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Record Nr.

UNINA9910791975303321

Titolo

Physical processes in circumstellar disks around young stars [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Paulo J.V. Garcia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago ; ; London, : University of Chicago Press, 2011

ISBN

1-283-09757-5

9786613097576

0-226-28230-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (437 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

GarciaPaulo J. V

Disciplina

523.8

Soggetti

Disks (Astrophysics)

Stars - Formation

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.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- 1. Circumstellar Disks around Young Stars -- 2. Protoplanetary Disk Structure and Evolution -- 3. The Chemical Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks -- 4. Dust Processing and Mineralogy in Protoplanetary Accretion Disks -- 5. Disk Hydrodynamics -- 6. Magnetohydrodynamics of Protostellar Disks -- 7. The Effects of Large-Scale Magnetic Fields on Disk Formation and Evolution -- 8. The Dispersal of Disks around Young Stars -- Acknowledgments -- List of Contributors

Sommario/riassunto

Circumstellar disks are vast expanses of dust that form around new stars in the earliest stages of their birth. Predicted by astronomers as early as the eighteenth century, they weren't observed until the late twentieth century, when interstellar imaging technology enabled us to see nascent stars hundreds of light years away. Since then, circumstellar disks have become an area of intense study among astrophysicists, largely because they are thought to be the forerunners of planetary systems like our own-the possible birthplaces of planets. This volume brings