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An X-ray image of the Large Magellanic Cloud: detection of the hot interstellar medium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

D. J. Helfand
D. J. Helfand*
Affiliation:
Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, 538 West 120th Street, New York, NY 10027

Abstract

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We report the results of a comprehensive reanalysis of the X-ray imaging data for the Large Magellanic Cloud obtained with the Einstein Observatory. A map covering 37 deg2 of the Cloud is presented. The total 0.15–3.5 keV luminosity is ˜ 5 × 1038erg s--1, two thirds of which can be attributed to the 105 identified discrete emitters and the remainder of which arise from the coronal component of the interstellar medium at temperatures from ˜ 2 to ˜ 10 × 106K. The energy balance for this hot ISM and the morphology of specific regions such as 30 Doradus and LMC-2 are briefly discussed.

Type
Large-Scale Structure and Kinematics
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 148: The Magellanic Clouds , 1991 , pp. 37 - 44
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991 

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