BOOKREVIEWS
N° R1005
Author :Bruce G. Elmegreen , Jan Palous
Published in August 2007 by CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Address : The Edinburgh
Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU, UK
Telephone : 01223
312393
Fax : 01223 315052
Internet : www.cambridge.org
ISBN : 0-521-86346-5 pages 509 – hardback
New stars form in the dense turbulent gas clouds of
galaxies. A wide variety of processes, with scales ranging from the size of a
galaxy to the size of an individual star, drive interstellar turbulence and
trigger dense cloud formation. The formation of these clouds is the subject of
the IAU S237. This book is the most up-to-date review of all aspects of cloud
and star formation. It summarizes the current state of understanding of
triggered star formation in a turbulent interstellar medium. Topics covered
range from observations and theory of turbulence in the ISM, to the formation
of shells and young stars inside of shells, and molecular clouds, star
clusters, and galaxies, all with a view toward understanding how star formation
begins in these various environments. It is the first comprehensive overview of
triggered star formation, and one of the few compendiums available on ISM
turbulence.
• The most current review of all aspects of cloud and
star formation • A comprehensive review of triggering processes for star
formation • Contains detailed reviews of interstellar turbulence and its power
sources
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