Physical Processes in Fragmentation and Star Formation

Recent years have witnessed the expansion and multiplication of the observations of star formation and fragmentation accompanied by a consequent growth in the study of the underlying physical processes, the chemistry, the sites, the times, etc. Moreover, recent studies have shown that the formation of stars is likely to share many features with the formation of other self-gravitating objects. The present volume, therefore, discusses the formation of such objects in a systematic and comparative manner.

Proceedings of the Workshop on Physical Processes in Fragmentation and Star Formation, held in Monteporzio Catone (Rome), Italy, June 5-11, 1989

Inhalt

1. Atomic, molecular processes, turbulence and magnetic fields in fragmentation. 2. Star formation in different astrophysical environments. 3. Hydrodynamical and dynamical models. 4. The initial mass function. 5. Star clusters: fragmentation and star formation. 6. Discussion of the low mass end of the IMF. Concluding remarks.