Triggered star formation in a turbulent interstellar medium : opportunity and risk : proceedings of the 237th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Prague, Czech Republic, August 14-18, 2006

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Triggered star formation in a turbulent interstellar medium : opportunity and risk : proceedings of the 237th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held in Prague, Czech Republic, August 14-18, 2006

edited by Bruce G. Elmegreen and Jan Palouš

(IAU symposium and colloquium proceedings series, . IAU Symposium ; no. 237)

Cambridge University Press, 2007

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New stars form in the dense turbulent gas clouds of galaxies. A wide variety of processes, with scales ranging from the size of a galaxy to the size of an individual star, drive interstellar turbulence and trigger dense cloud formation. The formation of these clouds is the subject of the IAU S237. This book is the most up-to-date review of all aspects of cloud and star formation. It summarizes the current state of understanding of triggered star formation in a turbulent interstellar medium. Topics covered range from observations and theory of turbulence in the ISM, to the formation of shells and young stars inside of shells, and molecular clouds, star clusters, and galaxies, all with a view toward understanding how star formation begins in these various environments. It is the first comprehensive overview of triggered star formation, and one of the few compendiums available on ISM turbulence.

Table of Contents

  • Preface
  • Session I. Turbulence and general structure in the ISM
  • Session II. General ISM in galaxies and magellanic clouds
  • Session III. ISM turbulence
  • Session IV. Shells I
  • Session V. Shells II
  • Session VI. Molecular clouds I
  • Session VII. Molecular clouds II
  • Session VIII. Molecular clouds III
  • Session IX. Clusters I
  • Session X. Clusters II
  • Session XI. Clusters III
  • Session XII. Galaxies I
  • Session XIII. Galaxies II
  • Session XIV. Galaxies III
  • Poster papers.

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  • NCID
    BA82051379
  • ISBN
    • 9780521863469
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxv, 509 p.
  • Size
    26 cm
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