Embedded young stellar object candidates in the active star-forming complex w51: Mass function and spatial distribution

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 706, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 83-93

  Kang, Miju ^a,b,c   Bieging, John H ^c   Povich, Matthew S ^d,e   Lee, Youngung ^a  

^a Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI)   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hii regions; Infrared: ISM; ISM: individual (W51); Stars: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70549106266     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0004-637X/706/1/83     Document Type: Article

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