Exoplanetary atmospheres : theoretical concepts and foundations / Kevin Heng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heng, Kevin, author.

Series:

Princeton series in astrophysics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extrasolar planets--Atmospheres.

Extrasolar planets.

Planets--Atmospheres.

Planets.

Planets--Atmospheres--Thermodynamic equilibrium.

Physical Description:

xv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Summary:

The study of exoplanetary atmospheres-that is, of planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system-may be our best hope for discovering life elsewhere in the universe. This dynamic, interdisciplinary field requires practitioners to apply knowledge from atmospheric and climate science, astronomy and astrophysics, chemistry, geology and geophysics, planetary science, and even biology. Exoplanetary Atmospheres provides an essential introduction to the theoretical foundations of this cutting-edge new science. Exoplanetary Atmospheres covers the physics of radiation, fluid dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, and atmospheric escape. It draws on simple analytical models to aid learning, and features a wealth of problem sets, some of which are open-ended. This authoritative and accessible graduate textbook uses a coherent and self-consistent set of notation and definitions throughout, and also includes appendixes containing useful formulae in thermodynamics and vector calculus as well as selected Python scripts. Exoplanetary Atmospheres prepares PhD students for research careers in the field, and is ideal for self-study as well as for use in a course setting. The first graduate textbook on the theory of exoplanetary atmospheres, Unifies knowledge from atmospheric and climate science, astronomy and astrophysics, chemistry, planetary sciences, and more, Covers radiative transfer fluid dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, and atmospheric escape, Provides simple analytical models and a wealth of problem sets, Including appendixes on thermodynamics, vector calculus, tabulated Gibbs free energies, and python scripts, Solutions manual (available only to professors) Book jacket.

Contents:

Observations of exoplanetary atmospheres : a theorist's review of techniques in astronomy

Introduction to radiative transfer

The two-stream approximation of radiative transfer

Temperature-pressure profiles

Atmospheric opacities : how to use a line list

Introduction to atmospheric chemistry

A hierarchy of atmospheric chemistries

Introduction to fluid dynamics

Deriving the governing equations of fluid dynamics

The shallow water system : a fluid dynamics lab on paper

The de Laval nozzle and shocks

Convection, turbulence and fluid instabilities

Atmospheric escape

Outstanding problems of exoplanetary atmospheres.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-269) and index.

ISBN:

9780691166971

0691166978

9780691166988

0691166986

OCLC:

948560952