The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society (천문학회보)
- Volume 42 Issue 1
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- Pages.38.3-39
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- 2017
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- 1226-2692(pISSN)
Magnetic Field Structure and Formation Scenario of the N159/N160 Star-Forming Complex in the Large Magellanic Cloud
- Kim, Jaeyeong (School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University) ;
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Jeong, Woong-Seob
(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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Pyo, Jeonghyun
(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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Pak, Soojong
(School of Space Research, Kyung Hee University)
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Park, Won-Kee
(Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute)
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- Kwon, Jungmi (Department of Astronomy, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo) ;
- Tamura, Motohide (The University of Tokyo/National Astronomical Observatory of Japan/Astrobiology Center)
- Published : 2017.04.10
Abstract
The N159 and N160 ionized regions in the Large Magellanic Cloud are an important extragalactic star-forming complex. The physical environments and the star formation stages are different in N159 and N160. We performed near-infrared polarimetry to those star forming regions with IRSF/SIRPOL 1.4-m telescope. Near-infrared polarization enabled us to trace the detailed structure of magnetic fields in star-forming regions. Through the polarimetric data of J, H, and Ks bands, we examined the magnetic field structures in the N159/N160 complex. In this presentation, we show complex distribution of the magnetic fields associated with dust and gas structures. We verify the local magnetic fields in each star-forming region, which appear to be related with local environments, such as interior and boundary of shell structure, star-forming HII regions, and boundaries between HII regions and dense dark clouds. We discuss the formation scenario of the N159/N160 complex suggested from the magnetic field structure.
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