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Massive pre-main-sequence stars in M17

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 July 2017

M. C. Ramírez-Tannus
Affiliation:
API, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; email: [email protected]
L. Kaper
Affiliation:
API, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; email: [email protected]
A. de Koter
Affiliation:
API, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; email: [email protected]
F. Tramper
Affiliation:
API, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; email: [email protected]
H. Sana
Affiliation:
API, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; email: [email protected]
O. H. Ramírez-Agudelo
Affiliation:
API, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; email: [email protected]
A. Bik
Affiliation:
API, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; email: [email protected]
L. E. Ellerbroek
Affiliation:
API, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; email: [email protected]
B. B. Ochsendorf
Affiliation:
API, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands; email: [email protected]
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We obtained VLT/X-shooter spectra of twelve candidate young massive stars previously selected by Hanson et al. (1997) in the giant Hii region M17. An analysis of their spectra using FASTWIND models (Puls et al. 2005) shows that they span a mass range of 6 - 20 M. We identify the presence of gaseous and dusty disks around six sources based on emission lines in the spectrum and infrared continuum excess.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2017 

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