Detection and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets: Methods of Planet Detection.- Planet-Forming Disks.- The Currently Known Extrasolar Planets.- Radial-Velocity Surveys.- Gravitational Microlensing.- Planetary Transits and Searches for Light Reflected by Planets.- The Effects of Atmospheric Turbulence on Astronomical Observations.- Introduction to Optical Interferometry.- Astrometry with Interferometry.- Nulling Interferometry.- Appendix.
Physics of Substellar Objects Interiors, Atmospheres, Evolution: Introduction.- Our Giant Planets as a Basis for the Study of Substellar Objects.- Basic Equations, Gravitational Moments and Interior Structures.- Equations of State.- Opacities and Heat Transport.- Interior Structures of our Giant Planets: Numerical Integrations and Results.- Evolution of Giant Planets and Brown Dwarfs.- Spectra and Atmosphere.- Pegasi Planets.
Protostellar Disks and Planet Formation: Introduction.- Observations of Protostellar Disks.- Theory of Disk Structure and Evolution.- Dust-Gas Dynamcis.- Growth of Planetesimals to Planets.- The Formation of Gas Giant Planets.- Planet Migration.
