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Star-formation modes in the solar neighborhood

Alfaro, Emilio J.; Elias, Federico; Cabrera-Caño, Jesús

We perform a study into the spatial and kinematical distribution of young open clusters in the solar neighborhood, distinguishing between Gould Belt and local Galactic disk members. We use a previous estimate of the structural parameters of both systems obtained from a sample of O to B6 stars from Hipparcos. The two star-forming regions that domin…