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A star is born !

The formation process of stars

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Despite major, important progress in our knowledge of the star formation process in the Galaxy, an endless number of questions, related to the central question “How do stars form?” remain to be answered. Our current understanding of how stars and clusters of stars are formed out of the interstellar matter is discussed here.

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  1. C/O. Ashok Sen Department of Physics, Assam University, Silchar P.O. Assam University, 788 011, Silchar, India

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Dey, I. A star is born !. Reson 5, 22–25 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02837934

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