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Star formation
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Title
Star formation / Mark R. Krumholz, Australian National University, Australia.
ISBN
9789813142022
9813142022
9789813142039
9813142030
Publication
New Jersey : World Scientific, [2017]
Copyright Notice Date
©2017
Physical Description
xx, 507 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm.
Summary
"This book provides a modern introduction to the study of star formation, at a level suitable for graduate students or advanced undergraduates in astrophysics. The first third of the book provides a review of the observational phenomenology and then the basic physical processes that are important for star formation. The remainder then discusses the major observational results and theoretical models for star formation on scales from galactic down to planetary. The book includes recommendations for complementary reading from the research literature, as well as five problem sets with solutions"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 06, 2017
Series
World Scientific series in astrophysics
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-502) and index.
Contents
Observing the cold interstellar medium
Observing young stars
Chemistry and thermodynamics
Gas flows and turbulence
Magnetic fields and magnetized turbulence
Gravitational instability and collapse
Stellar feedback
Giant molecular clouds escales
The star formation rate at galactic scales: observations
The star formation rate at galactic scales: theory
Stellar clustering
The initial mass function: observations
The initial mass function: theory
Protostellar disks and outflows: observations
Protostellar disks and outflows: theory
Protostar formation
Protostellar evolution
Massive star formation
The first stars
Late-stage stars and disks
The transition to planet formation.
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