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Hierarchical star formation in the Magellanic Clouds with the VMC survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2023

Amy E. Miller Open the ORCID record for Amy E. Miller [Opens in a new window] ,
Maria-Rosa L. Cioni ,
Richard de Grijs ,
Ning-Chen Sun  and
The VMC Team
Amy E. Miller
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University, Balaclava Road, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia Research Centre for Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astrophotonics, Macquarie University, Balaclava Road, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, An der Sternwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany Institut für Physik und Astronomie, Universität Potsdam, Haus 28, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 24/25, D-14476 Golm (Potsdam), Germany
Maria-Rosa L. Cioni
Affiliation:
Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam, An der Sternwarte 16, D-14482 Potsdam, Germany
Richard de Grijs
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Macquarie University, Balaclava Road, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia Research Centre for Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astrophotonics, Macquarie University, Balaclava Road, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia
Ning-Chen Sun
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Sheffield, Hicks Building, Hounsfield Road, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK
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Abstract

The VISTA Magellanic Clouds Survey (VMC) is a near-infrared survey of the Magellanic system. The VMC data has been exploited to detect and study statistically correlated young groups of stars — also known as “young stellar structures” — in the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC). We showcase the ∼ 3000 recently detected young stellar structures in the LMC and their similarity to the fractal interstellar medium. We discuss how their properties indicate their formation mechanisms and that there are no preferred scales of star formation in the LMC.

Keywords

stars: formationgalaxies: Magellanic Cloudsstars: early-typemethods: statistical
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Contributed Paper
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 17 , Symposium S373: Resolving the Rise and Fall of Star Formation in Galaxies (Aug 2022) , August 2021 , pp. 11 - 14
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© The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of International Astronomical Union

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