Classical Results
on Star Formation

Suggested papers

  • Barnard 1907: “On a nebulous groundwork in the constellation Taurus” [ADS] (#1)

  • Barnard 1919: “On the dark markings of the sky, with a catalogue of 182 such objects” [ADS] (#1)

  • Bok 1977, "Dark Nebulae, Globules, and Prostostars" [ADS] (#2)

  • Larson 1981: “Turbulence and Star Formation in Molecular clouds” [ADS]

  • Wynn-Williams 1982: “The search for infrared protostars” [ADS]

  • Bally & Lada, 1983: “The high-velocity molecular flows near young stellar objects” [ADS]

  • Shu, Adams, Lizano 1987: “Star formation in molecular clouds - Observation and theory” [ADS]

  • Adams, Lada, & Shu 1987: “Spectral evolution of young stellar objects” [ADS]

  • Lada 1987: “Star formation - From OB associations to protostars” [ADS]

  • Benson & Myers, 1989: “A survey for dense cores in dark clouds” [ADS]

  • Elmegreen & Lada 1977: “Sequential formation of subgroups in OB associations” [ADS]

  • Dame, Hartmann, & Thaddeus, 2001: “The Milky Way in MCs: A New Complete CO Survey” [ADS]

  • Alves et al, 2007: “The mass function of dense molecular cores and the origin of the IMF” [ADS]

  • Evans et al 2009: “The Spitzer c2d Legacy Results: Star-Formation Rates and Efficiencies; Evolution and Lifetimes” [ADS] (#3)

  • Lada et al 2010: “On the Star Formation Rates in Molecular Clouds” [ADS]