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Star formation KLIPS number 6178

Lecture

• Summer 2011, Tuesday 10:30-12:00
  
• Seminar room, I. Physics Institute
  
• Start of lecture April 05, 2011
  

Exercises

• M. Röllig
  
• Monday, 12:00-12:45
  
• Seminar room, I. Physics Institute
  
• Start April 11, 2011
  

Overview

• Motivation and historical approach
• The starting point: The physics and chemistry of the interstellar medium
• Observational tracers of the ISM and star-formation
• Protostellar cores, stability, and fragmentation
• Protostellar collapse
• Protostars and Pre-Main-Sequence stars
• Starting stellar fusion
• Protostellar accretion disks
• Outflows and Jets
• Shock impact on the environment
• Compact HII regions
• The IMF and multiplicity
• Formation of massive stars
• Starburst Galaxies
• Star Formation History of the Universe
• The formation of planets

Recommended reading

Palla & Zinnecker

Physics of Star Formation in Galaxies

Stahler & Palla

The formation of Stars

Reipurth, Jewitt, & Keil

Protostars and Planets V

Fahr & Willerding

Die Entstehung von Sonnensystemen

Tielens

The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium

Participation

The lecture is open to all students of physics, geophysics and related fields at the master level or above. It is expected that basic astrophysics knowledge, given in the Astrophysik I lecture series, is present.
The lecture series will be accompanied by exercises that allow to prepare for the final examination. Regular participation is a prerequisite for the exam. For the full course, including the lecture, weekly exercises and the exam, four credit points will be granted.