Origins of Giant Planets, Volume 2

These books will provide a comprehensive overview of giant planet formation, aimed at graduate students and postdocs beginning research on the topic. They will also be a useful reference for observers seeking to interpret their images of young, forming planets or disk features that may be planet indicators. The books will also highlight processes that are not well understood, present new project ideas, and make predictions that can be tested by new models or observations. . This volume begins by explaining how the gravitational fields of the large planetesimals pave the way for the emergence of Mars-sized planetary embryos. Next comes an investigation of gaseous atmosphere accretion, which completes the giant planet formation process. The book concludes by examining the behavior of newly-formed gas giants, including gap opening, migration, and planet survival rate.

Key Features:

• Provides a comprehensive overview of giant planet formation

• All theories are compared with observational results

• Includes discussions of chemistry as well as gravitational dynamics and thermal physics

• Suggests productive avenues for future research

• Well timed to be available to JWST observers