Planets in Binary Star Systems

✍ Scribed by Lisa Prato, Alycia J. Weinberger (auth.), Nader Haghighipour (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer Netherlands
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 334
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The discovery of extrasolar planets over the past decade has had major impacts on our understanding of the formation and dynamical evolution of planetary systems. There are features and characteristics unseen in our solar system and unexplainable by the current theories of planet formation and dynamics. Among these new surprises is the discovery of planets in binary and multiple-star systems. The discovery of such "binary-planetary" systems has confronted astrodynamicists with many new challenges, and has led them to re-examine the theories of planet formation and dynamics. Among these challenges are:

• How are planets formed in binary star systems?
• What would be the notion of habitability in such systems?
• Under what conditions can binary star systems have habitable planets?
• How will volatiles necessary for life appear on such planets?

This volume seeks to gather the current research in the area of planets in binary and multistar systems and to familiarize readers with its associated theoretical and observational challenges.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Disks Around Young Binary Stars....Pages 1-18
Probing the Impact of Stellar Duplicity on Planet Occurrence with Spectroscopic and Imaging Observations....Pages 19-49
The Detection of Extrasolar Planets Using Precise Stellar Radial Velocities....Pages 51-76
Observational Techniques for Detecting Planets in Binary Systems....Pages 77-103
The SARG Planet Search....Pages 105-133
Early Evolution of Planets in Binaries: Planet–Disk Interaction....Pages 135-164
Dynamics and Planet Formation in/Around Binaries....Pages 165-193
Gravitational Instability in Binary Protoplanetary Disks....Pages 195-238
N-Body Integrators for Planets in Binary Star Systems....Pages 239-263
Terrestrial Planet Formation in Binary Star Systems....Pages 265-283
Planetary Dynamics and Habitable Planet Formation in Binary Star Systems....Pages 285-327
Back Matter....Pages 329-332

✦ Subjects

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques; Planetology; Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Astrobiology