The Origins of Stars and Planets: The VLT View - Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held in Garching, Germany, 24-27 April 2001. Book w. online files/update

Many important observational clues about our understanding of how stars and planets form in the interior of molecular clouds have been amassed using recent technological developments. ESO's Very Large Telescope promises to be a major step forward in the investigation of stellar nurseries and infant stars. This volume collects papers from the leaders in this very timely field of astrophysical research. It presents theoretical and a host of observational results and many papers show the plans for future observations.

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• Authors: João Alves, João F Alves, João F. Alves, Mark J McCaughrean, Mark J. McCaughrean
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.04.2014
• EAN: 9783662392553
• ISBN: 978-3-662-39255-3
• No. of pages: 515
• Weight: 759 g
• Illustrations: XXVII, 515 p. 285 illus., 3 illus. in color. With online files/update.
• Series: ESO Astrophysics Symposia; ESO Astrophysics Symposia
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; C, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Physics and Astronomy, Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences, German;Germany;planet;stars