Dr. Ryan Cloutier or link
Book (optional): Fundamental Planetary Science: Physics, Chemistry, and Habitability by Lissauer, J.J. & de Pater, I. (ISBN 9781108411981)
- warm-up quizzes b4 classes, post-lecture quizzes
- Participation marks for pre, post will be graded
- 3 in-class tests
- Jan 25th
- Feb 15th
- March 21st
- 3 take-home assignments, due date as hard copies, at the beginning of the class:
- Feb 1st
- March 7th
- April 4th
- 1 finals
Overview
- Our solar system in the context of exoplanetary systems
- Exoplanet discovery techniques
- Transits + Transit Timing Variations
- Radial velocity
- Astrometry
- Direct Imaging
- Gravitational microlensing
- Orbital mechanics
- Kepler’s laws,
- Gravity, angular momentum, and energy
- Orbital resonances
- 3-body dynamics
- Tides
- Heating & Cooling
- Blackbody radiation
- Star-planet interactions
- Greenhouse effect
- Planetary Atmospheres
- Thermal structure
- Energy transport
- Cloud formation
- Composition
- Exoplanet transmission spectra
- Planetary Interiors
- Bulk density and composition
- Mass-radius relation
- Exoplanet formation/demographics
- Core accretion
- Measuring occurrence rates
- Observed occurrence rates and formation inferences