Infrared Imaging of Embedded Clusters: Constraints for Star and Planet Formation
- Author(s)
- Charles J. Lada, Elizabeth A. Lada, August A. Muench, Karl E. Haisch, João Alves
- Abstract
Since its implementation slightly more than a decade ago, astronomical
imaging with near-infrared array detectors has matured into an important
tool for star and planet formation studies. In this paper we briefly
describe three areas of investigation where infrared imaging plays a
major role in advancing the understanding of star and planet formation.
We highlight recent findings derived from imaging studies of embedded
clusters in local star formation regions which concern: 1) the spatial
distributions of young stellar objects, 2) the nature of the IMF, and 3)
the frequency and evolution of circumstellar disks. The significance of
embedded clusters as laboratories for star formation research is
illustrated by each of these examples.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics
- External organisation(s)
- University of Florida, Gainesville, European Southern Observatory (Germany), National Aeronautics & Space Administration (NASA), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- Pages
- 155-170
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1007/10856518_20
- Publication date
- 2002
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103004 Astrophysics
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/08921cf0-e909-4b5d-9bf5-597e5d502dd6