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- Title
Infrared properties of ultracompact H II regions in the Galaxy and the LMC.
- Authors
Sewiło, Marta; Churchwell, Ed; Whitney, Barbara
- Abstract
We report the preliminary results of the study on the infrared properties of ultracompact (UC) H II regions in our Galaxy and in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) based on the GLIMPSE (the Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire) and SAGE (Surveying the Agents of a Galaxy's Evolution) data, respectively. We found that ~60% of the Galactic UC H II regions do not have IR counterparts. Large extinction and very strong stellar winds evacuating H II regions from dust may explain this result. The same effect is observed in the LMC. One of the goals of this research is to develop a means of identifying UC H IIs based on their mid-IR properties, e.g. positions on color-color and color-magnitude plots and/or shape of spectral energy distributions. GLIMPSE showed that bow shocks, protostellar jets/outflows, and bubbles are common phenomena in massive star formation regions (MSFRs).
- Publication
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2006, Vol 2, Issue S237, p472
- ISSN
1743-9213
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1743921307002608