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Physics of Star Formation in Galaxies

Saas-Fee Advanced Course 29. Lecture Notes 1999. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

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Authors:
  1. Francesco Palla

    1. Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy

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  2. Hans Zinnecker

    1. Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

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Editors:
  1. André Maeder

    1. Observatoire de Genève, Sauvemy, Switzerland

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  2. Georges Meynet

    1. Observatoire de Genève, Sauvemy, Switzerland

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  • The most complete text on modern theory of star formation
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Saas-Fee Advanced Course (SAASFEE, volume 29)

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Table of contents (3 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XII
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  2. Historical Introduction. Star Formation: the Early History

    • George Herbig
    Pages 1-7

  3. Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution of Stars and Young Clusters

    • Francesco Palla
    Pages 9-133

  4. Observations of Young Stellar Objects (YSO)

    • Hans Zinnecker
    Pages 135-225

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 227-232
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About this book

The book begins with a historical introduction, "Star Formation: The Early History", that presents new material of interest for students and historians of science. This is followed by two long articles on "Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution of Stars and Young Clusters" and "Observations of Young Stellar Objects". These articles on the fascinating problem of star formation from interstellar matter give a thorough overview of present-day theories and observations. The articles contain material so far unpublished in the astronomical literature. The book addresses graduate students and can be used as a textbook for advanced courses in stellar astrophysics.

Authors, Editors and Affiliations

  • Observatoire de Genève, Sauvemy, Switzerland

    André Maeder, Georges Meynet

  • Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri, Università di Firenze, Firenze, Italy

    Francesco Palla

  • Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany

    Hans Zinnecker

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Physics of Star Formation in Galaxies

  • Book Subtitle: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 29. Lecture Notes 1999. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy

  • Authors: Francesco Palla, Hans Zinnecker

  • Editors: André Maeder, Georges Meynet

  • Series Title: Saas-Fee Advanced Course

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-31633-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-43102-2Published: 23 April 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07714-2Published: 05 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-31633-6Published: 06 July 2006

  • Series ISSN: 1861-7980

  • Series E-ISSN: 1861-8227

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 232

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Nuclear Physics, Heavy Ions, Hadrons

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