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The Formation of Sunlike Stars
Science, 1990Understanding how stars like the sun formed constitutes one of the principal challenges confronting modern astrophysics. In recent years, advances in observational technology, particularly at infrared and millimeter wavelengths, have produced an avalanche of critical data and unexpected discoveries about the process of star formation, which is blocked ...
C J, Lada, F H, Shu
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Star formation and the ages of stars
EAS Publications Series, 2014In this contribution we illustrate how the knowledge of the ages of stars is important to constrain star formation processes. We focus on two specific cases: star formation around the supermassive black hole at the center of the Galaxy and triggered star formation on the borders of Hii regions.
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From Local Star Formation to Global Star Formation
Astrophysics and Space Science, 2002In this brief report we summarise the most important points raised in the course of a two-hour evening discussion session on the above topic, organised by the author. Major questions that were debated included the universality of the IMF, the history of the star formation rate in the solar neighorhood, the star formation efficiency in molecular clouds,
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Perspectives on star formation: the formation of high-mass stars
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2017AbstractThe formation process of high-mass stars has puzzled the astrophysical community for decades from both a theoretical and an observational point of view. Here, we present an overview of the current theories and status of the observational research on this field, outlining the progress achieved in recent years on our knowledge of the initial ...
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Star Formation and Star Destruction
1974Before discussing problems of star formation and star destruction it will be as well to describe some of the more important features of stellar evolution. We begin at a very early stage, when an object has recognisably become a star. This means that the object is opaque and violent mass motions have ceased.
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Contemporary Physics, 2005
We review the process of star formation, detailing the theories underlying the stability of molecular clouds and their collapse to protostars, and discussing the empirical evidence and models which inform them. We give emphasis to the role that the magnetic field plays in influencing the stability of molecular clouds and hence the star formation rate ...
Antonio Chrysostomou, Phil Lucas
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We review the process of star formation, detailing the theories underlying the stability of molecular clouds and their collapse to protostars, and discussing the empirical evidence and models which inform them. We give emphasis to the role that the magnetic field plays in influencing the stability of molecular clouds and hence the star formation rate ...
Antonio Chrysostomou, Phil Lucas
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Physics Today, 1948
If research in astronomy had stopped in 1913, our knowledge of stellar evolution today would be in a satisfactory state. At that time astronomers had a plausible theory of a star's life cycle. Einstein's theory of relativity, advanced only a few years before, showed that mass and energy were interchangeable.
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If research in astronomy had stopped in 1913, our knowledge of stellar evolution today would be in a satisfactory state. At that time astronomers had a plausible theory of a star's life cycle. Einstein's theory of relativity, advanced only a few years before, showed that mass and energy were interchangeable.
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