Post-main-sequence planetary system evolution.

R Soc Open Sci

Department of Physics , University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.

Published: February 2016

The fates of planetary systems provide unassailable insights into their formation and represent rich cross-disciplinary dynamical laboratories. Mounting observations of post-main-sequence planetary systems necessitate a complementary level of theoretical scrutiny. Here, I review the diverse dynamical processes which affect planets, asteroids, comets and pebbles as their parent stars evolve into giant branch, white dwarf and neutron stars. This reference provides a foundation for the interpretation and modelling of currently known systems and upcoming discoveries.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4785977PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150571DOI Listing

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