Small young clusters in our galaxy as seen in VVV: Connection with the surrounding environment

BAUME, G.; AMIGO, P.; CORTI, M.; BORISSOVA, J.; CAPPA, C

Santiago

Workshop; Star Formation from Cores to Clusters; 2017

The star cluster group in University of Valparaiso is currently carrying out afurther investigation of the population of stellar clusters in our Milky Way galaxy,by extending the current open cluster sample towards its highly obscured andcentral parts. In this poster we are focused on some very young stellar clusters(less than 5 Myr) and their connection with the surrounding environment. Thestellar population is outlined using the deep infrared data from the VISTAVariables in the Vía Láctea (VVV) survey (Minniti el al 2010). On the other handwe are collecting literature data from existing all sky surveys such asMIPSGAL24, GLIMPSE, Herschel, HI SGPS data from the Australia TelescopeCompact Array and the PMN survey made with the Parkes 64 m radio telescope,and our own observations (APEX, ASTE) in order to determine the properties ofthe ISM surrounding the clusters and to be able to characterize the molecularcloud kinematics and energetics.