The Labyrinth of Star Formation

This volume contains the proceedings from the conference "The Labyrinth of Star Formation" that was held in Crete, Greece, in June 2012, to honour the contributions to the study of star formation made by Professor Anthony Whitworth of Cardiff University. The book covers many aspects of the...

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Other Authors: Stamatellos, Dimitris (Editor), Goodwin, Simon (Editor), Ward-Thompson, Derek (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This volume contains the proceedings from the conference "The Labyrinth of Star Formation" that was held in Crete, Greece, in June 2012, to honour the contributions to the study of star formation made by Professor Anthony Whitworth of Cardiff University. The book covers many aspects of theoretical and observational star formation: low-mass star formation; young circumstellar discs; computational methods; triggered star formation; the stellar initial mass function; high-mass star formation; and stellar clusters. Each section starts with a review paper, followed by papers discussing recent theoretical and observational work. This volume summarises our current understanding of star formation and is useful for both graduate students and researchers alike
Physical Description:XXXII, 522 p. 200 illus., 158 illus. in color online resource
ISBN:9783319030418