An introduction to the Chandra Carina Complex Project

Leisa K. Townsley; Patrick S. Broos; Michael F. Corcoran; Eric D. Feigelson; Marc Gagné; Thierry Montmerle; M. S. Oey; Nathan Smith; Gordon P. Garmire; Konstantin V. Getman; Matthew S. Povich; Nancy Remage Evans; Yal Nazé; E. R. Parkin; Thomas Preibisch; Junfeng Wang; Scott J. Wolk; You Hua Chu; David H. Cohen; Robert A. Gruendl; Kenji Hamaguchi; Robert R. King; Mordecai Mark Mac Low; Mark J. McCaughrean; Anthony F.J. Moffat; L. M. Oskinova; Julian M. Pittard; Keivan G. Stassun; Asif Ud-Doula; Nolan R. Walborn; Wayne L. Waldron; Ed Churchwell; J. S. Nichols; Stanley P. Owocki; N. S. Schulz

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An introduction to the Chandra Carina Complex Project

Leisa K. Townsley, Patrick S. Broos, Michael F. Corcoran, Eric D. Feigelson, Marc Gagné, Thierry Montmerle, M. S. Oey, Nathan Smith, Gordon P. Garmire, Konstantin V. Getman, Matthew S. Povich, Nancy Remage Evans, Yal Nazé, E. R. Parkin, Thomas Preibisch, Junfeng Wang, Scott J. Wolk, You Hua Chu, David H. Cohen, Robert A. GruendlKenji Hamaguchi, Robert R. King, Mordecai Mark Mac Low, Mark J. McCaughrean, Anthony F.J. Moffat, L. M. Oskinova, Julian M. Pittard, Keivan G. Stassun, Asif Ud-Doula, Nolan R. Walborn, Wayne L. Waldron, Ed Churchwell, J. S. Nichols, Stanley P. Owocki, N. S. Schulz

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The Great Nebula in Carina provides an exceptional view into the violent massive star formation and feedback that typifies giant H II regions and starburst galaxies. We have mapped the Carina star-forming complex in X-rays, using archival Chandra data and a mosaic of 20 new 60 ks pointings using the Chandra X-ray Observatory's Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer, as a testbed for understanding recent and ongoing star formation and to probe Carina's regions of bright diffuse X-ray emission. This study has yielded a catalog of properties of >14,000 X-ray point sources; >9800 of them have multiwavelength counterparts. Using Chandra's unsurpassed X-ray spatial resolution, we have separated these point sources from the extensive, spatially-complex diffuse emission that pervades the region; X-ray properties of this diffuse emission suggest that it traces feedback from Carina's massive stars. In this introductory paper, we motivate the survey design, describe the Chandra observations, and present some simple results, providing a foundation for the 15 papers that follow in this special issue and that present detailed catalogs, methods, and science results.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	1
Journal	Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series
Volume	194
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/194/1/1
State	Published - May 2011

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Townsley, L. K., Broos, P. S., Corcoran, M. F., Feigelson, E. D., Gagné, M., Montmerle, T., Oey, M. S., Smith, N., Garmire, G. P., Getman, K. V., Povich, M. S., Evans, N. R., Nazé, Y., Parkin, E. R., Preibisch, T., Wang, J., Wolk, S. J., Chu, Y. H., Cohen, D. H., ... Schulz, N. S. (2011). An introduction to the Chandra Carina Complex Project. Astrophysical Journal, Supplement Series, 194(1), Article 1. https://doi.org/10.1088/0067-0049/194/1/1

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