Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jan 1982
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982apj...252..481b&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 252, Jan. 15, 1982, p. 481-486.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Gravitational Effects, Interstellar Gas, Magellanic Clouds, Molecular Clouds, Monatomic Gases, Stellar Evolution, H Ii Regions, Milky Way Galaxy, Molecular Gases, Nebulae, Spiral Galaxies, Tides
Scientific paper
The tidal stability of the giant atomic gas clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and in M101 is examined. The giant atomic clouds in the Large Magellanic Cloud are found to be unstable against tidal disruption by the gravity of the LMC, but the clouds in M101 are in approximate tidal balance. It is unlikely that there is sufficient unobserved molecular gas to stabilize the LMC clouds, although they may have substantial molecular cores which are tidally stable. The time scale for tidal disruption of the LMC clouds is of the order of 20-30 million years. Because most of the clouds have associated H II regions, the onset of star formation in these clouds must occur rapidly. In order to balance the loss due to tidal disruption, the clouds would have to be forming at a rate of approximately 0.09 solar masses/year per sq kpc, a value comparable to that derived for the Milky Way.
Blitz Leo
Glassgold Alfred E.
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