The Birth of Star Clusters

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stahler, Steven (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library, 424
• Subjects: Astrophysics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy-Observations.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.

All stars are born in groups. The origin of these groups has long been a key question in astronomy, one that interests researchers in star formation, the interstellar medium, and cosmology. This volume summarizes current progress in the field, and includes contributions from both theorists and obser...

Table of Contents:

• Embedded Clusters
• Infant Mortality in Massive Clusters: Observation and Theory
• The Origin of Globular Clusters
• Gas Dynamical Simulations of Cluster Formation
• Young OB Associations and Interstellar Gas.-  Clusters in the Galactic Center.-  Bound and Unbound Clusters in the Milky Way
• Super Star Clusters
• The Age Distribution of Extragalactic Clusters. .