Orbit Dynamics, Stability and Chaos in Planetary Systems -- Regular and Chaotic Motion in Hamiltonian Systems -- Planet Formation -- Extrasolar Planetary Systems.This book is intended as an introduction to the field of planetary systems at the postgraduate level. It consists of four extensive lectures on Hamiltonian dynamics, celestial mechanics, the structure of extrasolar planetary systems an…
Historical Introduction -- The Standard Model of Elementary Particles -- Kinematics and Cross Sections -- Physics of Particle and Radiation Detection -- Acceleration Mechanisms -- Primary Cosmic Rays -- Secondary Cosmic Rays -- Cosmology -- The Early Universe -- Big Bang Nucleosynthesis -- The Cosmic Microwave Background -- Inflation -- Dark Matter -- Astrobiology -- Outlook -- Solutions.The bo…
The Synthesis of the Elements and the Formation of Stars -- Organic Molecules in the Interstellar Medium -- Chemistry of Protoplanetary Disks -- Planet Formation -- From Elemental Carbon to Complex Macromolecular Networks in Space -- Organic Molecules in Planetary Atmospheres -- Observations and Laboratory Data of Planetary Organics -- The Molecular Complexity of Comets -- Kuiper Belt: Water an…