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One Hundred 30 Dors?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 December 2007

M. M. Hanson  and
B. Popescu
M. M. Hanson
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA email: margaret.hanson@uc.edu, popescb@email.uc.edu
B. Popescu
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA email: margaret.hanson@uc.edu, popescb@email.uc.edu
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Abstract

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There are a few ways to estimate the number of massive open clusters expected in the disk of the Milky Way, such as the total star formation rate of the Galaxy, or the open cluster mass function extrapolated to include the entire Galaxy. Surprisingly, they give similar predictions: the Milky Way should contain about 100 clusters as massive as 30 Doradus. Are we seeing them? We look closely at these predictions and compare them to what has been found so far in our Galaxy. We present sophisticated image simulations our group is developing to estimate the selection biases faced by current infrared searches for these massive clusters.

Keywords

Galaxy: stellar content – open clusters and associations: general – stars: early-type
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S250: Massive Stars as Cosmic Engines , December 2007 , pp. 307 - 312
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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