Strategy for the Detection and Study of Other Planetary Systems and Extrasolar Planetary Materials: 1990-2000 -- Copyright -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- PREMISES OF THIS REPORT -- OVERVIEW AND PURVIEW -- NOMENCLATURE -- 2 Basic Scientific Goals -- 3 Present Understanding of the Origin of Planetary Systems -- INTRODUCTION -- STAR FORMATION -- PROPERTIES OF THE NEBULAR DISK -- THE EVOLUTION OF THE CENTRAL STAR -- FORMATION OF THE PLANETS -- 4 Observations of Extrasolar Planetary and Protoplanetary Material -- INTRODUCTION -- MATERIAL ASSOCIATED WITH PROTOSTARS AND PRE-MAIN-SEQUENCE STARS -- GAS AND DUST DISKS AROUND MAIN-SEQUENCE STARS -- SUBSTELLAR OBJECTS -- CIRCUMSTELLAR DUST -- 5 Observational Requirements for Identification of Extrasolar-System Planets -- OBSERVATIONAL HISTORY -- DIRECT DETECTION -- INDIRECT DETECTION -- EVALUATION OF PROPOSED INDIRECT TECHNIQUES -- Astrometric Telescope Facility -- Doppler Spectroscopic Planet Searches -- Photometric Planet Searches -- FUTURE OBSERVING SYSTEMS -- RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING TECHNIQUES FOR PLANET SEARCHES -- 6 Future Investigations of Precursor Planetary Systems -- DUST-RELATED ASTROPHYSICAL STUDIES -- LABORATORY STUDY OF INTERSTELLAR MATERIALS -- PROTOSTELLAR OBSERVATIONS -- OBSERVATION OF PRE-MAIN-SEQUENCE STARS -- SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES OF EXTRASOLAR-SYSTEM PLANETS AND PREPLANETARY MATERIALS -- SUMMARY RECOMMENDATIONS -- 7 Relation to Other Astronomical and Astrophysical Studies -- FUNDAMENTAL PROPERTIES OF STARS IN THE SOLAR NEIGHBORHOOD -- PROPERTIES OF STAR-FORMING REGIONS -- THEORY OF STELLAR EVOLUTION -- DISKS IN ASTROPHYSICS -- PROBLEMS IN GALACTIC STRUCTURE -- IMPLICATIONS REGARDING THE SEARCH FOR LIFE -- 8 Recommendations -- RECOMMENDED PROGRAM -- SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES -- MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS -- STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION.

Appendix A The Large Star Sample Required for a Photometric Planetary Search -- Appendix B List of Members Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources.