Specific Star Forming Regions -- Oral Presentation
Spitzer and Chandra Views of Massive HII Regions in the Local
Group
Bernhard Brandl, Leiden Observatory
The Spitzer Space Telescope has produced exciting views of the
warm interstellar medium in the massive HII regions NGC 3603, 30 Doradus,
NGC 346, and NGC 604. Combining these informations with Chandra data on
the hot X-ray gas provides new insights in the energetic conditions,
structure, and evolution of these regions. In my talk I will present new
Spitzer images and spectra and overlays with Chandra images that illustrate
the common properties of and differences between these massive star
nurseries.