Deep Near Infrared Observations of the X-ray Emitting Class 0 Protostar Candidates in the Orion Molecular Cloud-3

Abstract: We obtained near infrared (NIR) imaging with the Subaru Telescope of theclass 0 protostar candidates in the Orion Molecular Cloud-3, two of which werediscovered to have X-ray emission by the Chandra X-ray Observatory. We foundstrong evidence for the class~0 nature of the X-ray sources. First, our deepK-band image shows no emission brigh..