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Numerical Simulation of the Global Star Formation Pattern in the LMC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

L. T. Gardiner
Affiliation:
Dept. of International Education, Sun Moon University, Rep. of Korea
C. Turfus
Affiliation:
Dept. of Mathematics, Sun Moon University, Rep. of Korea

Abstract

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We have constructed a dynamical model of the LMC to examine the effects of an off-center bar perturbation on the global distribution of the gas and star formation activity. We find that a weak rotating bar potential, whose center is displaced by 0.6 kpc from the disk center, gives rise to an asymmetric spiral structure which mimics the observed chains of recent star formation as well as activity in the bar region.

Type
Part 6. Stellar Clusters
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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