Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Dec 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001pasj...53..985y&link_type=abstract
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, Vol.53, No. 6, pp. 985-1001
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
38
Ism: Clouds, Ism: Hii Regions, Ism: Molecule, Galaxies: Magellanic Clouds, Galaxies: Star Clusters, Stars: Formation
Scientific paper
In order to elucidate star formation in the LMC, we made a complete study of CO clouds with NANTEN. In the present paper, we compare 55 giant molecular clouds (GMCs), whose physical quantities were well determined, with young objects, such as young stellar clusters and HII regions. We find that the GMCs are actively forming stars and clusters; 23 and 40 are found to be associated with the clusters and the HII regions, respectively. The clusters associated with the GMCs are significantly young; ~ 85% of them are younger than ~ 10 Myr. In addition, compact groups of the young clusters are often found at the peak position of the GMCs, e.g., N 159 and N 44, while much looser groups are away from the GMCs. This suggests that the clusters are formed in groups and disperse as they become old. The distributions of the CO, [CII], and UV indicate that the GMCs are likely to be rapidly dissipated within several Myr due to UV photons from the clusters. We also estimate the evolutionary time scale of the GMCs; they form stars in a few Myr after their birth, and form clusters during the next few Myr, and are dissipated in the subsequent few Myr.
Abe Rihei
Fukui Yasuo
Matsunaga Ken'ichi
Mizuno Akira
Mizuno Norikazu
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