Reviews in Star and Planet Formation

(compiled by lynne hillenbrand)

This is a collection of decent review articles on various topics in star formation, young stellar clusters, young stars,
circumstellar disks and disk accretion/outflow, as well as planet formation and some planets.

The aim is to provide a useful resource for beginning students.

These articles date from a range of times over the past 15 years.
Do let me know of any good additions.


General Star Formation:

  • starformation_kuruwita.pdf
  • shu_adams_lizano_1987.pdf
  • starform_theory.krumholz.pdf
  • krumholz_sfnotes.pdf
  • starform_theory.vazquez-semadeni.pdf
  • starformation_questions.evans.pdf
  • lowmassstarformation_Megeath_2022PASP.pdf

    Young Star Clusters:

  • clusters2020.pdf
  • clusters_myers.pdf
  • cluster_obs_lada.pdf
  • clusters_theory.clarke.pdf
  • young_star_imf.bastian.pdf
  • kroupa2013_imf.pdf
  • massive_star_clusters.portegieszwart.pdf
  • massivestarcluster_formation_longmore.pdf
  • massivestarclusters_gouliermis.pdf

    Early-Stage YSO and Protostar Processes:

  • aikawa_chemistry.pdf
  • jets_molecular_lee.pdf
  • bally2023_jetsoutflows.pdf

    Young Stars:

  • premainsequence_palla.pdf
  • yso_overview_gomezdecastro.pdf
  • youngstarspectra.antoniucci.pdf
  • youngverylowmasses_luhman.pdf
  • stardiskphenom_alecian.pdf
  • rotation.bouvier.pdf
  • young_star_ages.hillenbrand.pdf
  • stellarages_jeffries.pdf

    Young Star Activity and Variability:

  • fischer_ppvii_var.pdf
  • yso_variability_herbst.pdf
  • yso_variability_stelzer.pdf
  • catelan_time_domain_surveys.pdf
  • xrays_stars.gudel_naze.pdf
  • magnetic_fields_stars.gregory.pdf
  • magfields.reiners.pdf
  • magfields_donatilandstreet2009.pdf
  • tts_radioemission.pdf
  • winds-and-magnetospheres_owocki.pdf
  • solar_stellar_brunbrowning.pdf

    Protoplanetary and Planet-Forming Disks:

  • disks_armitage.pdf
  • accretion_disk_history.bertout.pdf
  • diskchallenges_theory.pdf
  • protoplanetary_disk_theory.armitage.pdf
  • disk_mhd.balbus.pdf
  • magnetic_fields_disks.konigl_salmeron.pdf
  • protoplanetary_disks_obs_williamsDRAFT.pdf
  • inner_disk_region.dullemond_monnier.pdf
  • disklifetimes.hillenbrand.pdf or disklifetimes2.hillenbrand.pdf
  • disk_lifetimes.mamajek.pdf
  • disk_lifetimes.meyer.pdf
  • dmf_disklifetimes.pdf
  • gas_in_disks.carmona.pdf
  • grain_observations_watson.pdf
  • high_spatial_resolution.absil_mawet.pdf
  • interferometry_disksplanets_wolf.pdf

    Planet Formation:

  • grain_growth.blum.pdf
  • planetesimal_formation.chiang_youdin.pdf
  • planet_formation.mordasini2010.pdf
  • disks_planets.youdin_kenyon.pdf
  • disksolids_andrews.pdf
  • planetformation2016.pdf
  • planet_formation_mordasini_burn2023.pdf

    Planets:

  • exoplanets.winn_fabrycky.pdf
  • transits_occultations.winn.pdf
  • planet_star_activity.popenhaeger.pdf
  • Radial_Velocity.pdf
  • fischer_prv.pdf
  • bowler_directimaging.pdf

    Debris Disks:

  • debrisdisks_pearce_generalintro.pdf
  • debris_disks.krivov.pdf
  • wyatt_jackson_impacts.pdf

    Other Cool Topics:

  • classical_novae_starrfield.pdf
  • evolved_star_mass_loss_matthews.pdf
  • massivestarevolution.whw2002.pdf