An X-ray View of Two Infrared Dark Clouds G034.43+00.24 and G035.39-00.33

Abstract

We present a high spatial resolution Chandra X-ray study of two Infrared Dark Clouds (IRDCs), G034.43+00.24 and G035.39-00.33, which are expected to be in the early phases of star cluster formation. We detect 112 and 209 valid X-ray point sources towards G034.43+00.24 and G035.39-00.33, respectively. We cross-match the X-ray point sources with 2MASS, GLIMPSE and WISE catalogs and find 53% and 59% of the X-ray sources in G034.43+00.24 and in G035.39-00.33 have corresponding infrared counterparts, respectively. These sources are probable members of young massive clusters in formation, and using stellar isochrones we estimate that a population of 1--2 Myr old, intermediate to high mass young stellar objects (YSOs) exist in both IRDCs. Two and ten Class II counterparts to X-ray sources were identified in G034.43+00.24 and in G035.39-00.33, respectively, which are located in or near dark filaments. The X-ray Luminosity Function (XLF) of G035.39-00.33 implies that the total mass consists of up to $\sim 1,700M_{\odot }$ of stars, using the XLF of the well-studied Orion Nebula Cluster as calibrator. This corresponds to a star formation efficiency of at most 5%, indicating the system is still very much gas dominated and in an early stage of the star formation process. The population of G034.43+00.24 is less well determined due to the lower sensitivity of its observations.

arXiv commentAccepted for publication in ApJ. 18 pages, 5 figures, 8 tables. Full tables will be available online as machine readable tables

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