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Author : Kenneth Janes
Release : 1991
Genre : Science
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Book Synopsis The Formation and Evolution of Star Clusters by : Kenneth Janes
Download or read book The Formation and Evolution of Star Clusters written by Kenneth Janes. This book was released on 1991. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Simon Goodwin
Release : 2013-09-01
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 707/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Formation and Evolution of Star Clusters by : Simon Goodwin
Download or read book The Formation and Evolution of Star Clusters written by Simon Goodwin. This book was released on 2013-09-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past decade, our picture of star and cluster formation has changed hugely, we now believe that many — if not most — stars form in clusters, and the process of star and cluster formation is extremely rapid and dynamic. This book will provide an overview of our current understanding of the formation and evolution of star clusters. This book will cover our understanding of how gas turns into stars and the structure and kinematics of very young star forming regions. It will then describe how we think these young star forming regions evolve into clusters before destroying themselves. It will also cover our understanding of young clusters in external galaxies, especially starbursts, and how these populations could evolve into globular cluster systems.
Author : Michael J. Alexander
Release : 2012
Genre : Astrophysics
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Book Rating : 765/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis On the Formation and Evolution of Stars and Star Clusters in the Milky Way by : Michael J. Alexander
Download or read book On the Formation and Evolution of Stars and Star Clusters in the Milky Way written by Michael J. Alexander. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the launch of the Spitzer Space Telescope, the field of star formation (SF) has undergone a revolution as regions of our Galaxy, once hidden, have been revealed. Large scale surveys have provided fodder on a myriad of topics, both expected and unexpected. The following work highlights my contributions to the fields of Galactic SF and cluster evolution. My dissertation begins in Chapter 2 with the discovery of a massive star cluster containing more than a dozen red supergiant stars. Based on the number of supergiants, it is one of the largest star clusters in the Galaxy, and it is now believed to be part of a burst of SF that created over $105 $ M[subscript]solar of stars in just a few Myr. Chapter 3 is my paper on a very different type of star cluster, which we termed ultracompact embedded clusters (UCECs). UCECs may represent a new class of heavily embedded ($M [subscript]gas > 100$ M[subscript]solar ), low stellar mass ($M*
Author : Maurizio Salaris
Release : 2005-12-13
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 224/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations by : Maurizio Salaris
Download or read book Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations written by Maurizio Salaris. This book was released on 2005-12-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolution of Stars and Stellar Populations is a comprehensive presentation of the theory of stellar evolution and its application to the study of stellar populations in galaxies. Taking a unique approach to the subject, this self-contained text introduces first the theory of stellar evolution in a clear and accessible manner, with particular emphasis placed on explaining the evolution with time of observable stellar properties, such as luminosities and surface chemical abundances. This is followed by a detailed presentation and discussion of a broad range of related techniques, that are widely applied by researchers in the field to investigate the formation and evolution of galaxies. This book will be invaluable for undergraduates and graduate students in astronomy and astrophysics, and will also be of interest to researchers working in the field of Galactic, extragalactic astronomy and cosmology. comprehensive presentation of stellar evolution theory introduces the concept of stellar population and describes "stellar population synthesis" methods to study ages and star formation histories of star clusters and galaxies presents stellar evolution as a tool for investigating the evolution of galaxies and of the universe in general
Author : B.W. Carney
Release : 2006-04-18
Genre : Science
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Book Rating : 345/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Star Clusters by : B.W. Carney
Download or read book Star Clusters written by B.W. Carney. This book was released on 2006-04-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Star clusters are at the heart of astronomy, being key objects for our understanding of stellar evolution and galactic structure. Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope and other modern equipment have revealed fascinating new facts about these galactic building blocks. This book provides two comprehensive and up-to-date, pedagogically designed reviews on star clusters by two well-known experts in the field. Bruce Carney presents our current knowledge of the relative and absolute ages of globular clusters and the chemical history of our Galaxy. Bill Harris addresses globular clusters in external galaxies and their use as tracers of galaxy formation and cosmic distance indicators. The book is written for graduate students as well as professionals in astronomy and astrophysics.
