Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-10-15
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
7 pages, 8 figures (in low resolution version). Invited talk at the "Fourth Heidelberg International Symposium on High Energy
Scientific paper
10.1063/1.3076825
Star-forming regions have been tentatively associated with gamma-ray sources since the early days of the COS B satellite. After the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory, the statistical evidence for such an association has became overwhelming. Recent results from Cherenkov telescopes indicate that some high-energy sources are produced in regions of active star formation like Cygnus OB2 and Westerlund 2. In this paper I will briefly review what kind of stellar objects can produce gamma-ray emission in star-forming regions and I will suggest that the formation process of massive stars could in principle result in the production of observable gamma rays.
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