Exoplanet Atmospheres (eBook)

Physical Processes

Sara Seager (Autor)

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2010
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
9781400835300 (ISBN)

Infos

Over the past twenty years, astronomers have identified hundreds of extrasolar planets--planets orbiting stars other than the sun. Recent research in this burgeoning field has made it possible to observe and measure the atmospheres of these exoplanets. This is the first textbook to describe the basic physical processes--including radiative transfer, molecular absorption, and chemical processes--common to all planetary atmospheres, as well as the transit, eclipse, and thermal phase variation observations that are unique to exoplanets. In each chapter, Sara Seager offers a conceptual introduction, examples that combine the relevant physics equations with real data, and exercises. Topics range from foundational knowledge, such as the origin of atmospheric composition and planetary spectra, to more advanced concepts, such as solutions to the radiative transfer equation, polarization, and molecular and condensate opacities. Since planets vary widely in their atmospheric properties, Seager emphasizes the major physical processes that govern all planetary atmospheres. Moving from first principles to cutting-edge research, Exoplanet Atmospheres is an ideal resource for students and researchers in astronomy and earth sciences, one that will help prepare them for the next generation of planetary science. The first textbook to describe exoplanet atmospheres Illustrates concepts using examples grounded in real data Provides a step-by-step guide to understanding the structure and emergent spectrum of a planetary atmosphere Includes exercises for students

Autor

Sara Seager is professor of planetary science and physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 2.8.2010
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Series in Astrophysics
• Zusatzinfo: 1 halftone. 91 illus. 8 tables.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Schlagworte: absorption band • Absorption cross section • Abundance of the chemical elements • Aerosol • Albedo • Apparent magnitude • Approximation • Astronomer • astrophysics • Atmosphere of Earth • Atmospheric circulation • Atmospheric escape • Atmospheric Temperature • Biosignature • black body • Black-body radiation • Boltzmann constant • Bond albedo • brightness temperature • Brown Dwarf • Calculation • chemical equilibrium • Clausius–Clapeyron relation • Cloud • Conservation of Energy • convection • coordinate system • coriolis force • earth • Earth analog • Earth mass • Effective temperature • emission spectrum • energy level • Equation of State • exoplanet • Gas constant • Gas giant • Geometric albedo • Giant planet • Gibbs Free Energy • HD 189733 • HD 209458 b • heat capacity • Heat flux • heat transfer • Hot Jupiter • Hubble space telescope • hydrogen atom • Hydrostatic equilibrium • ideal gas law • internal energy • Inversion (meteorology) • Jupiter • Light Scattering • Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution • mean free path • Measurement • meteorology • methane • Methods of detecting exoplanets • Mie scattering • Molecule • Nebular hypothesis • number density • Optical depth • Particle Size • Phase curve (astronomy) • photochemistry • Photon • Planet • Planetary surface • Polar coordinate system • Quantity • quantum mechanics • radiative equilibrium • Radiative flux • radiative transfer • Rayleigh scattering • scale height • scattering • Solid angle • Space telescope • Spectral line • Stellar atmosphere • Stratosphere • Surface gravity • Temperature • Temperature Gradient • Terrestrial planet • thermal radiation • Thermodynamic Equilibrium • thermosphere • Tidal locking • troposphere • Ultraviolet • Vapor • Water • water vapor • Wavelength
• ISBN-13: 9781400835300 / 9781400835300