The nature, origin and evolution of embedded star clustersThe recent development of imaging infrared array cameras has enabled the first systematic studies of embedded protoclusters in the galaxy. Initial investigations suggest that rich embedded clusters are quite numerous and that a significant fraction of all stars formed in the galaxy may begin their lives in such stellar systems. These clusters contain extremely young stellar objects and are important laboratories for star formation research. However, observational and theoretical considerations suggest that most embedded clusters do not survive emergence from molecular clouds as bound clusters. Understanding the origin, nature, and evolution of embedded clusters requires understanding the intimate physical relation between embedded clusters and the dense molecular cloud cores from which they form.
Document ID
19930064680
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Lada, Charles J. (NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Lada, Elizabeth A. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
Publication Information
Publication: In: The formation and evolution of star clusters (A93-48676 20-90)