Stellar Formation

PART 1: Data Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Locations of Star Formation 2.01 The Distribution of Young Stars 2.02 The Distribution of Interstellar Gas, Clouds and Globules 2.03 Spatial Relationships between Young Stars and Interstellar Matter 2.04 Summary Chapter 3. The Frequency Distribution of Stellar Masses 3.01 The Luminosity Function ¿(Mv) 3.02 The Initial Luminosity Function ¿ (Mv) 3.03 The Initial Mass-Luminosity Relation 3.04 The Initial Mass Function 3.05 The Largest and Smallest Stellar Masses 3.06 Summary Chapter 4. The Frequency Distribution of The Masses of Aggregates of Stars Chapter 5. The Frequency Distribution of Cloud Masses 5.01 Interstellar Call Absorption Lines 5.02 21 cm Hydrogen Line Emission 5.03 Dust Clouds Chapter 6. The Rate of Star Formation 6.01 Some Analytical Relationships 6.02 The Rate of Star Formation in Galaxies as a Function of Gas Content, from Bright Star Counts and 21 cm Hydrogen Line Measurements 6.03 Dependence of the Rate of Star Formation on Gas Density Chapter 7. The Environment of Star Formation 7.01 Molecular Hydrogen in the Galaxy 7.02 Interstellar and Circumstellar Obscuration 7.03 Temperatures in Pre-stellar Clouds 7.04 Densities in Pre-stellar Clouds 7.05 Interstellar Magnetic Fields 7.06 Motions of the Interstellar Gas 7.07 Element Abundances in the Interstellar Gas 7.08 Element Abundances in the Stars PART 2: Theory Chapter 8. Cloud Structure in the Interstellar Gas 8.01 The Maintenance of a Cloud Structure 8.02 The Generation of a Cloud Structure Chapter 9. The Ordering of Clouds Into Spiral Arms 9.01 The Maintenance of Spiral Density Waves 9.02 The Origin of Spiral Density Waves 9.03 Ejection from Galactic Nuclei 9.04 Mass Arms 9.05 Spiral Arms in Relation to Star Formation Chapter 10. Conditions for Contraction of Clouds Chapter 11. The Fragmentation of Clouds Into Protostars and the Frequency Distribution of Protostar Masses 11.01 Introduction 11.02 Random Fragmentation 11,03 Hierarchicha1 Fragmentation 11.04 Fragmentation Induced by Molecule Formation 11.05 Other Theories 11.06 Summary Chapter 12. The Rate of Formation of Stars 12.01 Gravitational Turbulence 12.02 Molecule Formation Chapter 13. The Evolution of Galaxies 13.01 Star Formation in the Proto-galaxy; Controlling Influences of Grains and Molecules 13.02 Model Calculations 13.03 Calculations with K = 1.3 x 10 -17 s-1 13.040 Overshoot in the Rate of Star Formation 13.05 Other Models and Analyses 13.06 Conclusion References Subject Index