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A Multiwavelength Survey of Wolf–Rayet Nebulae in the Large Magellanic Cloud
- Source :
- The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 252:21
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- American Astronomical Society, 2021.
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Abstract
- Surveys of Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) have yielded a fairly complete catalog of 154 known stars. We have conducted a comprehensive, multiwavelength study of the interstellar/circumstellar environments of WR stars, using the Magellanic Cloud Emission Line Survey (MCELS) images in the H$\alpha$, [O III], and [S II] lines; Spitzer Space Telescope 8 and 24 $\mu$m images; Blanco 4m Telescope H$\alpha$ CCD images; and Australian Telescope Compact Array (ATCA) + Parkes Telescope H I data cube of the LMC. We have also examined whether the WR stars are in OB associations, classified the H II environments of WR stars, and used this information to qualitatively assess the WR stars' evolutionary stages. The 30 Dor giant H II region has active star formation and hosts young massive clusters, thus we have made statistical analyses for 30 Dor and the rest of the LMC both separately and altogether. Due to the presence of massive young clusters, the WR population in 30 Dor is quite different from that from elsewhere in the LMC. We find small bubbles ($<br />Comment: 32 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
- Subjects :
- Physics
education.field_of_study
H II region
010308 nuclear & particles physics
Population
Doubly ionized oxygen
FOS: Physical sciences
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Astrophysics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
01 natural sciences
Interstellar medium
Stars
Wolf–Rayet star
Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Spitzer Space Telescope
Space and Planetary Science
Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
0103 physical sciences
education
Large Magellanic Cloud
010303 astronomy & astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
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- ISSN :
- 15384365 and 00670049
- Volume :
- 252
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6a7d9a7f5797ac8408cca6bbaa99195b