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Ram-Pressure Induced Star Formation in the LMC

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2013

Chiara Mastropietro*
Affiliation:
Universitäts Sternwarte München, Scheinerstr. 1, D-81679 München, Germany
Andreas Burkert
Affiliation:
Universitäts Sternwarte München, Scheinerstr. 1, D-81679 München, Germany
Ben Moore
Affiliation:
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Zürich, CH-8057 Zürich, Switzerland
*
CCorresponding author. Email: chiara@usm.uni-muenchen.de
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Abstract

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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.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 2008

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