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Drake, J. J.; Guarcello, Mario G.; Naylor, T.; King, R.; Kashyap, V.; Hora, J. L.; Gutermuth, R. A.; Wright, N. J.; García-Alvarez, D.; Drew, J.
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American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #221, #251.20
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2013
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Description
Cygnus OB2 is the closest massive star forming region hosting thousand
OB stars to the Sun (1450 pc). It represents the best target to study
how OB stars affect the star formation process, protoplanetary disk
evolution and the evolution of the parent molecular cloud its
surroundings. We obtained deep optical observations in r', i', and z'
bands with the 10.4m Gran Telescopio Canarias OSIRIS camera, and
performed an X-ray survey covering about 1 square degree with Chandra's
ACIS-I (the 1.08 Msec Chandra Cyg OB2 Legacy Survey). These
observations, combined with existing deep infrared and optical data of
this region (from IPHAS, SDSS DR8, 2MASS/PSC, UKIDSS/GPS, and the ''The
Spitzer Legacy Survey of the Cygnus-X Region'') allow us to select the
cluster members down to sub-solar masses, and to analyze in detail the
different effects that the radiation from OB stars have on the
surrounding young stellar population, including triggering of star
formation, externally induced disk photoevaporation, and dissipation of
protostellar cores. In this contribution, we present the first results
obtained from our combined survey: the selection of disk-bearing cluster
members, the study of their evolutionary status and of the morphology of
the association.