8.972 Spring 2007 Lectures

In Spring 2007, Josh Winn and I taught a graduate course on Exoplanets & Brown Dwarfs. The lectures have proven to be popular amongst some of my colleagues (this was a particularly furious period of exoplanet discoveries), so I've posted the lectures here. Enjoy!
  • Lecture 1: BDs and Exoplanets: History and Overview [PDF Part 1] [PDF Part 2]
  • Lecture 2: How to Find a Planet or Brown Dwarf [PDF Part 1] [PDF Part 2]
  • Lecture 3: Star and Brown Dwarf Formation [PDF]
  • Lecture 4: Planet Formation I [PDF]
  • Lecture 5: Planet Formation II [PDF]
  • Lecture 6: Interiors of BDs and Exoplanets [PDF]
  • Lecture 7: Statistical Properties of Exoplanets, Planet Migration [PDF]
  • Lecture 8: Transiting Planets [PDF]
  • Lecture 9: Atmospheres I: BD & Exoplanet spectra [PDF] [Animations of L/T Spectra]
  • Lecture 10: Atmospheres II: Chemistry, clouds & convection [PDF]
  • Lecture 10: Multiplicity and other population properties of BDs [PDF]
  • Lecture 10: Magnetic Activity & Rotation [PDF]
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