Computational Star Formation (IAU S270)

Herausgeber: Alves, João; Girart, Josep M.; Elmegreen, Bruce G.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Reviews techniques and results of numerical simulations in interstellar gas dynamics and star formation for graduate students and researchers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 578
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 35mm
• Gewicht: 1166g
• ISBN-13: 9780521766432
• ISBN-10: 0521766435
• Artikelnr.: 33353523

Inhaltsangabe

1. Historical introduction
2. Individual star formation: observations
3. Low-mass star formation: observations
4. Individual star formation: theory
5. Formation of clusters: observations
6. Formation of clusters: theory
7. Numerical methods: MHD
8. Numerical methods: radiative dynamics
9. Local star formation processes
10. Star formation feedback
11. Star formation on galactic scales
12. Special purpose hardware
13. Computational methods
14. Radiation diagnostics of star formation
15. Large scale star formation
16. Cosmological star formation
17. Computational star formation: Summary
Index.