Star Formation - astro857
| Course | Star Formation |
|---|---|
| Course No. | astro857 |
| Category | Type | Language | Teaching hours | CP | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elective | Lecture with exercises | English | 2+1 | 4 | WT |
Preparation:
Form of Testing and Examination: Written or oral examination
Length of Course: 1 semester
Aims of the Course: An introduction to basic concepts, modern theories, and the current observational basis of star formation.
Contents of the Course: The structure and evolution of the interstellar medium in relation to Star Formation: molecular excitation, interstellar chemistry; the star formation process: conditions, cloud collapse, protostellar evolution; low mass vs. massive star formation; related phenomena: jets and outflows, protostellar disks, shocks, photodissociation regions; the initial mass function, global star formation, starbursts, the star formation history of the Universe, the very first stars.
Recommended Literature:
Stahler, Palla: The Formation of Stars (Wiley-VCH, 2004)
Additional literature will be given during the course