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Chandra and Spitzer observations of young clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

S. J. Wolk ,
B. D. Spitzbart  and
T. L. Bourke
S. J. Wolk
Affiliation:
Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: swolk@cfa.harvard.edu
B. D. Spitzbart
Affiliation:
Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: swolk@cfa.harvard.edu
T. L. Bourke
Affiliation:
Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA 02138, USA email: swolk@cfa.harvard.edu
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Abstract

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The combination of spatial and spectral resolution allow us to use Chandra in the study regions of massive star formation which had been inaccessible even from the ground until the last decade. IRAC and MIPS data from Spitzer can be combined with the X–ray data to provide insight into the presence of a disk and the activity of the star. The total package allows us to better understand the evolution of the clusters. We have an ongoing program to study several young star forming clusters including distant clusters between 1-3 kpc which support O stars, RCW 38, NGC 281 and RCW 108 and well as clusters within a kpc including IRAS 20050+2720 and NGC 1579, which is a small cluster centered on the Be star LkHα101 and is of uncertain distance although the X-ray data help us refine the current distance estimates. Given the space constraints we only discuss RCW 108 below.

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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S237: Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent ISM , August 2006 , pp. 496
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