Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010aas...21536902c&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #369.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.559
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Being tidally disrupted by the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, the Magellanic Bridge provides a less favorite environment to form giant molecular clouds (GMCs) and consequently massive stars as they mostly form there. Furthermore, with a low metallicity of 1/5-1/8Z&sun; and hence low dust content, cooling is less effective and makes it more difficult for molecular clumps to collapse and form stars. To study star formation in such extreme environments, we have used mid-IR Spitzer IRAC and MIPS observations, complemented by 2MASS and IRSF JHK catalogs and archival UKST BRI data, to identify massive young stellar objects (YSOs) in the Magellanic Bridge. After careful culling of the initial YSO list by examining multi-wavelength images and SEDs from optical to far-IR, 20 sources remain and are most likely bona fide YSOs. We have modeled their SEDs and found their masses
Chen Rosie Chang-Hui
Gordon Karl Douglas
Indebetouw Remy
SAGE-Smc Team
Solan G. C.
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