Star Formation Activity in the Large Magellanic Cloud: Far‐Infrared Emission fromIRASHigh‐Resolution Data

1996 ◽  
Vol 472 (2) ◽  
pp. 611-623 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas A. Caldwell ◽  
Marc L. Kutner
2008 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 138-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chiara Mastropietro ◽  
Andreas Burkert ◽  
Ben Moore

AbstractWe use high-resolution n-body/SPH simulations to study the hydrodynamical interaction between the Large Magellanic Cloud and the hot halo of the Milky Way. We investigate whether the ram-pressure acting on the gaseous disk of the satellite can explain the peculiarities observed in the Hidistribution and the location of the recent star formation activity.


2006 ◽  
Vol 651 (1) ◽  
pp. 174-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Itsuki Sakon ◽  
Takashi Onaka ◽  
Hidehiro Kaneda ◽  
Daisuke Tokura ◽  
Toshinobu Takagi ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (S351) ◽  
pp. 126-130
Author(s):  
Alice Minelli ◽  
Alessio Mucciarelli

AbstractThe Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is the closest massive satellite of the Milky Way (MW), and its proximity allows us to study its stellar populations with great detail, both with resolved photometry and spectroscopy. In turn, this is crucial to unveil its star formation and chemical enrichment histories, and also to investigate the effects that gravitational interactions with other systems (as the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and the MW) may induce on an irregular galaxy. The LMC is characterized by a still on-going star formation activity, as traced by the wide range of ages and metallicities of its stellar populations. However, most of the information about the chemistry and the kinematics of this galaxy has been obtained from low-resolution spectra, which do not allow to draw firm conclusions on many crucial open questions. In particular, (1) we still miss a homogeneous determination of the LMC metallicity distribution; (2) the metal-poor component is still poorly known and described; and (3) we have no conclusive information on the existence of metallicity gradients, which would suggest to spatially inhomegeneous star formation events. To properly address these issues, we analysed nearly 500 high-resolution FLAMES spectra of red giant stars belonging to the LMC field, the largest set of high- resolution spectra of LMC stars analysed so far in a homogeneous way.


1980 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-92
Author(s):  
P. J. McGregor ◽  
A. R. Hyland

The 30 Doradus region offers an excellent opportunity to study cluster formation processes and recent star formation in the Large Magellanic Cloud.


1991 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Westerlund

A vast amount of observational data concerning the structure and kinematics of the Magellanic Clouds is now available. Many basic quantities (e.g. distances and geometry) are, however, not yet sufficiently well determined. Interactions between the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and our Galaxy have dominated the evolution of the Clouds, causing bursts of star formation which, together with stochastic self-propagating star formation, produced the observed structures. In the youngest generation in the LMC it is seen as an intricate pattern imitating a fragmented spiral structure. In the SMC much of the fragmentation is along the line of sight complicating the reconstruction of its history. The violent events in the past are also recognizable in complex velocity patterns which make the analysis of the kinematics of the Clouds difficult.


1987 ◽  
Vol 115 ◽  
pp. 647-647
Author(s):  
U. Klein ◽  
J. Heidmann ◽  
R. Wielebinski ◽  
E. Wunderlich

The four clumpy irregular galaxies Mkr 8, 296,297 and 325 have been observed by IRAS. All galaxies have been detected in at least two of the four detector bands. The ratios of the 100 to 60-m flux densities are comparable to those of HII regions or violently star forming galaxies. The average star formation rate in clumpy irregular galaxies is of the order of a few solar masses per year (based on their average far-infrared luminosity and a Hubble constant of 75 km s−1 Mpc−1.


Author(s):  
E. Kontizas ◽  
S. E. Maravelias ◽  
A. Dapergolas ◽  
Y. Bellas-Velidis ◽  
M. Kontizas

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