2007/01/16 by Philip J. Armitage, Armitage, Philip J. · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Astro and Planetary Science #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies #FOS: Physical sciences #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0701485
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)
openalex publication_date 2007/01/16 · arxiv created 2017/02/20 · arxiv updated 2017/02/22 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
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.