Cool Stars 14 - Submitted Abstract # 15
This version created on 05 October 2006

Star Formation:  From Cores to Disks


Neal Evans, The University of Texas at Austin

Following a brief overview of the basic ideas and remaining issues in
star formation, I will highlight recent developments in the early
stages of star formation.  Observations with the Spitzer Space
Telescope and complementary data at other wavelengths have provided
more complete samples of star-forming regions.  These provide
constraints on theoretical models of the origin of the initial mass
function and evolutionary stages.  The early stages of star formation
include the separation of dense cores from the background molecular
cloud, the evolution before point source formation, the infall onto
the central source, and the formation of the disk.

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