A CHANDRA OBSERVATION OF THE OBSCURED STAR-FORMING COMPLEX W40
@article{Kuhn2010ACO, title={A CHANDRA OBSERVATION OF THE OBSCURED STAR-FORMING COMPLEX W40}, author={M. Kuhn and K. Getman and E. Feigelson and B. Reipurth and S. Rodney and Gordon P. Garmire Penn State University and U. O. Hawai'i and J. H. University}, journal={The Astrophysical Journal}, year={2010}, volume={725}, pages={2485-2506} }
The young stellar cluster illuminating the W40 H II region, one of the nearest massive star-forming regions, has been observed with the ACIS detector on board the Chandra X-ray Observatory. Due to its high obscuration, this is a poorly studied stellar cluster with only a handful of bright stars visible in the optical band, including three OB stars identified as primary excitation sources. We detect 225 X-ray sources, of which 85% are confidently identified as young stellar members of the region… CONTINUE READING
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