XMM Imaging of the Cep OB3: Studying Cluster formation within an OB Association

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Oct 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010xmm..prop..120w&link_type=abstract

XMM-Newton Proposal ID #06729601

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Stars, White Dwarfs, Solar System, Ceph Ob3B North

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We propose two, 50 ks, XMM observations to search for 5-10 Myr diskless young stars in the CepOB3 association at 700 pc. We have recently performed a Spitzer and Chandra study of Cep OB3b and have found this cluster to contain ~2000 stars, making it one of two known, massive (>1000 member) embedded/partially embedded clusters within 1 kpc. Cep OB3b has largely dispersed its gas and appears to be a more evolved (3-5 Myr vs 1-2 Myr) analog to the other nearby massive embedded cluster, the the Orion Nebula Cluster. The XMM observations will map the distribution of 5-10 Myr stars to understand the relationship of Cep OB3b cluster to previous episodes of star formation in the Cep OB3 association.

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