Massive Stars in Starbursts Proceedings of the Massive Stars in Starbursts Meeting Baltimore, 1990 May 15-17

This book reviews the importance of massive stars in several areas of astrophysics. Massive stars are objects that are 10-100 times the mass of our Sun. Significant progress has now been achieved in massive star research. New models, along with high quality observations, have improved our understanding of the formation, structure, atmosphere, and evolution of these massive objects. They are formed in violent bursts of star formation and are probably related to the phenomena observed in active galactic nuclei. There are eighteen chapters by leading researchers. Each has been carefully edited to ensure that the book is a comprehensive introduction to the theory and observation of massive stars in starburst regions.Leitherer, Claus is the author of 'Massive Stars in Starbursts Proceedings of the Massive Stars in Starbursts Meeting Baltimore, 1990 May 15-17' with ISBN 9780521404655 and ISBN 0521404657.