Contents
Collaborating Authors
Foreword / C. J. Lada
Preface / D. C. Black and M. S. Matthews
Part I - Introduction
Protostars And Planets: Overview From A Planetary Perspective / E. H. Levy
Protostars And Planets: Overview From An Astronomical Perspective / S. E. Strom
Part II - Molecular Clouds And Star Formation
Molecular Clouds And Star Formation: An Overview / B. G. Elmegreen
Star Formation In A Galactic Context: The Location And Properties Of Molecular Clouds / P. M. Solomon and D. B. Sanders
Molecular Cloud Cores / P. C. Myers
Physical Conditions In Isolated Dark Globules / C. M. Leung
Rotation In Dark Clouds / P. F. Goldsmith and R. Arquilla
Turbulence In Molecular Clouds / R. L. Dickman
Star Formation: An Overview / N. J. Evans II
Infrared Spectroscopy Of Protostars And Young Stellar Objects / N. Z. Scoville
Fragmentation And Hierarchical Structure In The Interstellar Medium / J. M. Scala
The Formation Of Bound Stellar Clusters / B. A. Wilking and C. J. Lada
Magnetic Fields / L. Mestel
Processes And Problems In Secondary Star Formation / R. I. Klein. R. W. Whitaker. and M. T Sandford II
Part III - Young Stellar Objects And Circumstellar Disks
Young Stellar Objects And Their Circumstellar Dust: An Overview / A. E. Rydgren and M. Cohen
The Ambient Radiation Field Of Young Solar Systems: Ultraviolet And X-Ray Emission From T Tauri Stars / M. S. Giampapa and C. L. Imhoff
The Nature And Origin Of Herbig-Haro Objects / R. D. Schwartz
Highly Collimated Mass Outflows From Young Stars / R. Mundt
High Mass Versus Low Mass Star Formation / R. Thompson
Protostellar Disks And Star Formation: An Overview / P. Cassen, F. H. Shu, and S. Terebey
Observational Evidence For Disks Around Young Stars / P. M. Harvey
Dynamical And Chemical Evolution Of The Protoplanetary Nebula / G. E. Morfill, W Tscharnuter, and H. J. Volk
Fission Of Rapidly Rotating Fluid Systems / R. H. Durisen and J. E. Tohline
Part IV - Chemistry And Grains
The Chemical State Of Dense Interstellar Clouds: An Overview / W M. Irvine, F. P. Schloerb, A. Hjalmarson, and E. Herbst
Grain Evolution In Dark Clouds / B. T Draine
Time-Dependent Interstellar Chemistry / A. E. Glassgold
Electron Abundances And Ionization Rates In Interstellar Clouds / W D. Langer
Gas-Phase Carbon Chemistry In Dense Clouds / E. Herbst
Part V - Chemistry And Grains In The Solar Nebula
Meteoritic Constraints On Processes In The Solar Nebula: An Overview / J. A. Wood
Short-Lived Nuclei In The Early Solar System / G.J. Wasserburg
Survival Of Interstellar Matter In Meteorites: Evidence From Carbonaceous Material / J. F. Kerridge and S. Chang
Isotopic Variations In Solar System Material: Evaporation And Condensation Of Silicates / R. N. Clayton, T. K. Mayeda, and C. A. Molini-Velsko
Meteoritic Evidence Concerning Conditions In The Solar Nebula / W. V. Boynton
Part VI - Formation Of Giant Planets
Formation Of The Giant Planets And Their Satellite Ring Systems: An Overview / J. B. Pollack
Observational Constraints On Models For Giant Planet Formation / D. Gautier and T. Owen
What Have We Learned From Modeling Giant Planet Interiors? / M. Podolak and R. T. Reynolds
Evolution Of The Giant Planets / P. Bodenheimer
The Origin Of Comets: Implications For Planetary Formation / P. R. Weissman
Rings And Moons: Clues To Understanding The Solar Nebula / J. J. Lissauer and J. N. Cuzzi
Part VII - Solar Nebula Models And Other Planetary Systems
Formation Of The Solar Nebula And The Planets / V. S. Safronov and T. V. Ruzmaikina
On The Dynamical Origin Of The Solar System / D. N. C. Lin and J. Papaloizou
Formation And Evolution Of The Primitive Solar Nebula / A. G. W. Cameron
Formation Of The Solar System / C. Hayashi, K. Nakazawa, and Y. Nakagawa
Glossary / M. Magisos
Color Section
References / T. S. Mullin and M. Magisos
List Of Contributors With Acknowledgments To Funding Agencies
Index