Star Formation Histories from [ITAL]Hubble Space Telescope[/ITAL] Color-Magnitude Diagrams of Six Fields of the Large Magellanic Cloud

1999 ◽  
Vol 117 (5) ◽  
pp. 2244-2267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Knut A. G. Olsen
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Star Formation Histories

scholarly journals Massive Star Formation in the Ultraviolet Observed with the Hubble Space Telescope

Galaxies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claus Leitherer
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Massive Star ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Spectral Synthesis ◽  
Star Clusters ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
H Ii Regions ◽  
Massive Star Formation ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Star Forming

Spectroscopic observations of a massive star formation in the ultraviolet and their interpretation are reviewed. After a brief historical retrospective, two well-studied resolved star clusters and the surrounding H II regions are introduced: NGC 2070 in the Large Magellanic Cloud and NGC 604 in M33. These regions serve as a training set for studies of more distant clusters, which can no longer be resolved into individual stars. Observations of recently formed star clusters and extended regions in star-forming galaxies in the nearby universe beyond the Local Group are presented. Their interpretation relies on spectral synthesis models. The successes and failures of such models are discussed, and future directions are highlighted. I present a case study of the extraordinary star cluster and giant H II region in the blue compact galaxy II Zw 40. The review concludes with a preview of two upcoming Hubble Space Telescope programs: ULLYSES, a survey of massive stars in nearby galaxies, and CLASSY, a study of massive star clusters in star-forming galaxies.

scholarly journals The sub-solar initial mass function in the Large Magellanic Cloud

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 (S256) ◽  
pp. 250-255
Author(s):  
Dimitrios A. Gouliermis
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Mass Function ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Clouds ◽  
Initial Mass Function ◽  
Initial Mass ◽  
Star Forming ◽  
Advanced Camera For Surveys

AbstractThe Magellanic Clouds offer a unique variety of star forming regions seen as bright nebulae of ionized gas, related to bright young stellar associations. Nowadays, observations with the high resolving efficiency of the Hubble Space Telescope allow the detection of the faintest infant stars, and a more complete picture of clustered star formation in our dwarf neighbors has emerged. I present results from our studies of the Magellanic Clouds, with emphasis in the young low-mass pre-main sequence populations. Our data include imaging with the Advanced Camera for Surveys of the association LH 95 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, the deepest observations ever taken with HST of this galaxy. I discuss our findings in terms of the initial mass function, which we constructed with an unprecedented completeness down to the sub-solar regime, as the outcome of star formation in the low-metallicity environment of the LMC.

Far-Ultraviolet Imaging of the Field Star Population in the Large Magellanic Cloud with the [ITAL]Hubble Space Telescope[/ITAL]

1999 ◽  
Vol 117 (1) ◽  
pp. 206-224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah Brosch ◽  
Michael Shara ◽  
John MacKenty ◽  
David Zurek ◽  
Brian McLean
Keyword(s):  
Hubble Space Telescope ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Field Star ◽  
Far Ultraviolet

Infrared Studies of the Young Stellar Population of 30 Doradus

1980 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 90-92
Author(s):  
P. J. McGregor ◽  
A. R. Hyland
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Stellar Population ◽  
Cluster Formation ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Formation Processes ◽  
Excellent Opportunity ◽  
Infrared Studies ◽  
30 Doradus

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

scholarly journals An overview of the structure and kinematics of the Magellanic Clouds

1991 ◽  
Vol 148 ◽  
pp. 15-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. E. Westerlund
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Observational Data ◽  
Spiral Structure ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Clouds ◽  
Line Of Sight ◽  
Small Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Complex Velocity ◽  
The Past

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.

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