A dataset provided by the European Space Agency

Name: A First X-ray View of Infrared Dark Clouds comma Precursors to Star Clusters
Published: 2009-06-05T00:00:00Z

Proposal ID	050374
Title	A First X-ray View of Infrared Dark Clouds, Precursors to Star Clusters
Download Data Associated to the proposal	https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0503740101 https://nxsa.esac.esa.int/nxsa-sl/servlet/data-action-aio?obsno=0503740201
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-38i990p
Principal Investigator, PI	Mr Junfeng Wang
Abstract	A large population of infrared dark clouds (IRDCs) was recently discovered as anew component of the cold interstellar medium, inside which infrared and radiostudies provide evidence for massive star formation. They are thought torepresent the earliest phases of the formation of star clusters and massivestars. We propose to observe one of the closest massive IRDCs with XMM-Newton,as the first X-ray study of this new population of objects. This 84 ks EPICobservation of G053.11+00.05 will quantitatively measure the embedded stellarpopulations, especially the low mass stars that XMM-Newton effectivelyidentifies. The goals are to evaluate the roles of IRDCs in the formation ofstar clusters and massive stars, and to constrain the current theories of clustered massive star formation.
Publications	Exospheric solar wind charge exchange as seen by XMM-Newton \|Carter, J. A., Semba, S., \| AN \| 333-313 \| 2012 \| 2012AN....333..313C \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2012AN....333..313C Serendipitous UV source catalogues for 10 years of XMM and 5 years of Swift \|Yershov, V. N., \| Ap&SS \| 354-97 \| 2014 \| 2014Ap&SS.354...97Y \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2014Ap&SS.354...97Y The Million Optical - Radio/X-ray Associations (MORX) Catalogue \|Flesch, Eric W., \| PASA \| 33-52 \| 2016 \| 2016PASA...33...52F \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2016PASA...33...52F Investigating Galactic Supernova Remnant Candidates Using LOFAR \|Driessen, Laura N., Domcek, Vladimir, et al. \| ApJ \| 860-133 \| 2018 \| 2018ApJ...860..133D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2018ApJ...860..133D Classification of 4XMM-DR9 sources by machine learning \|Zhang, Yanxia, Zhao, Yongheng, \| MNRAS \| 503-5263 \| 2021 \| 2021MNRAS.503.5263Z \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2021MNRAS.503.5263Z Completing the X-ray view of the recently discovered supernova remnant G53.41+0.03 \|Dom\\u010dek, V., Vink, J., et al. \| A&A \| 659-63 \| 2022 \| 2022A&A...659A..63D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2022A&A...659A..63D From Active Stars to Black Holes: A Discovery Tool for Galactic X-Ray Sources \|Rodriguez, Antonio C., \| PASP \| 136-054201 \| 2024 \| 2024PASP..136e4201R \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PASP..136e4201R Robust constraints on feebly interacting particles using XMM-Newton \|Luque, Pedro De la Torre, Balaji, Shyam, \| PhRvD \| 109-L101305 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j1305L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j1305L Multimessenger search for electrophilic feebly interacting particles from supernovae \|Luque, Pedro De la Torre, Balaji, Shyam, \| PhRvD \| 109-103028 \| 2024 \| 2024PhRvD.109j3028L \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024PhRvD.109j3028L Importance of Cosmic-Ray Propagation on Sub-GeV Dark Matter Constraints \|De la Torre Luque, Pedro, Balaji, Shyam, \| ApJ \| 968-46 \| 2024 \| 2024ApJ...968...46D \| http://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/#abs/2024ApJ...968...46D
Instrument	EMOS1, EMOS2, EPN, OM, RGS1, RGS2
Temporal Coverage	2008-03-29T12:34:28Z/2008-03-30T06:40:19Z
Version	17.56_20190403_1200
Mission Description	The European Space Agencys (ESA) X-ray Multi-Mirror Mission (XMM-Newton) was launched by an Ariane 504 on December 10th 1999. XMM-Newton is ESAs second cornerstone of the Horizon 2000 Science Programme. It carries 3 high throughput X-ray telescopes with an unprecedented effective area, and an optical monitor, the first flown on a X-ray observatory. The large collecting area and ability to make long uninterrupted exposures provide highly sensitive observations. Since Earths atmosphere blocks out all X-rays, only a telescope in space can detect and study celestial X-ray sources. The XMM-Newton mission is helping scientists to solve a number of cosmic mysteries, ranging from the enigmatic black holes to the origins of the Universe itself. Observing time on XMM-Newton is being made available to the scientific community, applying for observational periods on a competitive basis.
Creator Contact	https://www.cosmos.esa.int/web/xmm-newton/xmm-newton-helpdesk
Date Published	2009-06-05T00:00:00Z
Keywords	"low mass stars", "embedded stellar populations", "XMM", "cold interstellar medium", "massive stars", "star cluster", "closest massive irdcs", "star clusters", "84 epic", "XMM-Newton", "G053.11", "EPIC", "massive star formation", "infrared dark clouds", "earliest phases", "xmm newton"
Publisher And Registrant	European Space Agency
Credit Guidelines	European Space Agency, Mr Junfeng Wang, 2009, 'A First X-ray View of Infrared Dark Clouds comma Precursors to Star Clusters', 17.56_20190403_1200, European Space Agency, https://doi.org/10.5270/esa-38i990p