scholarly journals The VMC survey – XXXI: The spatially resolved star formation history of the main body of the Small Magellanic Cloud

2018 ◽  
Vol 478 (4) ◽  
pp. 5017-5036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefano Rubele ◽  
Giada Pastorelli ◽  
Léo Girardi ◽  
Maria-Rosa L Cioni ◽  
Simone Zaggia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Star Formation History ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Small Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Spatially Resolved ◽  
Formation History ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals MEAN AGE GRADIENT AND ASYMMETRY IN THE STAR FORMATION HISTORY OF THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD

2013 ◽  
Vol 775 (2) ◽  
pp. 83 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Cignoni ◽  
A. A. Cole ◽  
M. Tosi ◽  
J. S. Gallagher ◽  
E. Sabbi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Star Formation History ◽  
Small Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Formation History ◽  
History Of

Intermediate-age and Old Populations in the Small Magellanic Cloud

1999 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 299-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Hatzidimitriou
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Star Formation History ◽  
Small Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Formation History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

The star formation history and kinematics of intermediate-age and old populations in the Small Magellanic Cloud are the subject of this brief review. New results confirm the occurrence of a period of enhanced SF about 8–10 Gyr ago in the SMC. Younger populations are confirmed to be more centrally concentrated than older ones. The SMC, at least in the areas studied (which do not include the Bar) seems to have had a different history of star formation from the LMC. Although the kinematics of the SMC have been extensively studied, it is still unclear if there are distinct Bar, disk and halo components, or if all populations share the same kinematics.

scholarly journals STAR FORMATION HISTORY OF THE SMALL MAGELLANIC CLOUD: SIXHUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE/ADVANCED CAMERA FOR SURVEY FIELDS

2009 ◽  
Vol 703 (1) ◽  
pp. 721-735 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Sabbi ◽  
J. S. Gallagher ◽  
M. Tosi ◽  
J. Anderson ◽  
A. Nota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Star Formation History ◽  
Small Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Space Telescope ◽  
Formation History ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Reconstructing the Star Formation History of the Magellanic Clouds

1999 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 72-78
Author(s):  
Jason Harris ◽  
Dennis Zaritsky ◽  
Eva K. Grebel ◽  
Ian Thompson
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Stellar Population ◽  
Large Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Magellanic Clouds ◽  
Photometric Data ◽  
Star Formation History ◽  
Spatially Resolved ◽  
Formation History ◽  
History Of

We are developing an algorithm to determine the star formation history (SFH) of a mixed stellar population. We will apply the algorithm to hundreds of regions in our Magellanic Clouds Photometric Survey data and reconstruct the spatially resolved star formation history of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). In this paper, we demonstrate the algorithm on a typical region in the LMC, focussing on the obstacles and challenges facing us in attempting to reliably extract the SFH from photometric data.

Evidence for discrete star formation events in the Small Magellanic Cloud based on 6.5m Magellan Telescope observations

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (S344) ◽  
pp. 143-146
Author(s):  
A. Strantzalis ◽  
D. Hatzidimitriou ◽  
A. Zezas ◽  
V. Antoniou
Keyword(s):  
Star Formation ◽  
Spatial Resolution ◽  
Milky Way ◽  
Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Star Formation History ◽  
Main Body ◽  
Small Magellanic Cloud ◽  
Environmental Processes ◽  
Luminosity Functions ◽  
Formation History

AbstractThe Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) presents us with a unique opportunity to study in detail the effect of environmental processes (interaction with the LMC and the Milky Way) on its star formation history. With the 6.5m Magellan Telescope at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile we have acquired deep B and I images in four 0.44 degree fields covering a large part of the main body of the SMC, yielding accurate photometry for 1,068,893 stars down to ~24th magnitude, with a spatial resolution of 0.201 arcsec/pixel. Colour-magnitude diagrams and luminosity functions (corrected for completeness) have been constructed, yielding significant new results that indicate at least two discrete star formation events around 2.7 and 4-5 Gyr ago.

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