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An introduction to star formation /
"Guiding the reader through all the stages that lead to the formation of a star such as our Sun, this is the first advanced textbook to provide students with a complete overview of star formation. It examines the underlying physical processes that govern the evolution from a molecular cloud cor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Probing star formation
- 3. The ISM: the beginnings of star formation
- 4. Molecular clouds: the sites of star formation
- 5. Fragmentation and collapse: the road to star formation
- 6. Young stars, protostars and accretion: building a typical star
- 7. The formation of high-mass stars, and their surroundings
- 8. By-products and consequences of star formation.