Lecture notes on the formation and early evolution of planetary systems

Abstract

These notes provide an introduction to the theory of the formation and early evolution of planetary systems. Topics covered include the structure, evolution and dispersal of protoplanetary disks; the formation of planetesimals, terrestrial and gas giant planets; and orbital evolution due to gas disk migration, planetesimal scattering, planet-planet interactions, and tides.

Based on lectures given at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Last revised February 2017. Published, in modified form, as "Astrophysics of Planet Formation" (Cambridge University Press)

References in corpus (5)

• Tidal dissipation in stars and giant planets
• Dynamics of Solids in the Midplane of Protoplanetary Disks: Implications for Planetesimal Formation
• Formation of Jupiter using opacities based on detailed grain physics
• Secular Effects of Tidal Damping in Compact Planetary Systems
• Magnetohydrodynamics of Protostellar Disks

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