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We present spectral classifications from optical spectroscopy of 263 massive stars in the north-eastern region of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The observed two-degree field includes the massive 30 Doradus star-forming region, the environs of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-18 C. J. Evans , J. Th. van Loon , R. Hainich , M. Bailey

We present maps and a catalogue containing the J=1-0 12CO parameters of 29 individual molecular clouds in the second-brightest LMC star formation complex, N11. In the southwestern part of N11, molecular clouds occur in a ring or shell…

[ABRIDGED] The LMC star cluster system offers the unique opportunity to independently check the accuracy of age and mass determinations based on a number of complementary techniques, including isochrone analysis. Using our sophisticated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Richard de Grijs , Peter Anders

The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) has been observed by both the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) in the mid-infrared and the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) in the near-infrared. We have performed a cross-correlation of the 1806 MSX…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Michael P. Egan , Schuyler D. Van Dyk , Stephan D. Price

The 3D structure of the inner Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is investigated using the red clump (RC) stars and the RR Lyrae stars (RRLS). The V and I pass bands photometric data from the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE III)…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Smitha Subramanian , Annapurni Subramaniam

We present identifications and kinematic analysis of 7,426 massive ($\mathrm{\geq}8M_{\odot}$) stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), using Gaia DR3 data. We used Gaia ($G_\mathrm{BP}-G_\mathrm{RP}$, $G$) color-magnitude diagram to…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2025-02-19 Satoya Nakano , Kengo Tachihara , Mao Tamashiro

We present our new, fully-automated method to detect and measure the ages of star clusters in nearby galaxies, where individual stars can be resolved. The method relies purely on statistical analysis of observations and Monte-Carlo…

The VISTA near infrared survey of the Magellanic System (VMC) will provide deep YJKs photometry reaching stars in the oldest turn-off point all over the Magellanic Clouds (MCs). As part of the preparation for the survey, we aim to access…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 L. Kerber , L. Girardi , S. Rubele , M. -R. Cioni

(abridged) We present a comprehensive study of stellar stratification in young star clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We apply our recently developed effective radius method for the assessment of stellar stratification on…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-14 Dimitrios A. Gouliermis , Dougal Mackey , Yu Xin , Boyke Rochau

We analyse the nature of a sample of stellar overdensities that we found projected on the Carina complex. This study is based on 2MASS photometry and involves the photometry decontamination of field stars, elaboration of intrinsic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-02-07 R. A. P. Oliveira , E. Bica , C. Bonatto

An expression is provided for the self-lensing optical depth of the thin LMC disk surrounded by a shroud of stars at larger scale heights. The formula is written in terms of the vertical velocity dispersion of the thin disk population. If…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 N. W. Evans , E. J. Kerins

Scenarios that invoke multiple episodes of star formation within young globular clusters (GCs) to explain the observed chemical and photometric anomalies in GCs, require that clusters can retain the stellar ejecta of the stars within them…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-22 Nate Bastian , Jay Strader

We present the results of a study of simulated Giant Molecular Clouds (GMCs) formed in a Milky Way-type galactic disk with a flat rotation curve. This simulation, which does not include star formation or feedback, produces clouds with…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-16 Samantha M. Benincasa , Elizabeth J. Tasker , Ralph E. Pudritz , James Wadsley

A positive power-law trend between the local surface densities of molecular gas, $\Sigma_{gas}$, and young stellar objects, $\Sigma_{\star}$, in molecular clouds of the Solar Neighbourhood has been identified by Gutermuth et al. How it…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-12 Genevieve Parmentier , Susanne Pfalzner

We derive the mass-radius relation and mass function of molecular clumps in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and interpret them in terms of the simple feedback model proposed by Fall, Krumholz, and Matzner (FKM). Our work utilizes the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-04-14 Angus Mok , Rupali Chandar , S. Michael Fall

Surveys using CCD detectors are retrieving bright and faint cataloged clusters and revealing new ones in the Magellanic Clouds. This paper discusses the contribution of the OGLE Survey to the overall census of star clusters in the SMC. A…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 E. Bica , C. M. Dutra

We present a survey of interstellar O VI absorption in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) towards 70 lines of sight based on Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) observations. The survey covers O VI absorption in a large number of…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 A. Pathak , A. C. Pradhan , N. V. Sujatha , Jayant Murthy

The properties of carbon stars in the Magellanic Clouds (MCs) and their total dust production rates are predicted by fitting their spectral energy distributions (SED) over pre-computed grids of spectra reprocessed by dust. The grids are…

Context: Studying the internal kinematics of galaxies provides insights into their past evolution, current dynamics, and future trajectory. The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), as the largest and one of the nearest satellite galaxies of the…

We present the properties of an extensive sample of molecular clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) mapped at 11 pc resolution in the CO(1-0) line. We identify clouds as regions of connected CO emission, and find that the distributions…