High Amplitude δ-Scutis in the Large Magellanic Cloud
A. Garg, K. H. Cook, S. Nikolaev, M. E. Huber, A. Rest, A. C. Becker, P. Challis, A. Clocchiatti, G. Miknaitis, D. Minniti, L. Morelli, K. Olsen, J. L. Prieto, … 展开作者
A. Garg, K. H. Cook, S. Nikolaev, M. E. Huber, A. Rest, A. C. Becker, P. Challis, A. Clocchiatti, G. Miknaitis, D. Minniti, L. Morelli, K. Olsen, J. L. Prieto, N. B. Suntzeff, D. L. Welch, W. M. Wood-Vasey
We present 2323 High-Amplitude δ-Scuti (HADS) candidates discovered in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) by the SuperMACHO survey (Rest et al. 2005). Frequency analyses of these candidates reveal that several are multimode pulsators, including 119 whose largest amplitude of pulsation is in the fundamental (F) mode and 19 whose largest amplitude of pulsation is in the first overtone (FO) mode. Using Fourier decomposition of the HADS light curves, we find that the period-luminosity (PL) relation defined by the FO pulsators does not show a clear separation from the PL-relation defined by the F pulsators. This differs from other instability strip pulsators such as type c RR Lyrae. We also present evidence for a larger amplitude, subluminous population of HADS similar to that observed in Fornax (Poretti et al. 2008).
We investigate infrared properties of asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars in our Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds using various infrared observational data and theoretical models. We use catalogs for the sample of 4996 AGB stars in our Galaxy and about 39,000 AGB stars in the Magellanic Clouds from the available literature. For each object in the sample, we cross-identify the 2MASS, WISE, and Spitzer counterparts. To compare the physical properties of O-rich and C-rich AGB stars in our Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds, we present IR two color diagrams (2CDs) using various photometric data. We …
OGLE Atlas of Classical Novae. II. Magellanic Clouds
由于缺乏系统的研究，人们对麦哲伦星云中的经典新星数量知之甚少。有人认为麦哲伦星云中每单位质量的新星发生率比其他任何星系都要高。在这里，我们提出了一个分析的OGLE调查收集了16年的数据，目的是在云中的新星人口的特征。我们发现了20次新星喷发，其中一半是新发现的。我们测量了$2.4 \pm 0.8$ yr $^{-1}$（LMC）和$0.9 \pm 0.4$ yr $^{-1}$（SMC）的新星率，证实了这两个星云的K波段光度特异的新星率比其它星系高2-3倍。这可以用麦哲伦星云的恒星形成历史来解释，特别是几个Gyr前恒星形成率的重新点燃。我们还提出了有趣的系统OGLE-MBR 133.25.1160的发现，它模仿了周期性的新星爆发。
Embedded Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud Using the VISTA Magellanic Clouds Survey
我们使用VISTA麦哲伦云巡天（Cioni et al. 2011）的近红外（NIR）成像，对大麦云（LMC）分子云中的嵌入星团进行了首次大规模巡天。我们已经探索了LMC的约1.65平方度的区域，其中包含着名的恒星形成区30 Doradus以及约14%的星系CO云（Wong et al. 2011），并确定了67个嵌入的候选星团，其中45个是新发现的星团。我们已经确定了这些嵌入式集群的大小，亮度和质量，检查了相应的分子云的恒星形成率（SFR），并进行了LMC和银河系之间的比较。我们的初步结果表明，嵌入集群在大麦哲伦星系一般更大，更明亮，更大的质量比本地银河系。我们还发现，嵌入式集群和分子云的表面密度比我们当地的环境高出约3倍，嵌入式集群质量表面密度高出约40倍，SFR高出约20倍，恒星形成效率高出约10倍。尽管存在这些差异，LMC分子云的SFR与Lada等人（2012）提出的SFR标度律一致。这种一致性表明，虽然嵌入式团簇形成的条件可能会因环境而异，但分子云内的整个过程可能是普遍的。
An overview is provided of the scientific goals of the Magellanic Cloud component of the STScI Directors Discretionary UV initiative ULLYSES, together with the complementary spectroscopic survey XShootU (VLT/Xshooter) and other ancillary datasets. Together, ULLYSES and XShootU permit the first comprehensive, homogeneous study of wind densities and velocities in metal-poor massive stars, plus UV/optical spectroscopic libraries for population synthesis models and a large number of interstellar sight-lines towards the Magellanic Clouds.
