Star formation in very young galactic clusters
Journal Article
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· Astrophys. J.; (United States)
It is argued, following Stahler (1985), that in young galactic clusters both the suggested exponential increase in star-formation rates with time and the mass-age correlation are artifacts of incorrectly assigning pre-main-sequence ages to main-sequence stars. Quantitative arguments are presented for simultaneous formation of stars with different masses (contemporaneous star formation) in such clusters and a method is presented for determining star-formation histories and the ages of young galactic clusters (i.e., clusters in which pre-main-sequence stars are detectable). 25 references.
- Research Organization:
- Maine Univ., Orono (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7251481
- Journal Information:
- Astrophys. J.; (United States), Vol. 326
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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