Formation and Evolution of Low Mass Stars

I. Introductory Lectures.- Introductory Background Lecture.- Infrared Emission Processes.- II. Formation of Low Mass Stars.- Observations of Young Stellar Objects.- Radio and (Sub)Millimet?r Observations of the Initial Conditions for Star Formation.- Infrared Energy Distributions and the Nature of Young Stellar Objects.- Near-Infrared Array Images of Low-Luminosity IRAS Sources in Dark Clouds.- Beginning and End of a Low-Mass Protostar.- Collapse of a Rotating Protostellar Cloud.- Accretion Discs.- Accretion Disks Around Young Stars.- Pre-Planetary Disks and Planet Formation.- III. Approach to the Main Sequence.- IRAS Observations.- Ultraviolet Observations.- X-Rays, Radio Emission, and Magnetism in Low-Mass Young Stars.- Emission Activity on T Tauri Stars.- Flows and Jets from Young Stars.- Pinch Instabilities in Young Stellar Object Jets.- Large Line Widths in HH Objects - The Bow Shock Model.- Some Aspects of T Tauri Variability.- Pre-Main Sequence Binaries.- IV. Main Sequence Evolution.- Long-Term Variations of Stellar Magnetic Activity in Lower Main Sequence Stars.- Rotational Velocity Evolution of Young Stars.- Kinematic Clues to the Origin and Evolution of Low Mass Contact Binaries.- Rotational Evolution of Low-Mass Stars.- The Main Sequence Evolution of Rotation and Chromospheric Activity in Solar-Type Stars.- Coronal Mass Ejections from a Rapidly-Rotating K0 Dwarf Star.- V. Future Prospects for Observations.- Stellar Observations Within the ESA Science Program.- NASA Missions to Study Star Formation and Evolution.- The Voyagers - A Cosmic Saga.- Author Index.- Object Index.