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The Origins of Stars and Planets: The VLT View

Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held in Garching, Germany, 24–27 April 2001

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  • © 2002

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  1. João F. Alves

    1. European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany

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  2. Mark J. McCaughrean

    1. Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

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Table of contents (63 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVII
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  2. As Eyes See Young Stars Assemble: Star and Planet Formation in the VLT Era

    • Mark J. McCaughrean
    Pages 1-18

  3. Mapping the Interstellar Dust with Near-Infrared Observations: An Optimized Multi-Band Technique

    • Marco Lombardi, João Alves
    Pages 19-26

  4. Physical Properties of Prestellar Cores

    • Malcolm Walmsley, Paola Caselli, Antonio Zucconi, Daniele Galli
    Pages 27-34

  5. Molecular Cloud Structure: The VLT View

    • João Alves, Charles Lada, Elizabeth Lada, Marco Lombardi, Edwin A. Bergin
    Pages 35-43

  6. The Physical Structure of a Prestellar Core in IC 5146

    • Carsten Kramer, João Alves, Charles Lada
    Pages 44-50

  7. From Infall to Rotation Around Young Stellar Objects

    • Michiel R. Hogerheijde, Adwin C. A. Boogert, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Geoffrey A. Blake
    Pages 51-58

  8. Mass Spectra from Turbulent Fragmentation

    • Ralf S. Klessen
    Pages 59-66

  9. From Molecular Clouds to Planets: Prospects for ALMA

    • Ewine F. van Dishoeck
    Pages 67-76

  10. Continuum Polarization as a Tool: A Perspective for VLT and ALMA

    • Thomas Henning, Ralf Launhardt, Bringfried Stecklum, Sebastian Wolf
    Pages 77-84

  11. The Mineralogy and Magnetism of Star and Planet Formation as Revealed by Mid-Infrared Spectropolarimetry

    • Christopher M. Wright, David K. Aitken, Craig H. Smith, Patrick F. Roche, Rene J. Laureijs
    Pages 85-90

  12. From the Sun to Jupiter: Evolution of Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs down to Planetary Masses

    • Isabelle Baraffe, Gilles Chabrier, France Allard, Peter Hauschildt
    Pages 91-99

  13. Core Collapse and the Formation of Binaries

    • Andreas M. Burkert, Peter Bodenheimer
    Pages 100-104

  14. The Formation and Evolution of Low-Mass Binary Systems: How Will VLT(I) Help?

    • Jérôme Bouvier, Gaspard Duchêne
    Pages 105-113

  15. The Formation of Brown Dwarfs

    • Bo Reipurth
    Pages 114-119

  16. Disk Orientations in PMS Binary Systems Determined Through Polarimetric Imaging with UT1/FORS

    • Jean-Louis Monin, François Ménard, Nicolas Peretto
    Pages 120-126

  17. Multiplicity of Young Brown Dwarfs in Cha I

    • Viki Joergens, Eike Guenther, Ralph Neuhäuser, Fernando Comerón, Nuria Huélamo, João Alves et al.
    Pages 127-132

  18. Imaging with the VLT

    • Ralf Siebenmorgen
    Pages 133-137

  19. The Formation of a Cluster of Stars and Brown Dwarfs in a Turbulent Molecular Cloud

    • Matthew R. Bate, Ian A. Bonnell, Volker Bromm
    Pages 138-145

  20. Submm and MIR Imaging of Protostellar Clusters

    • Rolf Chini, Markus Nielbock, Ralf Siebenmorgen
    Pages 146-152
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Editors and Affiliations

  • European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany

    João F. Alves

  • Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

    Mark J. McCaughrean

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Origins of Stars and Planets: The VLT View

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held in Garching, Germany, 24–27 April 2001

  • Editors: João F. Alves, Mark J. McCaughrean

  • Series Title: ESO Astrophysics Symposia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-40277-1

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-39255-3Published: 01 January 2002

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-40277-1Published: 01 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1431-2433

  • Series E-ISSN: 1611-6143

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 515

  • Number of Illustrations: 282 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

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