Product Description: The book is an up-to-date, concise presentation of the development of submillimeter-wave and far-infrared astrophysics. The topics range from the large-scale atomic and molecular distribution in the Galaxy and in external galaxies to the frontal properties of molecular clouds and the details of the star-formation process...read more

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Product Description: Interstellar carbon monoxide (CO) was first detected in 1970 by R.W. Wilson, K.B. Jefferts, and A.A. Penzias through observations of its lowest rotational transition at 2.6 mm wavelength. This discovery opened the door to a profound new understanding of several diverse yet related fields, including the phases of the interstellar medium, the initial and final phases of stellar evolution, the chemistry of dense and diffuse interstellar matter and of the solar system, the structure of the Milky Way galaxy, and the content and structure of other galaxies...read more

Product Description: These proceedings present research on molecular clouds and star formation and include papers on: formation of first generation stars and planetary systems, collapse of a magnetized cloud, study of Herbig-Hare objects, protoplanetary disks and the future development of radio astronomy in China...read more

Product Description: This book contains the proceedings of a workshop held in Schloß Ringberg to assess developments in molecular cloud research over the last 25 years, and to discuss trends for future research in the field of molecular line astronomy...read more

Product Description: Book by Haystack Observatory Meeting 1994 (Westford, Mass.), Clemens, Dan P., Barvainis, Richard Edward

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Product Description: The Physics of Star Formation and Early Stellar Evolution is a collection of tutorial reviews which critically and systematically discuss the current state of knowledge concerning the entire scope of our understanding of the physics of star formation and early stellar evolution: from the origin of giant molecular clouds to the arrival of young stars on the zero age main sequence...read more

Product Description: The study of molecular clouds has received increasing interest over recent years with the advent of powerful new instruments such as MERLIN and the Maxwell millimeter wave telescope. This book is based on the proceedings of the Seventh Manchester International Astronomy Conference, which brought together an international list of speakers to discuss important new developments in this field...read more

Product Description: A few years ago, a motivation for organizing one more IAU Symposium on star for­ mation in Grenoble, was the anticipated completion of the IRAM interferometer on the Plateau de Bures, close to Grenoble. This choice was also a sort of late celebration of the genius of Joseph Fourier, born in Grenoble, whose work is the very fondation of in­ terferometry...read more