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We derive the star formation history in four regions of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) using the deepest VI color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs) ever obtained for this galaxy. The images were obtained with the Advanced Camera for Surveys…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 M. Cignoni , A. A. Cole , M. Tosi , J. S. Gallagher , E. Sabbi , J. Anderson , E. K. Grebel , A. Nota

The Magellanic Clouds have lost most of their gas during their passage by the Milky Way, a property that has never been successfully modeled. Here we use accurate and mesh-free hydrodynamic simulations to reproduce the Magellanic Stream and…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-05-13 Jianling Wang , Francois Hammer , Yanbin Yang , Vincenzo Ripepi , Maria-Rosa L. Cioni , Mathieu Puech , Hector Flores

We present deep optical images of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC) using a low cost telephoto lens with a wide field of view to explore stellar substructure in the outskirts of the stellar disk of the LMC (r < 10 degrees…

The formation of the Magellanic Stream has puzzled astronomers for decades. In this review, we outline the history of our understanding of the Magellanic System highlighting key observations that have revolutionized thinking of its…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-11-19 Scott Lucchini

Feedback from massive stars plays a critical role in the evolution of the Universe by driving powerful outflows from galaxies that enrich the intergalactic medium and regulate star formation. An important source of outflows may be the most…

We are in a privileged location in the Universe which allows us to observe galactic interactions from close range -- the merger of our two nearest dwarf satellite galaxies, the LMC and SMC. It is important to understand the local merger…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. T. Maddison , D. Kawata , B. K. Gibson

Bound orbits have traditionally been assigned to the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC, respectively) in order to provide a formation scenario for the Magellanic Stream (MS) and its Leading Arm (LA), two prominent neutral…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-27 Jonathan Diaz , Kenji Bekki

We show that HI clouds in the Magellanic Clouds are stripped by the ram-pressure due to the halo and disk gases of the Galaxy. Molecular clouds are swept to the edge of the LMC, showing an eccentric distribution. The stripped HI clouds form…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Yoshiaki SOFUE

We examine Milky Way-Magellanic Cloud systems selected from the Millennium-II Simulation in order to place the orbits of the Magellanic Clouds in a cosmological context. Our analysis shows that satellites massive enough to be LMC analogs…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2011-06-09 Michael Boylan-Kolchin , Gurtina Besla , Lars Hernquist

Interactions between galaxies are common and are an important factor in determining their physical properties such as position along the Hubble sequence and star-formation rate. There are many possible galaxy interaction mechanisms,…

The Magellanic Bridge (MB) is a gaseous stream that links the Large (LMC) and Small (SMC) Magellanic Clouds. Current simulations suggest that the MB forms from a recent interaction between the Clouds. In this scenario, the MB should also…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-09-06 Ricardo Carrera , Blair C. Conn , Noelia E. D. Noël , Justin I. Read , Ángel R López Sánchez

The structure of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is very complex, in particular in the periphery that suffers more from the interactions with the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). A wealth of observational evidence has been accumulated…

The highly-substructured outskirts of the Magellanic Clouds provide ideal locations for studying the complex interaction history between both Clouds and the Milky Way (MW). In this paper, we investigate the origin of a >20$^\circ$ long…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-15 L. R. Cullinane , A. D. Mackey , G. S. Da Costa , D. Erkal , S. E. Koposov , V. Belokurov

The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC), gas-rich dwarf companions of the Milky Way, are the nearest laboratories for detailed studies on the formation and survival of complex organic molecules (COMs) under metal poor…

I use high resolution N-body/SPH simulations to model the new proper motion of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) within the Milky Way (MW) halo and investigate the effects of gravitational and hydrodynamical forces on the formation of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Chiara Mastropietro

Important problems to which we would like to find answers are: What are the distances to the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC)? What is the present distribution of stars, gas and dark matter in the Clouds,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-30 Sidney van den Bergh

Studies of GMC evolution in galactic disks were limited to local, predominantly atom-rich small galaxies in the past, but have now been expanded to typical spiral galaxies with a rich molecular content. The evolution appears quite different…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-05-22 Jin Koda

We use a new contiguous imaging survey conducted using the Dark Energy Camera to investigate the distribution and properties of young stellar populations in the Magellanic inter-Cloud region. These young stars are strongly spatially…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-10-11 A. D. Mackey , S. E. Koposov , G. S. Da Costa , V. Belokurov , D. Erkal , F. Fraternali , N. M. McClure-Griffiths , M. Fraser

We propose a new model for the origin and evolution of the Local Group of Galaxies (LGG) which naturally explains the formation of the Magellanic Clouds and their large orbital angular momenta around the Galaxy. The basic idea is that an…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 T. Sawa , M. Fujimoto

In this paper, we build from previous work (Bustard et al. 2018) and present simulations of recent (within the past Gyr), magnetized, cosmic ray driven outflows from the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), including our first attempts to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2020-04-28 Chad Bustard , Ellen G. Zweibel , Elena D'Onghia , J. S. Gallagher , Ryan Farber
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