Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Galaxy Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-07-27
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Galaxy Astrophysics
Accepted by MNRAS 27/07/11
Scientific paper
A new Monte Carlo method has been developed in order to derive ages of young embedded clusters within massive star forming regions where there is strong differential reddening. After foreground and infrared excess source candidates are removed, each cluster candidate star is individually dereddened. Simulated clusters are constructed using isochrones, an IMF, realistic photometric errors, simulated background field populations and extinction distributions. These synthetic clusters are then dereddened in the same way as the real data, obtained from a deep near infrared survey, and used to derive the ages of 3 embedded clusters. Results were found to be consistent with those determined using spectrophotometric methods. This new method provides way to determine the ages of embedded clusters when only photometric data are available and there is strong differential reddening.
Hoare Melvin
Stead Joseph
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