2dF-AAOmega spectroscopy of massive stars in the Magellanic Clouds: The north-eastern region of the Large Magellanic Cloud
我们目前的光谱分类从光学光谱的263个大质量恒星在东北地区的大麦云云。观测到的2度场包括巨大的剑鱼座30恒星形成区，SN 1987 A的周围地区，以及剑鱼座30以南的一些恒星形成复合体。这是大多数恒星（203颗）的第一次分类，包括11颗双线分光双星。该样品还包括早期OC型光谱的第一个例子（AAOmega 30 Dor 248和280），其氮光谱的弱点和C IV 4658发射区分。我们建议，这些恒星有相对未加工的CNO丰度相比，形态正常的O型恒星，指示一个较早的演化阶段。通过对连续两个晚上观测结果的分析，我们对233颗恒星的径向速度进行了估计，发现了一个明显的单线双星和9个（> 3 sigma）与系统速度相比的异常值;后者可能是逃逸星或大振幅双星系统，需要进一步的光谱学来研究它们的性质。
We obtained new spectra of fourteen Magellanic Cloud planetary nebulae with the South African Large Telescope to determine heating rates of their central stars and to verify evolutionary models of post-asymptotic giant branch stars. We compared new spectra with observations made in previous years. Five planetary nebulae showed an increase in excitation over time. Four of their central stars exhibit [WC] features in their spectra, including three new detections. This raises the total number of [WC] central stars of PNe in the Magellanic Clouds to ten. We compared determined heating rates of the…
The chemical abundances of a galaxy's metal-poor stellar population can be used to investigate the earliest stages of its formation and chemical evolution. The Magellanic Clouds are the most massive of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies and are thought to have evolved in isolation until their recent accretion by the Milky Way. Unlike the Milky Way's less massive satellites, little is know about the Magellanic Clouds' metal-poor stars. We have used the mid-infrared metal-poor star selection of Schlaufman & Casey (2014) and archival data to target nine LMC and four SMC giants for high-resolution…
Study of the molecular gas towards the N11 region in the Large Magellanic Cloud
我们研究了位于大麦云（LMC）东北侧的HII区N11中的三个亚区。我们使用的$^{12}$ CO和$^{13}$ CO J=3- 2的数据观测的阿塔卡马亚毫米望远镜实验（ASTE）的角度和光谱分辨率分别为22 $^{\prime\prime}$和0.11公里秒$^{-1}$。根据$^{12}$ CO J=3- 2和$^{13}$ CO J=3- 2的积分图，我们估计了与每个分区有关的分子云的质量，假定为局部热力学平衡（LTE），大约为$10^4$ M $_\odot$。此外，从上述地图中，我们研究了每个亚区的$^{12}$ CO / $^{13}$ CO积分比，获得8至10之间的值。
Classical supersoft X-ray sources (SSSs) are understood as close binary systems in which a massive white dwarf (WD) accretes from its companion at rates sustaining steady hydrogen burning on its surface generating bolometric luminosities of $10^{36}-2\times10^{38}$ erg/s. Here, we perform for the first time the global supersoft X-rays to near-infrared (NIR) spectral energy distribution (SED) for the brightest SSSs in LMC and SMC. We test a model in which the ultraviolet--NIR is dominated by the emission from a compact (unresolved) circumstellar nebula represented by the ionized gas out-flowing…
