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The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems

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Editors:
  1. Charles J. Lada

    1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA

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  2. Nikolaos D. Kylafis

    1. Department of Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

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Part of the book series: Nato Science Series C: (ASIC, volume 540)

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxiv
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  2. The Nature of Molecular Clouds and their Relation to Star Formation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-2
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    2. Molecular Clouds

      • Leo Blitz, Jonathan P. Williams
      Pages 3-28

    3. The Dynamical Structure and Evolution of Giant Molecular Clouds

      • Christopher F. McKee
      Pages 29-66

    4. Physical Conditions in Nearby Molecular Clouds

      • Philip C. Myers
      Pages 67-96

    5. Models and Observations of the Chemistry Near Young Stellar Objects

      • Ewine F. Van Dishoeck, Michiel R. Hogerheijde
      Pages 97-140

  3. The Origin and Early Evolution of Low Mass Stars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 141-142
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    2. The Formation of Low Mass Stars

      • Charles J. Lada
      Pages 143-192

    3. Low-Mass Star Formation: Theory

      • Frank H. Shu, Anthony Allen, Hsien Shang, Eve C. Ostriker, Zhi-Yun Li
      Pages 193-226

    4. Bipolar Molecular Outflows

      • R. Bachiller, M. Tafalla
      Pages 227-266

    5. Herbig-Haro Flows

      • Bo Reipurth, A. C. Raga
      Pages 267-304

    6. Magnetic Fields and Star Formation: A Theory Reaching Adulthood

      • Telemachos Ch. Mouschovias, Glenn E. Ciolek
      Pages 305-340

    7. The Nature of Young Solar-Type Stars

      • Claude Bertout, Francois Ménard
      Pages 341-374

    8. The Evolution of Pre-Main-Sequence Stars

      • Francesco Palla
      Pages 375-409

  4. The Role of Clustering in Star Formation, the Origin of Massive Stars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 410-410
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    2. OB Associations

      • A. G. A. Brown, A. Blaauw, R. Hoogerwerf, J. H. J. De Bruijne, P. T. De Zeeuw
      Pages 411-440

    3. The Role of Embedded Clusters in Star Formation

      • Elizabeth A. Lada
      Pages 441-478

    4. Multiple Stellar Systems: From Binaries to Clusters

      • Ian A. Bonnell
      Pages 479-514

    5. Massive Star Formation

      • Ed Churchwell
      Pages 515-552

    6. Masers in Star-Forming Regions

      • N. D. Kylafis, K. G. Pavlakis
      Pages 553-576
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About this book

A few years after the publication of The Physics of Star Formation and Early Stellar Evolution, we received a request from the publisher for an up­ dated second edition of this popular reference book. As originally intended, the volume had proved to be a useful "text" book for graduate astronomy courses and seminars which dealt with topics related to stellar origins. The book was based on a series of lectures delivered by a distinguished group of leading researchers at a NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) held in May 1990 on the island of Crete, Greece. The primary goal of the ASI was in fact to produce a book which "would simultaneously provide a broad and systematic overview of, as well as a rigorous introduction to, the fun­ damental physics and astronomy at the heart of modern research in star formation and early stellar evolution. " However, by 1995 concern had arisen among those who used the text as a reference for graduate seminars and courses that the book would need to be updated to stay abreast of the discoveries and progress in this rapidly evolving field. After some discussion we concluded that a new edition of the book was warranted and that the goal of producing a new edition would be best accomplished by organizing a second ASI in Crete to review the progress in star formation research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA

    Charles J. Lada

  • Department of Physics, University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Nikolaos D. Kylafis

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems

  • Editors: Charles J. Lada, Nikolaos D. Kylafis

  • Series Title: Nato Science Series C:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4509-1

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1999

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5908-1Published: 31 July 1999

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-5909-8Published: 31 July 1999

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4509-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 1389-2185

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXIV, 718

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles

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