30 Doradus: Our Starburst Microscope

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Sep 2004

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Chandra Proposal ID #06610162

Physics

Chandra Proposal Id #06610162

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The Giant Extragalactic HII Region 30 Doradus in the LMC provides us with a unique view of the fundamental building block of starburst galaxies. It contains several extremely rich stellar clusters 1--10 million years old and a new generation of deeply embedded high-mass stars just now forming. HST and Spitzer data show that the combined actions of stellar winds and supernovae have carved the ISM into an amazing display of arcs, shells, pillars, voids, and bubbles, ranging over spatial scales of 1--100 pc. This is the GO contribution to a joint GTO+GO, 100-ksec observation of 30 Doradus. We will exploit Chandra's fine spatial resolution to study the diffuse X-ray morphology on 1--10 pc scales and to study the highest-mass O and Wolf-Rayet stars that shape it.

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