Hierarchical Star Formation from the Time-Space Distribution of Star Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud

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19 May 1998

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.astro-ph/9805259

Abstract

The average age difference between pairs of star clusters in the Large Magellanic Clouds increases with their separation as the ~0.35 power. This suggests that star formation is hierarchical in space and time. Small regions form stars quickly and large regions, which often contain the small regions, form stars over a longer period. A similar result found previously for Cepheid variables is statistically less certain than the cluster result.

Keywords

SPACE DISTRIBUTION
MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
HIERARCHICAL STAR
LARGE MAGELLANIC
STAR FORMATION
STAR CLUSTERS
STARS

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Version 1, 1998-05-19, ArXiv
Published version: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 299 (2), 588.

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