Is W40 the Richest Nearby Young Stellar Cluster after Orion?

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Sep 2006

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006cxo..prop.2100g&link_type=abstract

Chandra Proposal ID #08200213

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #08200213

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There is now recent evidence that the poorly studied HII region W40 is one of the richest young stellar clusters near the Sun. We propose a 40ks ACIS-I Chandra exposure to study the underlying stellar population of W40. We will detect the X-ray brighter, higher-mass individual members of the region down to 0.4Msun and, through XLF analysis, establish the population of undetected lower-mass objects. Combining Chandra data with our deep JHK/H2 images obtained at the UKIRT telescope on Mauna Kea will allow us information about the IMF of cluster members, their protoplanetary disks, and protostars undergoing outflow events. Likely being the richest star forming cloud within 600 pc after Orion, W40 has the potential to offer us a different window to the formation processes of stars in clusters.

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