Failed stars and super planets : a report based on the January 1998 Workshop on Substellar-Mass Objects / / Steering Group for the Workshop on Substellar-Mass Objects, Space Studies Board, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1998
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (74 p.)
• Disciplina: 523.88
• Soggetto topico: Planets; Stars
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 Techniques""""DIRECT 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 Universe""""INTRODUCTION 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 SMOs""""Testing 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""
• Titolo autorizzato: Failed stars and super planets
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818705203321
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