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Computational Star Formation (IAU S270)

Alves, João; Elmegreen, Bruce G.; Girart, Josep M.; Trimble, Virginia
Computational Star Formation, Proceedings of IAU Symposium #270, held 31 May - 4 June, 2010 in Barcelona, Spain. Edited by J. Alves, B.G. Elmegreen, J.M. Girart, and V. Trimble. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2011.
05/2011

ABSTRACT

1. Historical introduction; 2. Individual star formation: observations; 3. Low-mass star formation: observations; 4. Individual star formation: theory; 5. Formation of clusters: observations; 6. Formation of clusters: theory; 7. Numerical methods: MHD; 8. Numerical methods: radiative dynamics; 9. Local star formation processes; 10. Star formation feedback; 11. Star formation on galactic scales; 12. Special purpose hardware; 13. Computational methods; 14. Radiation diagnostics of star formation; 15. Large scale star formation; 16. Cosmological star formation; 17. Computational star formation: Summary; Index.