Formation, Evolution, and Dynamics of Young Solar Systems (eBook)

Martin Pessah is a Professor at the Niels Bohr International Academy at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen. His research interests span a broad range of subjects in plasma astrophysics, astrophysical fluid dynamics and magnetohydrodynamics; these include fundamental aspects of accretion physics in young starts and compact objects, the interstellar medium, and the intracluster medium in galaxy clusters. Oliver Gressel is an Assistant Professor at the Niels Bohr International Academy in Copenhagen. He received his PhD in Astrophysics from the University of Potsdam in 2009, and is known for his outstanding work in the area of mean-field magnetohydrodynamics and dynamo theory, for which he received the 2015 Johann Wempe Award. His research interests include magnetic turbulence in the interstellar medium and in protoplanetary discs and the influence of the ensuing perturbations on the formation of stars and planets.

Tracing the Ingredients of Habitable Worlds.- Planet Traps and the Composition of Exoplanetary Populations.- Towards a Global Evolutionary Picture of Protoplanetary Disks.- The ALMA revolution: gas and dust in planet-forming disks.- Evolution of the first embryos in protoplanetary disks: Confronting models and observations.- The gas content of protoplanetary disks.- Formation and long-term behavior of the solar system bodies.- planet formation mechanisms.- Collisional evolution of planetesimals.- Paleomagnetic measurements in meteorites.- Debris Disks.- Accreting Protoplanetary and Circumplanetary Disks.- Spirals, Gaps, and Cavities: Signposts of Forming Planets in Protoplanetary Disks?.- planet formation in circumbinary systems.- Glimpsing the Composition Distribution of Short-Period Exoplanets.- Formation of close-in Kepler Planets.- Tidal star-planet interactions in hot Jupiter systems.- Insights into Planet Formation from Transit Timing Variations.