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  title info:
    title: Principles of Star Formation
  name:
    name part: Bodenheimer, Peter H.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: gw
    date issued: 2011
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XII, 348 p. online resource.
  abstract: Understanding star formation is one of the key fields in present-day astrophysics. This book treats a wide variety of the physical processes involved, as well as the main observational discoveries, with key points being discussed in detail. The current star formation in our galaxy is emphasized, because the most detailed observations are available for this case. The book presents a comparison of the various scenarios for star formation, discusses the basic physics underlying each one, and follows in detail the history of a star from its initial state in the interstellar gas to its becoming a condensed object in equilibrium. Both theoretical and observational evidence to support the validity of the general evolutionary path are presented, and methods for comparing the two are emphasized. The author is a recognized expert in calculations of the evolution of protostars, the structure and evolution of disks, and stellar evolution in general. This book will be of value to graduate students in astronomy and astrophysics as well as to active researchers in the field.
  table of contents: Overview -- Molecular Clouds and the Onset of Star Formation -- Protostar Collapse -- Rotating Protostars and Accretion Disks -- Massive Star Formation -- Formation of Binary Systems -- The Formation of the First Stars -- Pre-main-sequence Evolution -- Summary: Issues in Galactic Star Formation -- References -- Index.
  note: by Peter H. Bodenheimer.
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Observations, Astronomical
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy
    topic: Observations
  subject:
    topic: Astrophysics
  subject:
    topic: Space sciences
  subject:
    topic: Physics
  subject:
    topic: Astrophysics and Astroparticles
  subject:
    topic: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques
  subject:
    topic: Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
  classification: QB460-466
  classification: 523.01
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Springer eBooks
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Astronomy and Astrophysics Library
  identifier: 9783642150630
  identifier: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15063-0
  record info:
    record creation date: 110708
    record change date: 20151125211347.0
    record identifier: 978-3-642-15063-0