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INFRARED COMPOSITION OF THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD

  • Siudek, M.;Pollo, A.;Takeuchi, T.T.;Ita, Y.;Kato, D.;Onaka, T.
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.223-224
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    • 2012
  • Understanding the birth and evolution of galaxies, and the history of star formation in them, is one of the most important problems in astronomy. Using the data from the AKARI IRC survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud at 3.2, 7, 11, 15, and $24{\mu}m$, we have constructed a multi-wavelength catalog containing data from the cross-correlation with a number of other databases at different wavelengths. We present the first approach with a Support Vector Machine (SVM)-based method to separate different classes of stars in LMC in the color-color and color-magnitude diagrams.

THE HI MOSAIC OF THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD

  • KIM SUNGEUN
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.29 no.spc1
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    • pp.95-95
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    • 1996
  • We present the recent results of an HI aperture synthesis mosaic of the Large Magellanic Cloud(LMC), made by combining data from 1344 separate pointing centers using the Australia Telescope Compact Array(ATCA). The resolution of the mosaiced images is 1'.0 (15 pc, using a distance to the LMC of 50 kpc). In contrast with its appearance at other wavelengths, the LMC is remarkably symmetric in HI on the largest scales, with the bulk of the HI residing in a disk of diameter 7.3 kpc. Outer spiral structure is clearly seen, though the features appear due to differential rotation, therefore transient in nature. A good correlation is seen between the supershells previously identified in Halpha (e.g. Meaburn 1980) and HI structures.

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A MULTI-WAVELENGTH STUDY OF 30 DORADUS COMPLEX IN THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD

  • Kim, Sung-Eun
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.3
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    • pp.365-370
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    • 2005
  • We have made a multi-wavelength study of the X-ray bright giant shell complex 30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). This is the one of the largest H II complexes in the Local Group. The Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the Parkes 64-m single dish observations reveal that the distribution and internal motions of H I gas show the effects of fast stellar winds and supernova blasts. The hot emitting gas within the 30 Doradus complex and the entire giant H II complex are encompassed by an expanding H I shell. We investigate the dynamical age of this H I shell and compare to the age of starbursts occurred in the 30 Doradus nebula using the radiative transfer model and the infrared properties.

Seperation of foreground stars using proper motion data in the Large Magellanic Cloud

  • Kim, Jae-Yeong;Pak, Soo-Jong;Choi, Min-Ho;Kandori, Ryo;Tamura, Motohide;Nagata, Tetsuya;Kwon, Jung-Mi;Kato, Daisuke;Jaffe, Daniel T.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.36 no.1
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    • pp.31.1-31.1
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    • 2011
  • We present wide-field near-IR imaging polarimetry of 30 Doradus in the Large Magellanic Cloud, using the InfraRed Survey Facility (IRSF). We obtained polarimetry data in J, H, and Ks bands using the JHKs-simultaneous imaging polarimeter SIRPOL. Since many Galactic field stars along the line-of-sight to the Large Magellanic Cloud are contaminated in our data, we developed methods to identify the foreground sources using the proper motion data. We investigated polarimetric properties between the Galactic foreground stars and the stars in the LMC.

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SIMULATIONS OF THE INTERACTING MAGELLANIC SYSTEM

  • GARDINER LANCE T.;NOGUCHI MASAFUMI
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.29 no.spc1
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    • pp.93-94
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    • 1996
  • The Galaxy and the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds (LMC and SMC respectively) form a triple system of mutually interacting galaxies. We have carried out a set of N-body simulations on the gravitational interaction of the SMC with the Galaxy and the LMC in order to model prominent features such as the Magellanic Stream, the inter-Cloud Bridge, and the large depth of the SMC which are thought to be products of the tidal interactions among the members of this system.

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AKARI INFRARED CAMERA SURVEY OF THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD

  • Shimonishi, T.;Kato, D.;Ita, Y.;Onaka, T.;AKARI/IRC LMC team
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.83-85
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    • 2017
  • We conducted an unbiased near- to mid-infrared imaging and spectroscopic survey of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) as a part of the AKARI Mission Program "Large-area Survey of the LMC" (LSLMC, PI: T. Onaka). An area of about 10 square degrees of the LMC was observed by five photometric bands (3.2, 7, 11, 15, and $24{\mu}m$) and a low-resolution slitless prism ($2-5{\mu}m$, R ~20) equipped with AKARI /IRC. We constructed and publicly released photometric and spectroscopic catalogues of point sources in the LMC based on the survey data. The catalogues provide a large number of near-infrared spectral data, coupled with complementary broadband photometric data. Combined use of the present AKARI LSLMC catalogues with other infrared point source catalogues of the LMC possesses scientific potential that can be applied to various astronomical studies.

21cm RADIO CONTINUUM EMISSION SURVEY OF THE LARGE MAGELLANIC CLOUD

  • KIM SUNGEUN
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.223-226
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    • 2005
  • We present the results of a 21cm radio continuum aperture synthesis mosaic of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), made by combining data from 1344 separate pointing centers using the Australia Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) and the 64-m Parkes single-dish telescope. The resolution of the mosaicked images is 55' ( 10 pc, using a distance to the LMC) and a region $10^{\circ}{\times}12^{\circ}$ is surveyed.

The origin of CII emission in the Large Magellanic Cloud

  • Kim, Seong-Eun
    • Bulletin of the Korean Space Science Society
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    • 2004.04a
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    • pp.26-26
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    • 2004
  • We compare the distribution of HI 21cm, HII 6563 AA, and CII 157.7 micron m line emission over the entire Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). Bright CII emission is associated with HII regions and their surroundings, with a good correlation between CII and Halpha filaments. Diffuse CII emission is also detected in regions with no HII emission. We found a reasonably good correlation between the extended CII emission and HI emission. (omitted)

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Magellanic Clouds Cepheids: Thorium Abundances

  • Jeong, Yeuncheol;Yushchenko, Alexander V.;Gopka, Vira F.;Yushchenko, Volodymyr O.;Kovtyukh, Valery V.;Vasil'eva, Svetlana V.
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.35 no.1
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    • pp.19-30
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    • 2018
  • The analysis of the high-resolution spectra of 31 Magellanic Clouds Cepheid variables enabled the identification of thorium lines. The abundances of thorium were found with spectrum synthesis method. The calculated thorium abundances exhibit correlations with the abundances of other chemical elements and atmospheric parameters of the program stars. These correlations are similar for both Clouds. The correlations of iron abundances of thorium, europium, neodymium, and yttrium relative to the pulsational periods are different in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC), namely the correlations are negative for LMC and positive or close to zero for SMC. One of the possible explanations can be the higher activity of nucleosynthesis in SMC with respect to LMC in the recent several hundred million years.