Starbursts: Triggers, Nature, and Evolution: Les Houches School, September 17-27, 1996

ISBN-13: 9783540647010 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 255 str.

B. Guiderdoni; A. Kembhavi; Bruno Guiderdoni

Opis

An introduction to the basic processes involved in the physics of starbursts, the phenomenological concepts which are used to describe and model their triggering and evolution, and their link to galaxy formation and history.

Spis treści

Fundamental Aspects of Star Formation in Galaxies.- From Giant Molecular Clouds to Compact Cores.- Elements of Hydrodynmaics Applied to the Interstellar Medium.- Isolated and Clustered Star Formation: Observations and Theoretical Models.- Stellar Physics and Starburst Evolution.- Starburst Triggering and Environmental Effects.- From Star to Galaxy Formation.