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The AKARI Far-Infrared Surveyor young stellar object catalog.

Authors :
Tóth, L. Viktor
Marton, Gábor
Zahorecz, Sarolta
Balázs, Lajos G.
Ueno, Munetaka
Tamura, Motohide
Kawamura, Akiko
Kiss, Zoltán T.
Kitamura, Yoshimi
Source :
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan; Apr2014, Vol. 66 Issue 1, p1-13, 13p
Publication Year :
2014

Abstract

We demonstrate the use of the AKARI all-sky survey photometric data in the study of galactic star formation. Our aim was to select young stellar objects (YSOs) in the AKARI Far-Infrared Surveyor (FIS) Bright Source Catalogue. We used AKARI/FIS and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) data to derive mid- and far-infrared colors of YSOs. Classification schemes based on quadratic discriminant analysis (QDA) have been given for YSOs and the training catalog for QDA was the whole-sky selection of previously known YSOs (i.e., listed in the SIMBAD database). A new catalog of AKARI FIS YSO candidates including 44001 sources has been prepared; the reliability of the classification is over 90%, as tested in comparison to known YSOs. As much as 76% of our YSO candidates are from previously uncatalogued types. The vast majority of these sources are Class I and II types according to the Lada classification. The distribution of AKARI FIS YSOs is well correlated with that of the galactic ISM; local over-densities were found on infrared loops and towards the cold clumps detected by Planck. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00046264
Volume :
66
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
94998370