Saas-Fee Advanced Course

Saas-Fee Advanced Course 35

By: D. Jewitt, A. Morbidelli, H. Rauer

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Hardcover | 5 December 2007

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The study of the Solar system, particularly of its newly discovered outer parts, is one of the hottest topics in modern astrophysics with great potential for revealing fundamental clues about the origin of planets and even the emergence of life.

The three lecturers of the 35th Saas-Fee Advanced Course cover the field from observational, theoretical and numerical perspectives. Highly sensitive, wide-field electronic detectors have enabled the discovery and the exploration of the Kuiper Belt, while fast computers allow for numerical simulations to be made with a degree of sophistication previously unimaginable. Additionally, the perception of the Solar system in the bigger context of the galactic disk is changing, particularly as planets encircling other stars are detected. This volume, reviewing what is known about the Solar system, is therefore extremely timely, and the style it is written in conveys the excitement this field of research holds.

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Kuiper Belt and Comets: An Observational Perspective	p. 1
Preamble	p. 1
The Conduct of Research into the Subject	p. 2
The Modern Solar System	p. 5
Protoplanetary Disk	p. 5
The Three Domains	p. 9
Cometary Nuclei	p. 26
Mantles	p. 38
Kuiper Belt	p. 47
Kuiper Belt Physical Properties: Colors and Albedos	p. 47
Kuiper Belt Physical Properties: Spectra	p. 53
Kuiper Belt Physical Properties: Shapes, Spins	p. 56
Kuiper Belt Physical Properties: Multiple Objects	p. 57
Kuiper Belt Physical Properties: Densities	p. 59
Centaurs	p. 62
Irregular Satellites	p. 63
Trojans	p. 68
References	p. 72
Comets and Their Reservoirs: Current Dynamics and Primordial Evolution	p. 79
The Trans-Neptunian Population	p. 80
Brief Tutorial on Orbital Dynamics	p. 80
The Structure of the Trans-Neptunian Population	p. 84
Dynamics in the Kuiper Belt	p. 93
Note on the Scattered Disk	p. 100
The Dynamics of Comets	p. 101
Origin and Evolution of Jupiter Family Comets	p. 104
Origin and Evolution of Long-Period Comets	p. 108
Note on Halley-Type Comets	p. 113
The Fate of Faded Comets	p. 115
The Formation of the Oort Cloud	p. 117
Problems with the Classical Scenario	p. 122
Oort Cloud Formation in a Dense Galactic Environment	p. 124
The Primordial Sculpting of the Kuiper Belt	p. 127
The Origin of the Resonant Populations	p. 128
The Origin of the Hot Population	p. 130
The Origin of the Outer Edge of the Kuiper Belt	p. 132
The Mass Deficit of the Cold Population	p. 134
Pushing out the Kuiper Belt	p. 138
Origin of the Late Heavy Bombardment of the Terrestrial Planets	p. 139
Building a Coherent View of Solar System History: Perspectives for Future Work	p. 151
References	p. 154
Comets	p. 165
Introduction	p. 165
Sublimation Processes	p. 168
General Overview	p. 168
Gas Sublimation and Nucleus Differentiation	p. 170
Observations of Gas Activity Evolution	p. 175
Coma and Tail Dynamics	p. 182
Dynamics of the Neutral Coma	p. 182
Dynamics in the Outer Coma and Neutral Gas Tails	p. 200
Dynamics of Dust Tails	p. 201
Dynamics of Ion Tails	p. 204
Emission Excitation in the Gas Coma	p. 208
Resonance Fluorescence	p. 212
Prompt Emission	p. 213
Optical Depth Effects	p. 214
Excitation of Rotational and Vibrational Transitions	p. 214
OH Maser Emission	p. 216
X-ray Emission	p. 216
Chemical Processes in the Coma	p. 216
Chemistry of Some Frequently Observed Species	p. 219
Gas Production Rates	p. 224
Simple Coma Models	p. 224
Abundance Ratios and Compositional Differences among Comets	p. 226
Compositional Differences Among Comets	p. 230
Isotopic Ratios	p. 231
Dust Particles	p. 233
Composition	p. 234
Size Distribution	p. 236
The Dust Production Rate	p. 238
Outlook	p. 240
References	p. 242
Acknowledgments	p. 255
Index	p. 257
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