The physics and modes of star cluster formation: Observations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1913, 2010, Pages 713-731

  Lada, Charles J ^a  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cluster formation; Star clusters; Star formation

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; CLUSTER COMPUTING;

CLUSTER FORMATIONS; CLUSTER SYSTEMS; EMBEDDED CLUSTERS; EMPIRICAL KNOWLEDGE; INFRARED WAVELENGTHS; MOLECULAR CLOUDS; MOLECULAR MATERIALS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; STAR CLUSTERS; STAR FORMATIONS; STELLAR CLUSTER;

EMBEDDED SYSTEMS;

EID: 76949108495     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2009.0264     Document Type: Review

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