Sensitive CO Observations of the LMC Supergiant Shells with NANTEN: Their Effects on the Formation of Molecular Clouds and Stellar Clusters

Details Sensitive CO Observations of the LMC Supergiant Shells with NANTEN: Their Effects on the Formation of Molecular Clouds and Stellar Clusters Sensitive CO Observations of the LMC Supergiant Shells with NANTEN: Their Effects on the Formation of Molecular Clouds and Stellar Clusters

Dec 2001

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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol.53, No. 6, pp. 959-969

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds, Galaxies: Structure, Ism: Bubbles, Ism: Clouds, Radio Lines: Ism, Stars: Formation

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A statistical study of the effects of supergiant shells (SGSs) on the formation of stars and molecular clouds was made based on sensitive CO (J = 1 -- 0) observations of the molecular clouds in the LMC with NANTEN. The sensitive observations have detected 168 CO clouds whose mass ranges from ~ 4 × 104 Msolar to 3 × 106 Msolar. Out of the 168 clouds, 63 are associated with the SGSs, accounting for >~ 35%. The surface number and mass densities of the CO clouds are higher by a factor of 1.5--2 at the edge of the SGSs than elsewhere. This suggests the formation of CO clouds under the dynamical effects of the SGSs, such as the accumulation of interstellar medium. Young stellar clusters are more actively formed on the side of the CO clouds facing to the center of the SGSs, particularly where the Hα filaments are adjacent to the CO clouds. The number of clusters is increased by a factor of 2 on the side facing to the center of the SGSs with respect to the CO peaks compared with on the side far from the center. These results strongly suggest that cluster formation is triggered by dynamical effects of the SGSs. We find that ~ 60% of the young clusters are located within the boundary of the SGSs, and propose that a few 10% of the young clusters of τ < 10 Myr have likely been formed due to dynamical effects of the SGSs.

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