Star Formation: Lessons from Taurus
| dc.creator | Hartmann, Lee | |
| dc.date | 2000-01-07 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T01:51:37Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T01:51:37Z | |
| dc.description | The Taurus molecular cloud complex is the paradigm for quiescent, low-density, isolated star formation. Yet the age distribution of its stellar population indicates that star formation is a rapid and dynamic process, inconsistent with the old picture of magnetically-controlled protostellar cloud collapse. Instead, Taurus seems to have formed stars in a manner qualitatively consistent with the rapid cloud formation and dispersal inferred for other, higher-density star-forming regions. I suggest that the Taurus clouds were formed rapidly by the collision of atomic gas streams in the interstellar medium, and that star formation ensued immediately afterward. | |
| dc.description | 10 pages, 3 figures, Proceedings of 33rd ESLAB Symposium, "Star formation from the small to the large scale", F. Favata, A.A. Kaas, and A. Wilson eds., ESA SP-445 | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0001125 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0001125 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/353 | |
| dc.subject | Astrophysics | |
| dc.title | Star Formation: Lessons from Taurus | |
| dc.type | text |