Accretion Processes in Star Formation

Lee Hartmann

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511552090

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.

"Readers with the background to appreciate the mathematical and astrophysical arguments the author presents will find this text a valuable review of current thinking on star formation and proto-stellar disk evolution." - The Meteorological Society

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Preface to the first edition
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Preface to the second edition
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Acknowledgments
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1 - Overview
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2 - Beginnings: molecular clouds
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3 - Initial conditions for protostellar collapse
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4 - Protostellar cloud collapse
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5 - Protostellar collapse: observations vs. theory
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6 - Binaries, clusters, and the IMF
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7 - Disk accretion
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8 - The disks of pre-main-sequence stars
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9 - The FU Orionis objects
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10 - Disk winds, jets, and magnetospheric accretion
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11 - Disk accretion and early stellar evolution
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12 - Disk evolution and planet formation
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Appendix 1 - Basic hydrodynamic and MHD equations
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Appendix 2 - Jeans masses and fragmentation
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Appendix 3 - Basic radiative transfer
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List of symbols
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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-x

Preface to the first edition
pp xi-xii

Preface to the second edition
pp xiii-xiii

Acknowledgments
pp xiv-xiv

1 - Overview
pp 1-20

2 - Beginnings: molecular clouds
pp 21-42

3 - Initial conditions for protostellar collapse
pp 43-59

4 - Protostellar cloud collapse
pp 60-81

5 - Protostellar collapse: observations vs. theory
pp 82-111

6 - Binaries, clusters, and the IMF
pp 112-128

7 - Disk accretion
pp 129-157

8 - The disks of pre-main-sequence stars
pp 158-187

9 - The FU Orionis objects
pp 188-212

10 - Disk winds, jets, and magnetospheric accretion
pp 213-246

11 - Disk accretion and early stellar evolution
pp 247-267

12 - Disk evolution and planet formation
pp 268-291

Appendix 1 - Basic hydrodynamic and MHD equations
pp 292-293

Appendix 2 - Jeans masses and fragmentation
pp 294-297

Appendix 3 - Basic radiative transfer
pp 298-302

List of symbols
pp 303-305

Bibliography
pp 306-327

Index
pp 328-332

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