TY - CHAP
T1 - Giant Planet Formation, Evolution, and Internal Structure
AU - Helled, Ravit
AU - Bodenheimer, Peter
AU - Podolak, Morris
AU - Boley, Aaron C.
AU - Meru, Farzana
AU - Nayakshin, Sergei
AU - Fortney, Jonathan J.
AU - Mayer, Lucio
AU - Alibert, Yann
AU - Boss, Alan P.
N1 - Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - The large number of detected giant exoplanets offers the opportunity to improve our understanding of the formation mechanism, evolution, and interior structure of gas giant planets. The two main models for giant planet formation are core accretion and disk instability. There are substantial differences between these formation models, including formation timescale, favorable formation location, ideal disk properties for planetary formation, early evolution, planetary composition, etc. First, we summarize the two models including their substantial differences, advantages, and disadvantages, and suggest how theoretical models should be connected to available (and future) data. We next summarize current knowledge of the internal structures of solar — and extrasolar — giant planets. Finally, we suggest the next steps to be taken in giant planet exploration.
AB - The large number of detected giant exoplanets offers the opportunity to improve our understanding of the formation mechanism, evolution, and interior structure of gas giant planets. The two main models for giant planet formation are core accretion and disk instability. There are substantial differences between these formation models, including formation timescale, favorable formation location, ideal disk properties for planetary formation, early evolution, planetary composition, etc. First, we summarize the two models including their substantial differences, advantages, and disadvantages, and suggest how theoretical models should be connected to available (and future) data. We next summarize current knowledge of the internal structures of solar — and extrasolar — giant planets. Finally, we suggest the next steps to be taken in giant planet exploration.
KW - Protostars -- Congresses
KW - Planets -- Origin -- Congresses
KW - Molecular clouds -- Congresses
KW - Stars -- Formation -- Congresses
U2 - 10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816531240-ch028
DO - 10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816531240-ch028
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SN - 978-0-8165-3124-0
T3 - The University of Arizona space science series
SP - 643
EP - 665
BT - Protostars and planets VI
A2 - Beuther, Henrik
A2 - Klessen, Ralf S.
A2 - Dullemond, Cornelis P.
A2 - Henning, Thomas
PB - Tucson : University of Arizona Press
CY - Tucson, Arizona
ER -