EXOPLANETS AND DISKS: THEIR FORMATION AND DIVERSITY: Proceedings of the International Conference

Exoplanets and Disks: Their Formation and Diversity

Tomonori Usuda, Subaru Telescope, Hilo, Hawaii, USA ; Motohide Tamura, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan ; Miki Ishii, Subaru Telescopy, Hilo, Hawaii, USA

Conference Location and Date: Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, 9-12 March 2009

Subseries: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Published August 2009; ISBN 978-0-7354-0695-7, One Volume, Print; 430 pages; 6 3/8 X 9 1/4 inches; Softcover; $226.00

Readership: Professional researchers and students in the fields of Astronomy, Physics, Geophysics, and Chemistry.

Protoplanetary disks around young stars are the sites of planetary formation. Recent high spatial resolution observations from both ground and space have revealed wide varieties of disk morphology and composition. This diversity of disk properties is certainly the seeds for the well known diversity of about 350 exoplanets so far detected. Encouraged with the recent success of direct imaging of exoplanets, next generation high-contrast instruments on the 8-m class telescopes are starting to fully explore direct observations of both exoplanets and disks. This international conference was held to give an overview of this rapidly developing field and promote discussion on future studies among observers, theorists, and instruments.

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