  For understanding the process of star formation it is essential to know how
many stars are formed as singles or in multiple systems, as a function of
environment and binary parameters. This requires a characterization of the
primordial binary population, which we define as the population of binaries
that is present just after star formation has ceased, but before dynamical and
stellar evolution have significantly altered its characteristics. In this
article we present the first results of our adaptive optics survey of 200
(mainly) A-type stars in the nearby OB association Sco OB2. We report the
discovery of 47 new candidate companions of Sco OB2 members. The next step will
be to combine these observations with detailed simulations of young star
clusters, in order to find the primordial binary population.
