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We provide a brief overview of some key issues that came out of the IAU 256 symposium on the Magellanic System (http://www.astro.keele.ac.uk/iaus256)

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-08-28 J. Bland-Hawthorn , J. S. Gallagher

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

The origin of the gas in between the Magellanic Clouds (MCs), known as the Magellanic Bridge (MB), has always been the subject of controversy. To shed light into this, we present the results from the MAGIC II project aimed at probing the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-23 Noelia E. D. Noel , Blair C. Conn , Justin I. Read , Ricardo Carrera , Andrew Dolphin , Hans-Walter Rix

Significant progress has been made over the last few years to explore the gaseous halo of the Milky Way by way of absorption spectroscopy. I review recent results on absorption line studies in the halo using various instruments, such as the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Philipp Richter

We present a multi-wavelength study of the Magellanic Stream (MS), a massive gaseous structure in the Local Group that is believed to represent material stripped from the Magellanic Clouds. We use ultraviolet, optical and radio data…

The Magellanic Stream (MS) is a well-resolved gaseous tail originating from the Magellanic Clouds. Studies of its physical properties and chemical composition are needed to understand its role in Galactic evolution. We investigate the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-23 Nimisha Kumari , Andrew J. Fox , Jason Tumlinson , Christopher Thom , Tobias Westmeier , Justin Ely

The recent discoveries of ultra-faint dwarf (UFD) galaxies in the vicinity of the Magellanic system supports the expectation from cosmological models that such faint objects exist and are numerous. By developing a mass model of the Local…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-09-07 C. Yozin , K. Bekki

The Magellanic Stream (MS) is a nearby laboratory for studying the fate of cool gas streams injected into a gaseous galactic halo. We investigate properties of the boundary layer between the cool MS gas and the hot Milky Way halo with 21 cm…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-11 Lou Nigra , Snezana Stanimirovic , John S. Gallagher , Kenneth Wood , David Nidever , Steven Majewski

We compare the properties of gas flows on both the near and far side of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) disk using Hubble Space Telescope UV absorption-line observations toward an AGN behind (transverse) and a star within (down-the-barrel)…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-01-27 Kat Barger , Nicolas Lehner , J. Chris Howk

HD molecule is one the most abundant molecule in the Universe and due to its sensibility to the conditions in the medium, it can be used to constrain physical parameters in the medium where HD resides. Lately we have shown that HD abundance…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-09-06 D. N. Kosenko , S. A. Balashev

The physical properties of galactic winds are one of the keys to understand galaxy formation and evolution. These properties can be constrained thanks to background quasar lines of sight (LOS) passing near star-forming galaxies (SFGs). We…

The Magellanic Stream and several high velocity clouds have now been detected in optical line emission. The observed emission measures and kinematics are most plausibly explained by photoionization due to hot, young stars in the Galactic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Bland-Hawthorn , P. R. Maloney

The Magellanic Stream (MS) is a large tail of neutral and ionized gas originating from tidal and hydrodynamical interactions between the Magellanic Clouds as they orbit the Milky Way (MW). It carries a significant gas reservoir that could…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-03-28 Sapna Mishra , Andrew J. Fox , J. V. Smoker , Scott Lucchini , Elena D'Onghia

Dwarf galaxies enable us to study the early phases of galaxy evolution and are key to many open questions about the hierarchical structure of the Universe. The Large and Small Magellanic Cloud (LMC and SMC) are the most luminous dwarf…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-11-06 Thomas Schmidt , Maria-Rosa Cioni , Florian Niederhofer , Jonathan Diaz , Gal Matijevic

The Magellanic Clouds are a nearby pair of interacting dwarf galaxies and satellites of the Milky Way. Studying their kinematic properties is essential to understanding their origin and dynamical evolution. They have prominent tidal…

The Magellanic System includes some of the nearest examples of galaxies disturbed by galaxy interactions. These interactions have redistributed much of their gas into the halos of the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds. We present…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2013-07-09 K. A. Barger , L. M. Haffner , J. Bland-Hawthorn

High redshift quasars can be used to trace the early growth of massive galaxies and may be triggered by galaxy-galaxy interactions. We present MUSE science verification data on one such interacting system consisting of the well-studied…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-07-30 K. Husband , M. N. Bremer , E. R. Stanway , M. D. Lehnert

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,…

We have analyzed the Magellanic Stream (MS) using the deepest and the most resolved H I survey of the Southern Hemisphere (the Galactic All-Sky Survey). The overall Stream is structured into two filaments, suggesting two ram-pressure tails…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2016-02-08 F. Hammer , Y. B. Yang , H. Flores , M. Puech , S. Fouquet

The past decade has seen an explosion of discoveries and new insights into the diffuse gas within galaxies, galaxy clusters, and the filaments composing the Cosmic Web. A new decade will bring fresh opportunities to further this progress…