• DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/725/2/2485
Corpus ID: 119192761

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}
}

M. Kuhn, K. Getman, +5 authors J. H. University

Published 2010

Physics

The Astrophysical Journal

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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