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Planet Formation

Description
Second part of Star- and Planet formation course (M.Sc./graduate level) at the University of Amsterdam, February/March 2016. Part I (star formation) taught by Prof. C. Dominik.
Topics
Aerodynamics, pre-planetesimal growth, gravitational instability, runaway and oligarchic growth, pebble accretion, gas accretion, terrestrial and giant planet formation, orbital dynamics, gap opening and planet migration, resonant trapping.
Material
Lecture notes (updated slightly compared to blackboard)
project-description
L07.pdf L08.pdf L09.pdf L10.pdf L11.pdf L12.pdf L13.pdf
Problem sets
ps4.pdf ps5.pdf ps6.pdf