Ram-Pressure Induced Star Formation in the LMC
Abstract
We use high-resolution n-body/SPH simulations to study the hydrodynamical interaction between the Large Magellanic Cloud and the hot halo of the Milky Way. We investigate whether the ram-pressure acting on the gaseous disk of the satellite can explain the peculiarities observed in the Hi distribution and the location of the recent star formation activity.
- Publication:
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Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- Pub Date:
- 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1071/AS07049
- Bibcode:
- 2008PASA...25..138M
- Keywords:
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- galaxies: Magellanic Clouds;
- methods: n-body simulations