The formation of stars
Steven W. Stahler [and] Francesco Palla.
Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, ©2004.
xiii, 852 págs. : ilustraciones ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 3527405593 (pbk.)
Incluye referencias e índice.
Contenido parcial
- I: Star formation in our galaxy
- II: Physical process in molecular clouds
- III: From clouds to stars
- IV: Environmental impact of young stars
- V: Pre-main-sequence stars
- VI: Auniverse of stars
- Apendices A: Astronomical conventions
- B: The two level system
- C: Transfer radiation in spectral lines
- D: Derivation of the Virial theorem
- E: Spectral line broadening
- F: Shock jump conditions
- G: Radiative diffusion and stellar opacity
- H: derivation of binary stars relations
- I: Evaluation of polytropic integral
