Lee Hartmann (Professor of Astronomy, University of Michigan, Ann A

Accretion Processes in Star Formation

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Now containing material on molecular clouds, binaries, star clusters and the stellar initial mass function (IMF), disk evolution and planet formation, this new edition is a comprehensive account of the underlying physical processes of accretion for graduate students and researchers.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Astrophysics
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• 2 Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 346
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 245mm x 177mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 696g
• ISBN-13: 9780521531993
• ISBN-10: 0521531993
• Artikelnr.: 25043508

Autorenporträt

Lee Hartmann is currently Professor of Astronomy at the University of Michigan and a vice-president of the American Astronomical Society. He is an expert on star formation and protoplanetary disk evolution.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Overview
2. Beginnings: molecular clouds
3. Initial conditions for protostellar collapse
4. Protostellar cloud collapse
5. Protostellar collapse: observations vs theory
6. Binaries, clusters, and the IMF
7. Disk accretion
8. The disks of pre-main sequence stars
9. The FU Orionis objects
10. Disk winds, jets, and magnetospheric accretion
11. Disk accretion and early stellar evolution
12. Disk evolution and planet formation
Appendixes
References
Index.