TY - BOOK ID - 74485246 TI - Accretion processes in star formation PY - 2009 SN - 9780521531993 0521531993 9780511552090 9780521825016 9780511465123 0511465122 1107192099 0511552092 0511462808 0511462050 0511463596 9781107192096 9780511462801 9780511462054 9780511463594 PB - New York : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Stars KW - Accretion (Astrophysics) KW - Disks (Astrophysics) KW - Gravitational collapse. KW - Etoiles KW - Accrétion (Astrophysique) KW - Disques (Astrophysique) KW - Effondrement gravitationnel KW - Formation. KW - Formation KW - Birth, Stellar KW - Formation, Star KW - Formation, Stellar KW - Stellar birth KW - Stellar formation KW - Collapse, Gravitational KW - Astrophysical discs KW - Astrophysical disks KW - Discs (Astrophysics) KW - Disk systems (Astrophysics) KW - Astrophysics KW - Evolution UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:74485246 AB - Our understanding of the formation of stars and planetary systems has changed greatly since the first edition of this book was published. This new edition has been thoroughly updated, and now includes material on molecular clouds, binaries, star clusters and the stellar initial mass function (IMF), disk evolution and planet formation. This book provides a comprehensive picture of the formation of stars and planetary systems, from their beginnings in cold clouds of molecular gas to their emergence as new suns with planet-forming disks. At each stage gravity induces an inward accretion of mass, and this is a central theme for the book. The author brings together current observations, rigorous treatments of the relevant astrophysics, and 150 illustrations, to clarify the sequence of events in star and planet formation. It is a comprehensive account of the underlying physical processes of accretion for graduate students and researchers. ER -