Table of Contents

Theory of Star Formation and Dynamical Evolution of Stellar Systems.- Kinematics of Star Clusters and Associations.- From whence the Field.

About the Author

Cathie J Clarke is professor for astronomy at the Institute of Astronomy of the University of Cambridge. Her research focuses on star formation and exoplanets.

Robert Mathieu, has been on the faculty of the Department of Astronomy of the University of Wisconsin-Madison since 1987 and department chair since 2008. His research interests are:
Structure, kinematics and dynamics of star clusters and star-forming regions; stellar binary populations; blue stragglers and other objects at the interface of stellar evolution and stellar dynamics; formation of binary stars; stellar angular momentum evolution.

Iain Neill Reid is an astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute. His research interests include low-mass stars and brown dwarfs, Galactic structure, extrasolar planets & astrobiology, white dwarfs. He is author of the book Reid & Hawley -  New Light on Dark Stars
(Springer - Praxis 1999, 2005).

Reviews

“This book covers the dynamics of young stellar systems. … this is both a good introduction to the field, and a useful reference for those who already work in the area. … This is a great book for both observers and theorists in any area around star formation, star clusters/associations, and galactic dynamics – especially timely with Gaia data arriving soon. I gave it to my PhD students with the instruction ‘read this from cover to cover – it’s really useful’.” (Simon Goodwin, The Observatory, Vol. 136 (1255), December, 2016)