Properties of stellar clusters around high-mass young stars

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 503, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 801-816

  Faustini, F ^a   Molinari, S ^a   Testi, L ^b,c   Brand, J ^d  

^a INAF   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Germany)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI ARCETRI   (Italy)

^d INAF ISTITUTO DI RADIOASTRONOMIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infrared: stars; Stars: formation; Stars: imaging; Stars: luminosity function, mass function; Stars: pre main sequence

Indexed keywords

INFRARED: STAR; STARS: FORMATION; STARS: IMAGING; STARS: LUMINOSITY FUNCTION, MASS FUNCTION; STARS: PRE-MAIN SEQUENCE;

COLOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DUST; LUMINANCE;

STARS;

EID: 72649089801     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/20079145     Document Type: Article

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