Star Formation in the LMC: Gravitational Instability and Dynamical Triggering

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2007-01-01

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0701026v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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6 pages, 6 figures, IAU Symposium 237, Triggered Star Formation in a Turbulent Medium, eds. Elmegreen and Palous

Scientific paper

10.1017/S1743921307001457

Evidence for triggered star formation is difficult to establish because energy feedback from massive stars tend to erase the interstellar conditions that led to the star formation. Young stellar objects (YSOs) mark sites of {\it current} star formation whose ambient conditions have not been significantly altered. Spitzer observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) effectively reveal massive YSOs. The inventory of massive YSOs, in conjunction with surveys of interstellar medium, allows us to examine the conditions for star formation: spontaneous or triggered. We examine the relationship between star formation and gravitational instability on a global scale, and we present evidence of triggered star formation on local scales in the LMC.

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