From dust to terrestrial planets : proceedings of an ISSI workshop, 15-19 February 1999, Bern, Switzerland

Foreword. From Dust to Terrestrial Planets - Introduction Timescales for the Formation of Terrestrial Planets R. Kallenbach, et al. Disk Formation, Stability, and Evolution. Triggering Protostellar Collapse, Injection, and Disk Formation A.P. Boss, H.A.T. Vanhala. Protostellar Disk Formation and Early Evolution F.C. Adams, G. Laughlin. Solar Nebula Magnetohydrodynamics S.A. Balbus, J.F. Hawley. Observational Constraints on Transport (and Mixing) in Pre-main Sequence Disks L. Hartmann. Beta Pictoris and Other Solar Systems P. Artymowicz. Temperature and Pressure Gradients in the Solar Nebula J.A. Wood. Formation of Compounds and First Solids. The Beginning: Swift and Violent J.A. Wood. Short-lived Radionuclides in Meteorites: Constraints on Nebular Timescales for the Production of Solids R.H. Nichols, Jr. The Extinct Radionuclide Timescale of the Early Solar System J.D. Gilmour. Short-lived Radioactivities and the Birth of the Sun B.S. Meyer, D.D. Clayton. Protostellar Winds and Chondritic Meteorites H. Shang, et al. Kinetics of Gas-grain Reactions in the Solar Nebula B. Fegley, Jr. The Solar System D/H Ratio: Observations and Theories F. Robert, et al. On the 53Mn Heterogeneity in the Early Solar Nebula A. Shukolyukov, G.W. Lugmair. Are There Chemical Gradients in the Inner Solar System? H. Palme. Formation of Planetesimals and Planetary Embryos. Laboratory Experiments on Preplanetary Dust Aggregation J. Blum. Low Velocity Collisions and the Growth of Planetesimals W. Benz. Formation of Planetesimals and Accretion of the Terrestrial Planets S.J. Weidenschilling. Planetary Accumulation with a Continuous Supply of Planetesimals G.W. Wetherill, S. Inaba. Formation and Evolution of Planets. Disks, Extrasolar Planets, and Migration C. Terquem, et al. An oxygen isotope Mixing Model for the Accretion and Composition of Rocky Planets K. Lodders. Hf-W Chronometry and Inner Solar System Accretion Rates A.N. Halliday. On the isotopic Composition of Primordial Xenon in Terrestrial Planet Atmospheres R.O. Pepin. Minor Bodies: Spectral Gradients and Relationships with Meteorites A. Cellino. Glossary. List of Acronyms. Author Index. List of Participants.