Physics of Star Formation in Galaxies - Saas-Fee Advanced Course 29. Lecture Notes 1999. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

The book begins with a historical introduction, "Star Formation: The Early History", that presents new material of interest for students and historians of science. This is followed by two long articles on "Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution of Stars and Young Clusters" and "Observations of Young Stellar Objects". These articles on the fascinating problem of star formation from interstellar matter give a thorough overview of present-day theories and observations. The articles contain material so far unpublished in the astronomical literature. The book addresses graduate students and can be used as a textbook for advanced courses in stellar astrophysics.

List of contents

Historical Introduction. Star Formation: the Early History (G. Herbig).- Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution of Stars and Young Clusters (F. Palla): I. Initial Conditions of Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution.- II. Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution.- III. Physical Processes in PMS Stars.- IV. PMS Evolution of Clusters and Associations.- Observations of Young Stellar Objects (YSO) (H. Zinnecker): I. Introduction.- II. Disks, Jets and Protostars.- III. Young Binaries.- IV. Low-Mass Stellar Content of Young Star Clusters and Associations.- Index.

Summary

The book begins with a historical introduction, "Star Formation: The Early History", that presents new material of interest for students and historians of science. This is followed by two long articles on "Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution of Stars and Young Clusters" and "Observations of Young Stellar Objects". These articles on the fascinating problem of star formation from interstellar matter give a thorough overview of present-day theories and observations. The articles contain material so far unpublished in the astronomical literature. The book addresses graduate students and can be used as a textbook for advanced courses in stellar astrophysics.

Product details

• Authors: G. Herbig, Palla, F Palla, F. Palla, H Zinnecker, H. Zinnecker
• Assisted by: Maeder (Editor), A Maeder (Editor), A. Maeder (Editor), Meynet (Editor), Meynet (Editor), G. Meynet (Editor), G. Herbig (Introduction)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2010
• EAN: 9783642077142
• ISBN: 978-3-642-07714-2
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 18 mm x 234 mm
• Weight: 377 g
• Illustrations: XII, 232 p.
• Series: Saas-Fee Advanced Courses; Saas-Fee Advanced Course; Saas-Fee Advanced Courses; Saas-Fee Advanced Course
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; Star, Astrophysik, B, Atom- und Molekularphysik, Astrophysics, Nuclear physics, Physics and Astronomy, Heavy ions, Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons, Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astronomy—Observations, Observations, Astronomical, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Atomic & molecular physics, stellar, star cluster