Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-08-03
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Cosmology and Extragalactic Astrophysics
Astrophysical Journal Letters (in press)
Scientific paper
The bar of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is one of the prominent, but controversial feature regarding its location with respect to the disk of the LMC. In order to study the relative location of the bar with respect to the disk, we present the high resolution map of the structure across the LMC. We used the reddening corrected mean magnitudes ($I_0$) of red clump (RC) stars from the OGLE III catalogue to map the relative variation in distance (vertical structure) or variation in RC population across the LMC. The bar does not appear as an identifiable vertical feature in the map, as there is no difference in $I_0$ values between the bar and the disk regions. We conclude that the LMC bar is very much part of the disk, located in the plane of the disk (within 0.02 mag) and it is not a separate component. We identify warps or variation in RC population with increase in radial distance. %The structure map also suggests a %warp or a different RC population in the eastern part of the LMC disk.
Subramaniam Annapurni
Subramanian Smitha
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