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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300390703321

Titolo

The Labyrinth of Star Formation / / edited by Dimitris Stamatellos, Simon Goodwin, Derek Ward-Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014

ISBN

3-319-03041-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2014.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (490 p.)

Collana

Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, , 1570-6591 ; ; 36

Disciplina

523.8

Soggetti

Astrophysics

Observations, Astronomical

Astronomy—Observations

Physics

Cosmology

Space sciences

Astrophysics and Astroparticles

Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

Numerical and Computational Physics, Simulation

Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 theoretical and observational star formation: low-mass



star formation; young circumstellar discs; computational methods; triggered star formation; the stellar initial mass function; high-mass star formation; and stellar clusters. Each section starts with a review paper, followed by papers discussing recent theoretical and observational work. This volume summarises our current understanding of star formation and is useful for both graduate students and researchers alike.