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Birth and Evolution of Massive Stars and Stellar Groups

Proceedings of a Symposium held in Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, 24–26 September 1984

Part of the book series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library (ASSL, volume 120)

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Table of contents (40 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
  2. Welcoming Address

    1. Welcoming Address

      • Harry van der Laan
      Pages 1-2
  3. Structure of Star-Forming Regions

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 3-4
    2. The Nearest Molecular Clouds

      • L. Blitz, L. Magnani
      Pages 23-30
    3. Gould’s Belt and Supershells

      • Harold F. Weaver
      Pages 31-32
    4. Distribution and Motion of Young Nearby Stars as a Function of Age

      • Per Olof Lindblad, Tor N. G. Westin
      Pages 33-38
  4. Stellar Content of Young Groups

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-40
    2. The Turn-On Point of the Pleiades Cluster

      • Floor van Leeuwen
      Pages 55-62
    3. Two AOV Stars on the Zero-Age Main-Sequence in the Association Cha I

      • P. R. Wesselius, P. S. The, H. R. E. Tjin A Djie, H. Steenman
      Pages 63-66
    4. Stellar Associations and the Regions of Active Star Formation in them

      • V. A. Ambartsumian, L. V. Mirzoyan
      Pages 67-78
    5. Double Stars in Young Stellar Groups

      • T. S. van Albada
      Pages 89-94
    6. Photometric Age Determination of OB-Associations

      • Tim de Zeeuw, Jan Brand
      Pages 95-104
  5. Evolution of Massive Stars

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-106
    2. Supernovae and Pulsars

      • Virginia Trimble
      Pages 125-134
    3. The Identification of Massive Supernova Progenitors

      • Cornelis de Jager
      Pages 135-152

Editors and Affiliations

  • Netherlands Foundation for Astronomical Research, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Wilfried Boland

  • Kapteyn Institute, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Hugo Woerden

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Birth and Evolution of Massive Stars and Stellar Groups

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of a Symposium held in Dwingeloo, The Netherlands, 24–26 September 1984

  • Editors: Wilfried Boland, Hugo Woerden

  • Series Title: Astrophysics and Space Science Library

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5478-6

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1985

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2135-8Published: 30 November 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8919-7Published: 19 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-5478-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Series ISSN: 0067-0057

  • Series E-ISSN: 2214-7985

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 396

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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