Failed Stars and Super Planets : a Report Based on the January 1998 Workshop on Substellar-Mass Objects /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: Steering Group for the Workshop on Substellar-Mass Objects, Space Studies Board, National Research Council
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] : National Academies Press
Temas:
Planets.
Stars.
Planètes.
Étoiles.
Planets
Stars
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Failed Stars and Super Planets
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Foreword
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • THE WORKSHOP ON SUBSTELLAR-MASS OBJECTS
  • FINDINGS
  • Status of Current Research Activities
  • The Most Compelling Issues for Near-Term Study
  • Contributions to Broader Scientific Goals
  • Opportunities for Interdisciplinary Research
  • The Contribution of Studies of SMOs to Achieving Long-Term Scientific Priorities
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • 1 Detection of Substellar-Mass Objects
  • STATUS OF CURRENT INDIRECT SEARCHES
  • The Radial-Velocity Technique
  • Astrometric, Photometric, and Microlensing TechniquesDIRECT DETECTION OF SMOS
  • Isolated Brown Dwarfs
  • Companion Brown Dwarfs
  • 2 Observational Characterization of Nearby SMOs
  • CURRENT STATE OF OBSERVATIONS
  • Abundance of SMOs
  • Spectroscopic Studies of SMOs
  • 3 Theoretical Models of SMO Structure and Atmosphere
  • CURRENT STATUS OF MODELS
  • 4 Formation of SMOs
  • STARLIKE AND PLANETLIKE FORMATION
  • Observational Evidence
  • Formation of Close-In SMOs
  • Relationship to Terrestrial Planets
  • 5 Statistical Detections, Galactic Structure, and the Mass Content of the UniverseINTRODUCTION TO THE DARK-MATTER PROBLEM
  • CURRENT UNDERSTANDING OF THE MASS FUNCTIONS OF LOW-MASS STARS AND SMOS
  • MICROLENSING DETERMINATION OF THE SMO MASS FUNCTION
  • DETECTING PLANETS VIA MICROLENSING
  • 6 Findings and Future Needs
  • STATUS OF CURRENT RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
  • THE MOST COMPELLING ISSUES FOR NEAR-TERM STUDY
  • Detection Strategies
  • Spectroscopic Studies of Nearby SMOs
  • CONTRIBUTIONS TO BROADER SCIENTIFIC GOALS
  • Modeling of the Atmospheres and Interiors of SMOsTesting Models of the Formation of SMOs
  • Understanding the Stability and Evolution of Multiplanet Systems
  • OPPORTUNITIES FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH
  • THE CONTRIBUTION OF STUDIES OF SMOS TO ACHIEVING LONG-TERM SCIENTIFIC PRIORITIES
  • Microlensing and the Statistical Search for SMOs
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS

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