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This volume is composed of four major in-depth yet pedagogic review chapters on the subject of star formation, written by the foremost researchers in the field. Recent infrared and millimeter radio observations are respectively reviewed by Charlie Lada and Phil Myers, both of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The theoretical work is reviewed by Frank Shu of UC-Berkeley on the gravitational collapse of dense cores in a giant molecular cloud to form sunlike stars and Bruce Elmegreen of IBM-Watson on the gravitational instability, leading to large-scale star formation. They have written at a level most suitable for graduate students or young researchers who want to develop their research interest in the field, with the most complete literature survey to date. This volume is not an ordinary conference proceedings, but a textbook to be used in graduate study in astrophysics. The volume also includes other short and interesting contributions from Doug Lin of UC-Santa Cruz, Paul Ho of Harvard-Smithsonian, Masa Hayashi of Tokyo University, Debra Elmegreen of Vassar, Jing-Yao Hu of Beijing Observatory, Guo-Xuan Sung of Shanghai Observatory, Chi Yuan of CCNY and ASIAA, and Wen-Ping Chen of Central University, Taiwan.

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Author:   Yuan Chi (City College Of New York, Usa) ,  Junhan You (Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ, China)
Publisher:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
Imprint:   World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd
ISBN:  

9789810236618

ISBN 10:   9810236611
Pages:   328
Publication Date:   01 November 1995
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Occultation study of star forming regions, W.-P. Chen; the collapse of a magnetized cloud, Z.-H. Chiueh; structure and star formation in interacting galaxies, D. Elmegreen; observations of protoplanetary disks in millimeter-wave continuum and molecular line emission, M. Hayashi; formation of massive stars, P. Ho; molecular clouds in the galactic center, P. Ho; study of the Herbig-Hare objects, J.-Y. Hu; formation of first generation stars in the galaxy, D. Lin; formation of planetary systems, D. Lin; research of molecular clouds and star formation in China, C.-P. Liu; present status and future development of optical/IR observations in China, Z.-Y. Qiao; on the theory of large-scale star formation, G.-X. Song; present status and future development of radio astronomy in China, Z.-C. Xu; early evolution of planet-forming disks, Y. Chi.

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