, in modified form, as "Astrophysics of Planet Formation" (Cambridge University Press)