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Observations of Star Formation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 September 2016

Elizabeth A. Lada  and
João F. Alves
Elizabeth A. Lada
Affiliation:
The Department of Astronomy, The University of Florida, 211 Bryant Space Science Building, Gainesville, Florida 32611
João F. Alves
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2, 85748 Garching Germany

Abstract

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Star formation is a continuous ongoing process occurring over the lifetime of our Galaxy and the universe. However understanding how stars form from their pre-natal clouds of gas and dust remains a mystery. During the last two decades we have made remarkable progress toward unraveling this mystery mainly due to advances in observational technology especially at infrared and millimeter wavelengths which allow direct observation of the sites of star birth. Such observations suggest that embedded clusters may be the fundamental units of star formation in molecular clouds. Low star formation efficiency and rapid gas dispersal make these clusters disperse to provide the field star population. Consequently embedded clusters provide important laboratories for investigating fundamental issues of star formation within our Galaxy.

Type
Part 1: Star Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 221: Star Formation at High Angular Resolution , 2004 , pp. 3 - 15
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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