The book begins with a historical introduction, "Star Formation: The Early History", that presents new material of interest for students and historians of science. This is followed by two long articles on "Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution of Stars and Young Clusters" and "Observations of Young Stellar Objects". These articles on the fascinating problem of star formation from interstellar matter give a thorough overview of present-day theories and observations. The articles contain material so far unpublished in the astronomical literature. The book addresses graduate students and can be used as a textbook for advanced courses in stellar astrophysics.

The most complete text on modern theory of star formation Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Historical Introduction. Star Formation: the Early History (G. Herbig).- Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution of Stars and Young Clusters (F. Palla): I. Initial Conditions of Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution.- II. Pre-Main-Sequence Evolution.- III. Physical Processes in PMS Stars.- IV. PMS Evolution of Clusters and Associations.- Observations of Young Stellar Objects (YSO) (H. Zinnecker): I. Introduction.- II. Disks, Jets and Protostars.- III. Young Binaries.- IV. Low-Mass Stellar Content of Young Star Clusters and Associations.- Index.