Physical processes in circumstellar disks around young stars / edited by Paulo J.V. Garcia.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Garcia, Paulo J. V.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Disks (Astrophysics).

Stars--Formation.

Stars.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (437 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Circumstellar disks are vast expanses of dust that form around new stars in the earliest stages of their birth. Predicted by astronomers as early as the eighteenth century, they weren't observed until the late twentieth century, when interstellar imaging technology enabled us to see nascent stars hundreds of light years away. Since then, circumstellar disks have become an area of intense study among astrophysicists, largely because they are thought to be the forerunners of planetary systems like our own-the possible birthplaces of planets. This volume brings

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

1. Circumstellar Disks around Young Stars

2. Protoplanetary Disk Structure and Evolution

3. The Chemical Evolution of Protoplanetary Disks

4. Dust Processing and Mineralogy in Protoplanetary Accretion Disks

5. Disk Hydrodynamics

6. Magnetohydrodynamics of Protostellar Disks

7. The Effects of Large-Scale Magnetic Fields on Disk Formation and Evolution

8. The Dispersal of Disks around Young Stars

Acknowledgments

List of Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786613097576

9781283097574

1283097575

9780226282305

0226282309

OCLC:

721194455