106-107 K Gas in the Magellanic Clouds

High Excitation Molecular Gas in the Magellanic Clouds

We present the first survey of submillimeter CO (J = 4 → 3) emission in the Magellanic Clouds. The survey is comprised of 15 6 × 6 maps obtained using the AST/RO telescope toward the molecular peaks of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds. We have used these data to constrain the physical conditions in these objects, in particular their molecular gas density and temperature. We find that there...

Dense Star-forming Gas and Dust in the Magellanic Clouds

The early stages of the star formation process are closely related to the condition of the parent interstellar medium, in particular to the heating/cooling balance, which itself is a function of ambient conditions. Important questions such as dust abundance, size distribution, temperature distribution, fraction of molecular gas, fraction of dense gas, gas surface density and total amount of gas...

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Superbubbles in the Magellanic Clouds

Superbubbles that result from the stellar winds and supernovae of OB associations probably play a fundamental role in the structure and energetics of the ISM in star-forming galaxies. Their influence may also dominate the relationship between the different interstellar gas phases. How do superbubbles form and evolve? How do they affect the local and global ISM? The Magellanic Clouds provide a s...

Regions in the Magellanic Clouds

Aims. We present a study of the mid-infrared properties and dust content of a sample of 27 H ii “blobs”, a rare class of compact H ii regions in the Magellanic Clouds. A unique feature of this sample is that even though these H ii regions are of high and low excitation they have nearly the same physical sizes ∼1.5–3 pc. Methods. We base our analysis on archival 3 – 8 μm infrared imagery obtaine...