The age distribution and history of formation of Large Magellanic Cloud clusters

Details The age distribution and history of formation of Large Magellanic Cloud clusters The age distribution and history of formation of Large Magellanic Cloud clusters

May 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988pasp..100..576h&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications (ISSN 0004-6280), vol. 100, May 1988, p. 576-578.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Magellanic Clouds, Star Clusters, Star Formation Rate, Histograms, Star Distribution, Stellar Luminosity

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An analysis of age estimates for nearly complete samples of LMC clusters in 12 different fields shows that LMC clusters have much longer life expectancies than their Galactic counterparts. The median age for LMC clusters is 1.1 Gyr, compared to the value of 0.2 Gyr for the Galaxy. Cluster-formation histories show nonuniform rates that depend on position in the Cloud. It is calculated that the present mean cluster-formation rate is 270 clusters formed per 108years.

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