Hayashi and the Thermal Physics of Star-Forming Clouds. R. B. Larson, 2012, in “First Stars IV – From Hayashi to the Future”, meeting held in Kyoto, Japan, May 2012, in honor of Chushiro Hayashi, eds. M. Umemura & K. Omukai (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1480), p. 38. (PDF) (slides)
Historical Perspective on Computational Star Formation. R. B. Larson, 2011, in “Computational Star Formation”, IAU Symposium 270, Barcelona, June 2010, eds. J. Alves, B. G. Elmegreen, J. M. Girart, & V. Trimble (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge), p. 1. (PDF)
Angular Momentum and the Formation of Stars and Black Holes. R. B. Larson, 2010, Reports on Progress in Physics, 73, 014901. (PDF) (slides)
Insights from Simulations of Star Formation. R. B. Larson, 2007, Reports on Progress in Physics, 70, 337. (PDF)
Thermal Physics, Cloud Geometry, and the Stellar Initial Mass Function. R. B. Larson, 2005, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 359, 211. (PDF)
The Physics of Star Formation. R. B. Larson, 2003, Reports on Progress in Physics, 66, 1651. (PDF)
Summary: Modes of Star Formation. R. B. Larson, 2002, in “Modes of Star Formation and the Origin of Field Populations”, meeting in Heidelberg, Germany, October 2000, eds. E. K. Grebel & W. Brandner (ASP Conference Series, Vol. 285), p. 442. (PDF)
Theoretical Aspects of Star Formation. R. B. Larson, 1998, unpublished paper presented at a workshop on “The Orion Complex Revisited” at Ringberg Castle, Germany, June 1997. (The proceedings were to have been published in the ASP Conference Series, but were never published. For a more recent review of some of the same topics, see “The Physics of Star Formation” published in Reports on Progress in Physics in 2003.) (PDF)
Summary: Star Formation Near and Far. R. B. Larson, 1997, in “Star Formation Near and Far”, Seventh Astrophysics Conference, College Park, Maryland, October 1996, eds. S. S. Holt & L. G. Mundy (AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 393), p. 617. (PDF)
Star Formation and Galactic Evolution. R. B. Larson, 1996, in “The Interplay Between Massive Star Formation, the ISM and Galaxy Evolution”, 11th IAP Astrophysics Meeting, Paris, July 1995, eds. D. Kunth, B. Guiderdoni, M. Heydari-Malayeri, & T. X. Thuan (Editions Frontieres, Gif-sur-Yvette), p. 3. (PDF)
The Evolution of Molecular Clouds. R. B. Larson, 1994, in “The Structure and Content of Molecular Clouds: 25 Years of Molecular Radioastronomy”, meeting at Ringberg Castle, Germany, April 1993, eds. T. L. Wilson & K. J. Johnston (Springer-Verlag, Berlin), p. 13. (PDF)
Galaxy Formation and Evolution. R. B. Larson, 1992, in “Star Formation in Stellar Systems”, lectures presented at a winter school in Tenerife, Spain, December 1991, eds. G. Tenorio-Tagle, M. Prieto, & F. Sanchez (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge), p. 125. (PDF)
Large-Scale Aspects of Star Formation and Galactic Evolution. R. B. Larson, 1988, in “Galactic and Extragalactic Star Formation”, NATO Advanced Study Institute, Whistler, British Columbia, June-July 1988, eds. R. E. Pudritz & M. Fich (Kluwer, Dordrecht), p. 459. (PDF)
Star Formation in Disks. R. B. Larson, 1983, Highlights of Astronomy, 6, 191. Presented at the 18th IAU General Assembly, Patras, Greece, August 1982, ed. R. M. West (Reidel, Dordrecht). (PDF)
Turbulence and Star Formation in Molecular Clouds. R. B. Larson, 1981, Monthly Notices Roy. Astron. Soc., 194, 809. (PDF)
Star Formation in Young Galaxies. R. B. Larson, 1980, in “The Origin and Evolution of the Galaxies”, proceedings of a meeting held at the Royal Society, London, February 1979, eds. W. H. McCrea & M. J. Rees. Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. London, 296, 299. (PDF)
The Evolution of Protostars — Theory. R. B. Larson, 1973, Fundamentals of Cosmic Physics 1, 1. (PDF)
Processes in Collapsing Interstellar Clouds R. B. Larson, 1973, Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 11, 219. (PDF)