Star-Disk Interaction in Young Stars (IAU S243)

by Jerome Bouvier, Immo Appenzeller

Overview

Stars form surrounded by a circumstellar disk which is thought to be the cradle of planets. IAU Symposium 243 highlights the latest developments in understanding the structure and evolution of the star-disk interaction region in young stars, a critical component of our knowledge of star and planetary system formation processes. Discussions review the physical processes thought to be at work at the star-disk interface, confront the predictions of the latest numerical and analytical magnetohydrodynamic models of star-disk-jet systems with observations, and explore the consequences of these processes for stellar angular momentum evolution and inner disk structure. The most recent observational results, computer simulations and theoretical developments in this active field of research are included to provide a unique vision into this central aspect of the star and planet formation problem.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521874656
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/21/2008
Series:	Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union Symposia and Colloquia , #243
Pages:	390
Product dimensions:	7.01(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.91(d)

Table of Contents

Preface; Part I. Setting the stage; Part 2. Magnetic fields; Part 3. Magnetospheric accretion and inner disk truncation; Part 4. Magnetospheric ejection; Part 5. Star-disk magnetospheric coupling; Part 6. Companions, planets and effects of stellar mass; Part 7. Conclusion; Author index; subject index; Object Index.

Editorial Reviews

'All in all this was a pretty good collection of papers discussing our current understanding of star-disc interactions …' The Observatory: A Review of Astronomy

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