The Complex Lives of Star Clusters

• Main Author: Stevenson, David (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Astronomers' Universe,
• Subjects: Popular works.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Popular Science.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

As with the author’s recent books Extreme Explosions and Under a Crimson Sun, the complex topic of star clusters is broken down and made accessible with clear links to other areas of astronomy in a language which the non-specialist can easily read and enjoy. The full range of a star cluster's l...

Table of Contents:

• Initial Observations
• Formation of Stars and Clusters
• Globular Clusters as a Unique Case?
• The Death of Open Clusters
• The Evolution of Globular Clusters
• Complex Lives
• Planets in Clusters
• Milkomeda as a Last Hurrah for Star Formation in our Galaxy?
• Glossary
• Index.