Exoplanetary Atmospheres : Theoretical Concepts and Foundations / Kevin Heng.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Heng, Kevin, author.

Series:

Princeton series in astrophysics.

Princeton Series in Astrophysics ; 30

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extrasolar planets.

Extrasolar planets--Atmospheres.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 pages) : illustrations (some color).

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2017]

Language Note:

In English.

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 atmospheresUnifies knowledge from atmospheric and climate science, astronomy and astrophysics, chemistry, planetary science, and moreCovers radiative transfer, fluid dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, and atmospheric escapeProvides simple analytical models and a wealth of problem setsIncludes appendixes on thermodynamics, vector calculus, tabulated Gibbs free energies, and Python scriptsSolutions manual (available only to professors)

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Foreword by Sara Seager

Preface

1. Observations of Exoplanetary Atmospheres: A Theorist's Review of Techniques in Astronomy

2. Introduction to Radiative Transfer

3. The Two-Stream Approximation of Radiative Transfer

4. Temperature-Pressure Profiles

5. Atmospheric Opacities: How to Use a Line List

6. Introduction to Atmospheric Chemistry

7. A Hierarchy of Atmospheric Chemistries

8. Introduction to Fluid Dynamics

9. Deriving the Governing Equations of Fluid Dynamics

10. The Shallow Water System: A Fluid Dynamics Lab on Paper

11. The de Laval Nozzle and Shocks

12. Convection, Turbulence and Fluid Instabilities

13. Atmospheric Escape

14. Outstanding Problems of Exoplanetary Atmospheres

Appendix A: Summary of Standard Notation

Appendix B: Essential Formulae of Vector Calculus

Appendix C: Essential Formulae of Thermodynamics

Appendix D: Gibbs Free Energies of Various Molecules and Reactions

Appendix E: Python Scripts for Generating Figures

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Mai 2019)

ISBN:

9780691166988

0691166986

OCLC:

964359284