Description: I. The Nature Of Molecular Clouds And Their Relation To Star Formation.- Molecular Clouds.- The Dynamical Structure and Evolution of Giant Molecular Clouds.- Physical Conditions in Nearby Molecular Clouds.- Models and Observations of the Chemistry Near Young Stellar Objects.- II. The Origin and Early Evolution of Low Mass Stars.- The Formation of Low Mass Stars: An Observational Overview.- Low-Mass Star Formation: Theory.- Bipolar Molecular Outflows.- Herbig-Haro Flows.- Magnetic Fields and Star Formation: A Theory Reaching Adulthood.- The Nature of Young Solar-Type Stars.- The Evolution of Pre-Main-Sequence Stars.- III. The Role of Clutering in Star Formation, the Origin of Massive Stars.- OB Associations.- The Role of Embedded Clusters in Star Formation.- Multiple Stellar Systems: From Binaries to Clusters.- Massive Star Formation.- Masers in Star-Forming Regions.- IV. The Physics of Circumstellar Disks and Planet Formation.- Circumstellar Disks.- Accretion Disks and Eruptive Phenomena.- The Formation of Planets.- Extrasolar Planets: Techniques, Results, and the Future.

Please Wait