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Concise and self-contained, this textbook gives a graduate-level introduction to the physical processes that shape planetary systems, covering all stages of planet formation. Writing for readers with undergraduate backgrounds in physics, astronomy, and planetary science, Armitage begins with a description of the structure and evolution of protoplanetary disks, moves on to the formation of planetesimals, rocky, and giant planets, and concludes by describing the gravitational and gas dynamical evolution of planetary systems. He provides a self-contained account of the modern theory of planet formation and, for more advanced readers, carefully selected references to the research literature, noting areas where research is ongoing. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to include observational results from NASA's Kepler mission, ALMA observations and the JUNO mission to Jupiter, new theoretical ideas including pebble accretion, and an up-to-date understanding in areas such as disk evolution and planet migration.

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'Eleven years after the publication of its first edition, Armitage revisits this graduate-level textbook on the astrophysics of planet formation to update it based on the trove of knowledge produced by the Kepler space telescope and ALMA that revolutionized our concept of what planetary systems look like. The book covers the structure and evolution of protoplanetary disks and the formation of planetesimals within them, the formation of rocky and giant planets, as well as the evolution of protoplanetary systems. The astrophysics is put into context by an introductory chapter on what observations are currently telling us.' Karouzos Marios, Nature Astronomy

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Philip J. Armitage is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, State University of New York and he leads the planet formation group at New York's Center for Computational Astrophysics. He teaches classes on planet formation to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, and has lectured on the topic at summer schools worldwide.

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