The Labyrinth of Star Formation

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stamatellos, Dimitris (Editor), Goodwin, Simon (Editor), Ward-Thompson, Derek (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, 36
• Subjects: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Space sciences.; Cosmology.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Numerical and Computational Physics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Session I: Review of Prof. Whitworth's Work
• Session II: Low-Mass Star Formation
• Session III: Young Circumstellar Discs
• Session IV: Computational Star Formation: Models, Techniques, & Predictions
• Session V: Triggered Star Formation
• Session VI: Probing the Initial Stages of Star Formation
• Session VII: The Stellar Initial Mass Function
• Session VIII: High-Mass Star Formation
• Session IX: Clustered Star Formation
• Session X: Conference Photographs.