Characterising the Protostellar Population of the Magellanic Clouds with VLT/SINFONI
Abstract
At distances of ~50 kpc and ~60 kpc for the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) respectively the Magellanic Clouds present us with a unique opportunity to study star formation in environments outside our own galaxy. Through Spitzer and Herschel photometry and spectroscopy, samples of Young Stellar Objects (YSOs) have been selected and spectroscpically confirmed in the Magellanic Clouds. Here we present some of the key results of our SINFONI K-band observations towards massive YSOs in the Magellanic Clouds. We resolve a number of Spitzer sources into multiple, previously unresolved, components and our analysis of emission lines suggest higher accretion rates and different disc properties compared with massive YSOs in the Milky Way.
- Publication:
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From Interstellar Clouds to Star-Forming Galaxies: Universal Processes?
- Pub Date:
- 2016
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921316008449
- Bibcode:
- 2016IAUS..315E..81W
- Keywords:
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- stars: formation;
- Magellanic Clouds;
- circumstellar matter;
- infrared: stars