Tuesday, September 9, 2014

Lecture Notes on Planetary Formation

Lecture notes on the formation and early evolution of planetary systems

Author:

Amitage

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.

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