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The Structure of the Interstellar Medium and Star Formation in the Magellanic Clouds

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

Michael A. Dopita
Michael A. Dopita*
Affiliation:
Mt. Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories, The Australian National University, Private Bag, Woden P.O., ACT 2606, Australia

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The Magellanic Clouds, by their proximity, offer a unique opportunity to study the detailed processes of star formation in a galactic context. This Review examines the dynamic and self-limiting feedback between star formation and the interstellar medium (ISM) in these galaxies. Energetic processes associated with star formation are responsible for pressurising the ISM, for maintaining the multi-phase structure of this medium and for ejecting copious quantities of both hot and cool gas to large heights above the galactic mid-plane. This circulation process determines the control of the star-formation rate.

Type
II. Large Scale Processes of Star Formation
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 115: Star Forming Regions , 1987 , pp. 501 - 520
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1987 

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