The Origin of Stars and Planetary Systems

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

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.

• Accretion
• accretion disk
• planet
• star
• star formation
• stellar
• stellar evolution

• Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA

  Charles J. Lada

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

  Nikolaos D. Kylafis

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