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Ram-Pressure Induced Star Formation in the LMC

Mastropietro, Chiara ; Burkert, Andreas ; Moore, Ben

In: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2008, vol. 25, no. 3, p. 138-148

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    Title
    • Ram-Pressure Induced Star Formation in the LMC
    Author
    • Mastropietro, Chiara. Universitäts Sternwarte München, Scheinerstr. 1, D-81679 München, Germany
    • Burkert, Andreas. Universitäts Sternwarte München, Scheinerstr. 1, D-81679 München, Germany
    • Moore, Ben. Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • English
    Published in
    • Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2008, vol. 25, no. 3, p. 138-148. Cambridge University Press
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    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:296416
    Summary
    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