Published April 30, 2021 | Version v1
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Exposing Star Formation through the spatial structure of young stellar objects

  • 1. Institute de Planétologie et Astrophyisique de Grenoble (UGA/CNRS)

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We construct a catalog of the smallest significant young stellar substructures, that we call NESTs, by systematically applying
a robust clustering method to a sample of 39 star-forming regions (SFRs). These small and compact clumps of young stellar
objects (YSOs) reveal the densest discrete modes of star formation in each SFR. A comparison of these stellar substructures with
the distribution of massive stars and molecular gas allows us to discriminate major distinct SFR types.

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European Commission
ECOGAL - Understanding our Galactic ecosystem: From the disk of the Milky Way to the formation sites of stars and planets 855130
European Commission
StarFormMapper - A Gaia and Herschel Study of the Density Distribution and Evolution of Young Massive Star Clusters 687528