The origins of stars and planets : the VLT view : proceedings of the ESO workshop held in Garching, Germany, 24-27 April 2001 /

Many important observational clues about our understanding of how stars and planets form in the interior of molecular clouds have been amassed using recent technological developments. ESO's Very Large Telescope promises to be a major step forward in the investigation of stellar nurseries and in...

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Other Authors: Alves, João F., 1968-, McCaughrean, Mark J., 1961-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, [2002]
Series:ESO astrophysics symposia (Springer-Verlag)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Many important observational clues about our understanding of how stars and planets form in the interior of molecular clouds have been amassed using recent technological developments. ESO's Very Large Telescope promises to be a major step forward in the investigation of stellar nurseries and infant stars. This volume collects papers from the leaders in this very timely field of astrophysical research. It presents theoretical and a host of observational results and many papers show the plans for future observations.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 515 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9783540460312
3540460314
9783662402771
3662402777
9783662392553
3662392550
ISSN:1431-2433