2001/01/03 by Richard B. Larson
Physics and Astronomy · #astro-ph
published as ASP Conf.Ser. 285 (2002) 442 · Summary talk at the meeting on "Modes of Star Formation and the Origin of Field Populations", Heidelberg, Germany, October 2000; to be published in the ASP Conference Series, edited by E. K. Grebel and W. Brandner
arxiv created 2001/01/03 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01
This contribution summarizes briefly the main topics covered at this wide-ranging conference. Much of the evidence presented indicates that star formation occurs in discrete episodes or bursts that produce stellar groupings of all sizes, the fossil remnants of which make up the present stellar populations of galaxies.