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Open clusters in a dispersing molecular cloud
Author(s) -
Chen H.C.,
Ko C.M.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.200811044
Subject(s) - molecular cloud , stars , physics , supernova , astrophysics , open cluster , star cluster , cloud computing , astronomy , dispersion (optics) , computer science , optics , operating system
Star clusters are formed in molecular clouds which are believed to be the birth places of most stars. From recent observational data, Lada & Lada (2003) estimated that only 4 to 7% of the proto‐clusters have survived. A possible reason is the dispersion of molecular clouds by UV radiation, stellar winds or supernova explosions. We study the cloud dispersion in the embedded clusters by N‐body simulations. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)