Physical Processes in Circumstellar Disks around Young Stars
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Paulo J. V. Garcia, Antonella Natta, and Malcolm Walmsley
2 Protoplanetary Disk Structure and Evolution
Nuria Calvet and Paola D’Alessio
3 The Chemical Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks
Edwin A. Bergin
4 Dust Processing and Mineralogy in Protoplanetary Accretion Disks
Thomas Henning and Gwendolyn Meeus
5 Disk Hydrodynamics
Richard H. Durisen
6 Magnetohydrodynamics of Protostellar Disks
Steven A. Balbus
7 The Effects of Large-Scale Magnetic Fields on Disk Formation and Evolution
Arieh Königl and Raquel Salmeron
8 The Dispersal of Disks around Young Stars
Cathie Clarke
Acknowledgments
List of Contributors
“Written by some of the leading experts in the field, Physical Processes in Circumstellar Disks around Young Stars provides a comprehensive explanation of the basic physics of planet-forming disks. It serves both as a valuable introduction and as a thoroughly researched sourcebook for all those in the field.”
“The authors have provided a rigorous presentation of many aspects of a topic that is certain to become of increasing interest to astronomers as our inventory of extra-solar-system planets and types of planets continues to grow. The stimulating last chapter, by Cathie Clarke, leaves the reader with a number of questions to work on in the future, the most notable and surprising of which is, How do stars get rid of their disks as fast as observations say they must, and still have time to form planets?!”
“These essays provide a deep, insightful presentation of the key theoretical issues relevant to understanding the protoplanetary disks that are likely sites for future planet formation. Physical Processes in Circumstellar Disks around Young Stars will certainly be a fundamental contribution to astrophysical literature.”
Physical Sciences: Astronomy and Astrophysics | Physics and Astronomy | Theoretical Physics
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