Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-10-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
8 pages, 11 figures Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Scientific paper
10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03197.x
Ground-based UBV photometry of two fields in the northern disk of the LMC are presented. A distance modulus of (m-M)_0 = 18.41 +/- 0.04 and an extinction of A_V = 0.30 +/- 0.05 has been calculated for these fields. The measurable star formation history of the LMC began no more than 12 Gyr ago with a strong star forming episode with [Fe/H] = -1.63 +/- 0.10 that accounted for approximately half (by mass) of the LMC's total star formation in the first 3 Gyr. The data does not give accurate star formation rates during intermediate ages, but there appears to have been a recent increase in the star formation rate in these fields, beginning approximately 2.5 Gyr ago, with the current metallicity in the region being [Fe/H] = -0.38 +/- 0.10. The two fields have had very similar star formation rates until 200 Myr ago, at which point one shows a large increase.
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